95 years ago – May 6, at 05:30 (Moscow time)
The NORGE continues smoothly to Vadsø, where it arrives at 5.30 am on May 6. The mast had been planted on a small island just …
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95 years ago – May 6, at 04:30 (Moscow time)
Around 4:30 in the morning the left engine starts to run erratically and at 4.40 am it stops. The engine on the right, which had …
95 years ago – May 5, at 10:34 (local time)
The airship heads towards Leningrad. Passing the harbor, the crew hears the sirens of the steamers greeting the airship leaving for the Pole. The Norge, …
95 years ago – May 5, at 09:00 (local time)
After more than two weeks stationary in the hangar, on May 5 the NORGE, at 9.00, takes off from Gatchchina to the cheers of the …
The beautiful photos we received so far
Photos from Ciampino – Appia Antica (Italy) Photos from Rome (Italy) Photos from Lungomare Laziale (Italy) Photos from Ekeberg-Oslo (Norway) Photos from Saint Petersburg (Russia) …
Newspapers from 1926…
Here you can find a new collection of extracts from international newspapers from 1926. You can read the news that intrigued the world 95 years ago. Everyone was in …
Landmarks: Museo Umberto Nobile (Lauro, Italy)
Museo Civico Umberto Nobile The Museum dedicated to the Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile was inaugurated on 25 September 1988. Its five thematic rooms are …
Newspaper from 1926…
Here you can find a new collection of extracts from international newspapers from 1926. You can read the news that intrigued the world 95 years ago. Everyone was in …
Landmarks: Roald Amundsen’s House
Uranienborg Roald Amundsen’s house, Uranienborg, is now a museum. The Norwegian explorer lived there from 1908 to his disappearance in the Arctic region in 1928. …
95 years ago – April 16, at 10:00 (local time)
Airship Norge is stationary in the Hangar of Gatchchina, a town located in the Leningrad Oblast. Gattschina is a large and sturdy airship hangar, where …