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    Reference 1964 (2441)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Cross, Wilbur (Foreword by Vilhjalmur Stefansson)
    Title GHOST SHIP OF THE POLE: The incredible story of the dirigible 'Italia'.
    Publishing Information London: Heinemann, 1960.
    Description 1st UK Edition; xi, 306 pages, illustrated 35 b/w photos. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Evidence of a previous owners bookplate on front end paper, otherwise contents clean. Dust jacket edgeworn with small repaired tear to front. The incredible story of Dirigible "Italia" and Umberto Nobile, her captain, who crashed onto an Arctic ice pack in 1928 and reflection of the incident in the politics and international situation of the time.
    Price £10.00
    Keywords blimp, balloon, arctic S1-Arc
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