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: 2019
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Oceanography; General Environmental Science; Environmental Chemistry; Arctic; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; North Pole; Nobile; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/29107; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3467

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...