{"product_id":"realm-of-ice-and-sky-triumph-tragedy-and-historys-greatest-arctic-rescue","title":"Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"contributors___d5659\"\u003eBuddy Levy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex dir-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"min-width-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eBACKLIST \u003c\/b\u003e| Jan 28, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003eHardcover\n\u003cul class=\"MuiList-root MuiList-padding css-1wduhak\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MuiListItem-root MuiListItem-gutters MuiListItem-padding css-146xefr\"\u003eHistory \/ Expeditions \u0026amp; Discoveries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MuiListItem-root MuiListItem-gutters MuiListItem-padding css-146xefr\"\u003eHistory \/ Polar Regions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MuiListItem-root MuiListItem-gutters MuiListItem-padding css-146xefr\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography \/ Adventurers \u0026amp; Explorers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e384\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"biblioTwoItemContainer___QeMy0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003eIncludes 4-color printed endpapers plus one 16-page black-and-white insert\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"biblioTwoItemContainer___QeMy0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e24.3 cm H | 16.9 cm W | 3 cm T | 616.9 g Wt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNational Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy's thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship—and the men who sacrificed everything to make history.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eArctic explorer and American visionary Walter Wellman pioneered both polar and trans-Atlantic airship aviation, making history’s first attempts at each. Wellman has been cast as a self-promoting egomaniac known mostly for his failures. Instead he was a courageous innovator who pushed the boundaries of polar exploration and paved the way for the ultimate conquest of the North Pole by airship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican explorer Dr. Frederick Cook was the first to claim he made it to the North Pole in 1908. A year later, so did American Robert Peary, but both Cook’s and Peary’s claims had been seriously questioned. There was enough doubt that Norwegian explorer extraordinaire Roald Amundsen picked up where Walter Wellman left off, attempting to fly to the North Pole by airship. He would go in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorge\u003c\/i\u003e, designed by Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile. The 350-foot Norge flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, the engineer Nobile felt slighted by Amundsen. Two years later, Nobile returned, this time in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eItalia,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebacked by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. Nobile intended to win back the global accolades and reputation he believed Amundsen had stripped from him. The journey ended in disaster, launching one of the greatest rescue operations the world had ever seen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRealm of Ice and Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the riveting tale of the men who first flew the most advanced technological airships of their time to the top of the world, risking and even giving their lives for science, country, and polar immortality.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53368575721769,"sku":"9781250289186","price":624.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9420\/7529\/files\/9781250289186_1b5d6.jpg?v=1785023617","url":"https:\/\/www.bookup.com.mx\/products\/realm-of-ice-and-sky-triumph-tragedy-and-historys-greatest-arctic-rescue","provider":"BOOKUPMX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}