Mark Piesing

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Updated: What people are saying about N-4 Down: the hunt for the Arctic airship Italia.

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Across the Channel in a Nazi Helicopter

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 markpiesing

Get Lost Podcast: The Hunt for Arctic airship Italia

May 4, 2022 markpiesing

Great news! My 2nd piece for The Smithsonian’s Air and Space magazine has been formally accepted.

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 markpiesing

The epic attempts to power planes with hydrogen

April 11, 2022 markpiesing

How the UK is making its way back into the space race

April 1, 2022 markpiesing

The Anchorage Daily News review: ‘N-4 Down,’ an engrossing narrative of Arctic air exploration and a polar rescue attempt

February 11, 2022 markpiesing

My latest for BBC Future: The aircraft that will never fly on Earth

November 25, 2021 markpiesing

Averting climate disaster: is there a role for solar engineering?

November 21, 2021 markpiesing

The Free Lance-Star review: ‘N-4 Down” shows how polar explorers were blinded by ice, snow and vanity

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 markpiesing

Excerpt from N-4 DOWN No.3…LitHub & CrimeReads: THE AIRSHIP ITALIA: A MYSTERY AT THE END OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF POLAR EXPLORATION

October 27, 2021 markpiesing

Excerpt from N-4 DOWN No.2…engadget: Hitting the Books: A look at the 1920s airship that nearly made it to the North Pole