The role of radio in rescuing the survivors of the airship Italia
During WWI, rapid technical advances led to the development of relatively small and efficient short wave transmitters and receivers. By the mid-1920s, explorers of the polar regions were using such equipment to communicate with their home bases, and for direction finding. This was prior to the wides...
Published in: | Polar Research |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
2008
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Online Access: | https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2865 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v27i1.6162 |