No second-in-command: human fatigue and the crash of the airship Italia revisited

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gregg A. Bendrick, Sergio Alessandrini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: polar exploration; aviation history; airship; human factors; mishap; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; North Pole; Nobile; Polar Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3467; https://doaj.org/article/0db866ff17b7432b9d9ca96cb0e82ff9

The dirigible Italia crashed onto the Arctic sea ice north-east of the Svalbard archipelago on 25 May 1928 at 10:33 GMT while travelling back to her base from the North Pole. Only eight of the 16 crew members survived: one was killed upon impact, one did not survive the post-crash ordeal and six wer...