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Arctic Feats and Fates
Year
2015
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
30m
Rating
TVPG
Performers
Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
Written By
Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
Publication Information
The Great Courses
Summary
Who was first to make it to the North Pole? Wade into the debate while examining the fascinating but lesser-known moments and figures of the race, including pilot Umberto Nobile flying a hydrogen-filled semi-rigid airship over the Pole in 1926, then crashing on a second trip, unleashing an international rescue operation.