The Adventures of Tintin: Tragedy in the Arctic. The "Krasin" Rushes to the Rescue

Vladislav Serov is the author of three books that are part of "The Historical Comic" series. He consistently, from book to book, creates a chronicle of the exploration of harsh northern expanses by fearless and desperate pioneers. In his new graphic study, he tells the story of the crash of the airship "Italia," the main characters of this dramatic thriller, and their rescuers.
In 1928, the energetic and ambitious Italian engineer and airship builder Umberto Nobile organized an aerial expedition to the North Pole on the airship "Italia," built under his leadership. The team reached the pole but crashed on the way back. Six people died; nine, including Nobile, survived. Fortunately, items fell from the airship onto the ice floe, without which they would not have survived in those conditions for two whole months. These were food, a pistol, a tent, and a radio station that miraculously did not break upon impact with the ice.
After the crash, the balloonists were lucky three times. The first time was when a simple Russian guy, a self-taught radio amateur from the hinterlands, picked up a faint SOS signal and relayed it to Moscow. The second time was when Soviet pilot Boris Chukhnovsky found two still-living crew members who were trying to reach the shore on foot. The third time was when the Soviet icebreaker "Krasin" broke through to the inhabitants of the ice floe, who had no strength or hope left for salvation.
The book accurately and meticulously reproduces all historical realities, as well as portraits of the heroes of the epic.
The introductory and concluding articles "To Be First" and "The Tragic Hero Nobile" were written by Oleg Bundur and are dedicated to the events preceding the flight of the airship Italia, as well as Umberto Nobile's subsequent post-flight fate.