Into Thin Air: Umberto Nobile, Fascist Explorer

In 1926 Umberto Nobile, a young Italian airship engineer, became a hero of Mussolini’s Fascist state when he piloted Roald Amundsen’s Norge over the North Pole. But his subsequent attempt to make the journey on behalf of his own country ended in tragedy. Irene Peroni tells his story.

Col. Umberto Nobile, designer of the "Norge," watching her departure from the base at Spitzbergen

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