The Soviet contribution to the Italia search and rescue, 1928

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Barr, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1977
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Svalbard; Norway; Sedov; Krasin; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400001224; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400001224

The story of the crash of Nobile's dirigible Italia to the north of Svalbard in 1928 and of the complex and often confused multi-national search for the survivors which ensued has become one of the best known themes in the history of Arctic exploration, and One which has given rise to a small l...