The airship mast was built in 1926 during Roald Amundsen’s north pole expedition with the airship Norge. The Italian builder and Captain of the airship, Umberto Nobile, was also part of the expedition, together with the American sponsor Lincoln Ellsworth and many others who were in the airship and ground crew. The latter included many workers who had helped building the mast and the hangar, which does not exist anymore.
In 1928, the airship mast was used again when Umberto Nobile returned with a new airship, the Italia, for another north pole expedition. It is well-known polar history that the Italia reached the north pole but crashed on the ice north of Nordaustland on the return journey (click here to read more about the north pole expeditions by Amundsen and Nobile in 1926 and 1928).
Visitors who want to go to the airship mast need a rifle or a guide equipped with a rifle as the mast it outside the settlement. Polar bears are quite common in Kongsfjord in recent years, also during the summer.
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Norwegens arktischer Norden (1): Spitzbergen
Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German. [shop url="https://shop.spitzbergen.de/en/polar-books/70-norwegens-arktischer-norden-1-aerial-arctic-9783937903262.html"] ← Back
Lofoten, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen from the air - Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German, but there is very little text, so I am sure that you will enjoy it regardless which languages you read (or not).
The companion book for the Svalbardhytter poster. The poster visualises the diversity of Spitsbergen‘s huts and their stories in a range of Arctic landscapes. The book tells the stories of the huts in three languages.
Comprehensive guidebook about Spitsbergen. Background (wildlife, plants, geology, history etc.), practical information including travelling seasons, how to travel, description of settlements, routes and regions.
Join an exciting journey with dog, skis and tent through the wintery wastes of East Greenland! We were five guys and a dog when we started in Ittoqqortoormiit, the northernmost one of two settlements on Greenland’s east coast.
12 postcards which come in a beautifully designed tray. Beautiful images from South Georgia across Antarctica from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea and up to Macquarie Island and Campbell Island.