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	Podcast:		The John Batchelor Show
	Episode:		4/4: N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia, by Mark Piesing
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:08:16
	Publish Date:		2023-01-17 01:52:49
	Description:		Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1908 @Batchelorshow 4/4: N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia, by Mark Piesing https://www.amazon.com/N-4-Down-Arctic-Airship-Italia/dp/0062851527 Triumphantly returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928, the world-famous exploring airship Italia—code-named N-4—was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history. Helping lead the search was the famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the poles’ greatest explorer, who himself soon went missing in the frozen wastes. Amundsen’s body has never been found, the last victim of one of the Arctic’s most enduring mysteries .
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