From the Book - First Edition.
Introduction: Once upon a time in the North
Prologue: The Arctic Ocean, May 25, 1928
"You are supposed to be dead"
"There is no room for Prima Donnas in the Italian Air Force"
"Do you know where Amundsen is?"
"She would be there to inform on us"
"The most sensational sporting event in human history"
"Let him go, for he cannot possibly come back to bother us anymore"
"We are quite aware that our venture is difficult and dangerous . . . but it is this very difficulty and danger which attracts us"
"We will die when God has decided"
"Do you as you like, but I am going looking for Nobile"
"Woman joins Arctic search"
"When I die you can eat me, but not before"
"Down with Nobile! Death to Nobile!"
"This is real exploring despite the luxury"
Epilogue: The Kremlin, Moscow, 1933.