Across the Baltic

— Date of event: Thursday 03, May 1928 —

Italia finally left Stolp for Stockholm
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Italia finally left Stolp for Stockholm

At 3.30 am this morning the Italia left Stolp, carrying eighteen crew. All equipment has been so thoroughly tested during the long stay in Stolp, the ship loaded with provisions, and now the Italia is bound for the Arctic.

By late morning, the craft was over Stockholm – a tremendous public spectacle with crowds turning out to see the Italia. Nobile agreed to make a small diversion over Finn Malmgren’s family home in a Stockholm suburb.

By midnight, the Italia was approaching the Arctic Circle.

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source: https://www.hiddeneurope.eu/nobile-italia-mission-across-the-baltic

This article was published in Polar Quest: Nobile.

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Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries manage hidden europe, a Berlin-based editorial bureau that supplies text and images to media across Europe. Together they edit hidden europe magazine. Nicky and Susanne are dedicated slow travellers. They delight in discovering the exotic in the everyday.