The dirigible Italia crashed onto the Arctic sea ice north-east of the Svalbard archipelago on 25 May 1928 at 10:33 GMT while travelling back to her base from the North Pole. Only eight of the 16 crew members survived: one was killed upon impact. one did not survive the post-crash ordeal and six were trapped in the airship envelope (i. e. https://www.nacrack.com/