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The conflict relationship between Umberto Nobile and ruling Italian elite. Nobile moved to advise on's airship issues to Russia (for five years, 1931-1936) and then to the United States (1939-1945).

He returned to Italy in 1945, and taught at the University of Naples.

What weights do you weigh his luck and unluckyness? How is his-prosperous, in general-life after the second polar Bad flight (on the Italian airship) compared to Raul Amundsen's death, the disappearance of other members of other polar expeditions?

He died in Rome in 1978, at the age of 93, with the reputation of a talented engineer who was a fortunate (and unlucky) balloonist. The Participant of A unique fairy tale transarctic flight over the North Pole.

To one of the residents of Rome, the gust of wind dismissed the response of Leonardo da Vinci to a question from Columbus: "You know, Captain. ... There was no and there could be no tropical islands ... Umberto Nobile - General. He is prone to heroism ..."

January 17, 2017

This translation: 24.08.2017 17:10

VIII.The tale of Krzysztof Baranowski..

1972. Atlantic. The coast of Canada, Newfoundland, is approaching.

Late evening. Suddenly the Baranowski saw Arkady Fiedler.

– Arkady, hello. I like your book "Canada smelling of pitch".

– Hello, Krzysztof. I can tell you a little bit about Canada in 1935, what I wrote in my book. Will it be helpful to you? You - alone on a yacht crossing the Atlantic Ocean?

– Arkady, I'm taking your proposal with interest. We're in the ocean. The waves are overboard. Nice friendly communication.

Arkady Fiedler talked about Canada. But not only. The perception of the nature of Canada in 1935, he supplemented the biographical essays, the Loneliness of emigrants, and the complex, unusual, strange and illogical fates of others. Spoke of a "pathetic mood", a commitment to the idea of "the crucified nation's". Mention was also made of notions such as the "stale circle of petty interests", "Minshhina" and "Panshhina".

Of course, if it hadn't been a friendly conversation between two fellows, the Krzysztof could ask, "in your book, Arkady, one of the graduates of the military Engineering school in Kamianets-Podilskyi became an outstanding famous Canadian engineer in the 1860-X-1870-year era, and then, apparently, an English lord." And the other alumni? "The wilderness Minsk" plus mysterious, but some scary, "Panschina"? "Are mired" in musty a circle of petty interests? But the maps of any scale with their network of railroads do not indicate the existence of the "wilderness Minsk". However, the format of the meeting of two writers on a yacht in the middle of the ocean was not intended for critical assessments.

Like bumping in mind on September 1, 1939, Arkady Fiedler suddenly stopped up his story.

The night was over.

– You know, Arkady, - pause said Krzysztof, - I Mariner, traveler, athlete, sailor, writer. Many events in my life have been kind of training. By the way. Did you account for the historical practice? New qualities, new people created by such training?

Arkady Fidler looked at the interlocutor in astonishment.

– Krzysztof! We're on the yacht! The waves are overboard! Are you all right?

– Arkady! .. That's just the point, that now it's 1972, and we cut the waves of the Atlantic Ocean on the yacht, going from Europe to America ... Almost like Christopher Columbus ... To you the phrase "historical training" may seem unexpected and superficial. Let it be so. Not in this case. It's different. If the athlete is on the yacht, sailing keel down, and the mast up, if the yacht then turns over, and the yachtsman swims in the overturned yacht - masts down, if then the yacht returns to its former position with the keel down, and the athlete, pulling himself together and concentrating, continues Route, then, surviving in these incidents, the sailor becomes a slightly different person. And if he continues the route after several overturnings, then, consider, he has acquired new qualities. Yes, the yacht - in general - is not designed for such events. But if such events do happen, the sea trekking should be continued.

Arkady Fiedler watched with increasing amazement the Krzysztof Baranowski.

– Are there any such athletes, Krzysztof? I cannot, of course, tell you exactly how best to proceed after the move of the yacht. Maybe an emergency distress signal seems too hasty, maybe not necessary. But in any case, the most energetic measures for salvation are natural. The continuation of the route after the overturn of the yacht, and even more so after a few overturns, seems like some unnatural insistence. Out of courtesy, refrain from the word "stubbornness."

– Thank you, Arkady, for the story and the opinions expressed. As you rightly said, we're on a yacht. Yes, we're in the middle of the ocean, and now it's 1972. So the route goes on. By the way. Look deep, Arkady!

For a while, Arkady Fiedler quietly looked at the Krzysztof Baranowski.

Then Fiedler said, "Krzysztof, you succeed."

And disappeared.

Baranowski continued trip. From the shores of America, the yacht went to Africa. And from South Africa to Australia. In the Indian Ocean transition, in the "Roaring forties", where sailor meets powerful currents, storm winds, power waves, and where these factors are summed over seamount ridges to stop a sailor, the Baranowski's yacht several times has turned over.

The possibility of such incidents sailor known from the books and stories of the predecessors. During the rollovers, the wooden masts collapsed, leading to catastrophes.

The steel masts of "Polonez" , yachts of Baranowski, passed the test. Having guided the yacht possible order in the stormy ocean, Baranowski continued the route.

Another stop took place in Australia. It has become clear that the continuation of swimming will be very risky.

Baranowski covered the fluctuations.

He remembered his homeland, house, family. In his mind there were fellow-countrymen, shipbuilders, shipyard workers.

More or less constant in the memory and consciousness of the yachtsman was the presence of radio enthusiasts, - the inhabitants of many countries-seeking to provide emotional support, to help provide useful information. In almost all ports Baranowski met with positive attention and assistance.