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Nobile leaves Vadsø
Date of event: Saturday, 5 May 1928 / By hidden europe

Nobile leaves Vadsø

In the morning the weather is no better, but with the wind dropping in the evening the Italia crew decide it is time to press north. They leave Vadsø at about 8.30 pm, now bound for Spitsbergen.

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