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In 1931, scientists hunted “ghost islands“ in the Arctic with a zeppelin
- redanddead 4y agoIt reads like a Greek tragedy... all these characters in a story resembling Tintin's, only to have it all end up in flames. Kind of sucks...
- stefanoco 4y agoWorth noting that Zeppelin heritage of inventions and mechanical systems still lives in a few corporations, notably the multinational ZF (https://www.zf.com https://www.zf.com) that serves transportation industry with mechanical transmissions and electronic systems
- omnibrain 4y agoThere is even still a "Zeppelin" company. Their main business is being the european distributor and service provider for Caterpillar. But their daughter "Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH" still builds Zeppelins. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_NT https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_NT
- aarghh 4y agoI remember an obscure Disney movie that had people in airships looking for islands in the Arctic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_at_the_Top_of_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_at_the_Top_of_the_W... Great fun for a seven year old.
- JasonFruit 4y agoThe Reception section of the Wikipedia article[0] for this film is a real mix. I kind of want to see it, partly because I'm a sucker for both Vikings and airships, but also to see how critics could be so scattered in their opinions of the film. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_at_the_Top_of_the_World#Reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_at_the_Top_of_the_W...
- jbay808 4y agoThis was the Graf Zeppelin, probably the most accomplished airship ever built. In addition to this mission, it circumnavigated the Earth in 1929, and offered regular passenger service between Europe and Brazil through the 1930s.
- octoberfranklin 4y ago> The expedition was known as the Polarfahrt Excellent name.