Airship Exploration of the Arctic: Norge and Italia Expeditions (1926–1928)

1. Norge relocates to King’s Bay base

   May 1, 1926Labels: Norge, King's Bay, Spitsbergen

   • Nature
   • Britannica

2. Norge overflies the North Pole

   May 12, 1926Labels: Norge, North Pole, Amundsen Ellsworth

   • Nature
   • Norge wiki

3. Norge completes Europe-to-Alaska transpolar crossing

   May 14, 1926Labels: Norge, Teller Alaska, Transpolar Crossing

   • AAM
   • Norge wiki

4. Italia airship makes first flight

   Apr 15, 1928Labels: Italia, Umberto Nobile, First Flight

   • Italia wiki
   • Britannica

5. Italia departs King’s Bay for the North Pole

   May 23, 1928Labels: Italia, King's Bay, Umberto Nobile

   • Nobile wiki
   • Nature

6. Italia reaches the North Pole but cannot land

   May 24, 1928Labels: Italia, North Pole, Return Leg

   • Nature
   • Smithsonian

7. Italia crashes on pack ice northeast of Svalbard

   May 25, 1928Labels: Italia, Nordaustlandet, Pack Ice

   • Italia wiki
   • Nobile wiki

8. Survivors radio SOS from the “Red Tent”

   May 26, 1928Labels: Red Tent, Survivors, Emergency Radio

   • Red Tent wiki
   • Italia wiki

9. International rescue effort escalates from Svalbard

   Jun 2, 1928Labels: International Rescue, Svalbard, Search Parties

   • Nature
   • Italia wiki

10. Amundsen disappears while flying to join the search

    Jun 18, 1928Labels: Roald Amundsen, Latham 47, Disappearance

    • Amundsen wiki
    • Nature

11. Icebreaker Krasin rescues remaining Italia survivors

    Jul 12, 1928Labels: Krasin, Rescue, Survivors

    • July 1928 wiki
    • Red Tent wiki

12. Krasin returns to King’s Bay with survivors

    Jul 19, 1928Labels: Krasin, King's Bay, Returned Survivors

    • Hidden Europe
    • Nature