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Swedish rescue expedition for italian arctic explorer Umberto Nobile, here outside of Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A damn cool shot, though I imagine an arctic rescue operation is even longer odds than usual

[–] kyber@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

They managed to rescue him though, and the rest of the crew were rescued by a soviet expedition later. This pic is just one plane, I believe they had three in addition to a ship.