95 years ago – May 12, 01:30 (Greenwich Mean Time) – The overflight of the North Pole
Riiser-Larsen, hunched over a window with the sextant in his hands, was ready to seize the moment when the sun had peeped through the clouds, …
North Pole
95 years ago – May 12, 00:45 (Greenwich Mean Time)
The airship slowly loses altitude; at 00.45 it descends to 806 m. Nobile realizes this but lets the elevator pilot, Wisting, not oppose this trend, …
95 years ago – May 12, 00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
At 11.15 pm in Central Europe, corresponding to approximately midnight on the meridian on which the airship is located, the height of the sun, shining …
95 years ago – May 11, at 22:15 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Late in the evening, the weather begins to change. The sky clouds over and it begins snowing; shortly after, the NORGE goes into the fog. …
95 years ago – May 11, at 19:45 (Greenwich Mean Time)
The inspection of the left engine soon shows that it is not a real fault. Ice which is formed in a fuel pipe blocks the …
95 years ago – May 11, at 08:50 (Greenwich Mean Time)
On May 11 at 8.50 am Greenwich Mean Time, the NORGE takes off with the two side engines running, at idle. About thirty meters from …