During the years in which Charles Lindbergh prepared his flight across the Atlantic, in Italy a prominent aeronautical technician, General Umberto Nobile, concentrated his efforts on another aspect of aerial navigation: the airship; A year before Lindbergh’s flight, he had successfully flown over the North Pole, leading the airship Norge, accompanied by Amundsen. Read More
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Amundsen, the Cabin Boy Who Conquered the South Pole
Spirit of emulation, thirst for adventure, extraordinary capacity for work, but also great generosity are the traits that define the exceptional figure of Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer whose name is linked to two important milestones in the history of geographical discoveries: the Northwest Passage and the conquest of the South Pole. Read More
The Northwest Passage
When he arrived in America, Christopher Columbus set out to find a communication route with the Indies faster than the circumnavigation of Africa. The discovery, in the middle of the ocean, of such a large area of land opened up an unsuspected horizon for Spanish colonization and, in a certain sense, changed the history of the world. From the point of view of the problem that Columbus had raised, there is no doubt that the existence of the American continent was an enormous hindrance. For this reason, almost the day after the arrival on American soil, attempts began to discover a sea passage between the Atlantic and the other great ocean, the Pacific, which was on the other side of the New World. Read More
