Hardcover in full lines, dimensions: 13 x 19 cm, weight: about 526 g, 263 pages with 57 illustrations and 3 maps, published in 1931 FA Brockhaus in 18 edition in German

Franz Behounek seven weeks on the ice

The sinking of the Nobile expedition

Franz Behounek was a research associate of the Polar Expedition of General Umberto Nobile. In this book he wanted to represent the whole course of the expedition was the only non-Italian participants objectively. He describes the facts, as far as he was going exactly as he has to go to.

Extract from the contents: Preface The flight companies before the "Italia" expedition, before the start of Milan to the King Cove in King Cove on the North Pole, the disaster and the first day on the ice Malmgrens bear three comrades leave us Malmgrens end of our drift to the The first ice floe rescued! The group Viglieri The Last Days The Rescue Supplement

The article is in very good condition. At the edge are small stains. With handwritten dedication by the transferor. Otherwise very well-preserved specimen.