Chapter 41. There are no quiet corners safe from scrutiny
Umberto Nobile was a brilliant engineer and aviator, but his career was ruined in part by a split-second decision he made on the Arctic ice. In 1928, his airship Italia crashed on the ice during a North Pole flight. He lost part of his crew, and the rest were stranded in a little, red tent as the world mobilized a massive rescue effort. After many days on the ice, a small French plane managed to land. The pilot insisted that Nobile himself should be the first to leave with him. Nobile finally gave in. Then he could help to guide the rescue parties back to the others. Nobile left with his lapdog, leaving his men behind. This violated every principle of the captain going down with the ship, ...
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