Black feathers in Svalbard: the Alpini expeditions, 1928

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Bosco, Piero, Stone, Ian R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Svalbard; Nobile; Alpiniøya; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247404003651; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247404003651

This paper lists all the Italian expeditions in search of the airship Italia , commanded by General Umberto Nobile, which crashed to the north of Svalbard on 25 May 1928. There were several such expeditions that involved members of the Alpini, the elite mountain corps of the Italian army. The Italia...