Table of Contents
Introduction vi
Chapter 1 The Past is a Foreign Country 1
Chapter 2 Before Amundsen (Part One): Salomon August Andrée 7
Chapter 3 Before Amundsen (Part Two): Walter Wellman 14
Chapter 4 A Sailor Struck by Lightning 21
Chapter 5 A Flight to the North Pole? 39
Chapter 6 Toward the North Pole 53
Chapter 7 A Merciful Deliverance from the Ice 70
Chapter 8 Svalbard 79
Chapter 9 Oslo-Rome 85
Chapter 10 Learning to Fly: Ciampino 104
Chapter 11 Positioning Flight 112
Chapter 12 Hour of Gold 129
Chapter 13 Enough Credit for Everyone 142
Chapter 14 Our Names Would be Linked One More Time 152
Chapter 15 Gardens of Stone and an AUV 173
Epilogue 178
A Note on Sources 182
Annotated Bibliography 184
Appendix 1 Glossary of 1920s Aviation Terms 190
Appendix 2 Dornier Wal (Whale) Flying Boat 196
Appendix 3 Airship Norge 198