REALM OF ICE AND SKY Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue

Will Damron transports listeners to the cold of the Arctic as polar explorers attempt to reach the North Pole by airship instead of by dog and sled. The story includes triumph and failure, as well as big personalities, fraudulent history, and new media communication directly from the airships. Damron expresses the thrill of Roald Amundsen reaching the North Pole in 1926 in his airship, the NORGE, becoming the first person to have reached both poles. When Umberto Nobile's expedition, supported by Mussolini and the Pope, crashes, Damron speeds up the pacing and ratchets up the tension. As Nobile's men await rescue, they scare off polar bears, deal with the ice floes breaking up around them, and try to get their radio working. A.B. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2025]