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Mark Piesing

Guest Writer at GetHistory

Mark Piesing is a freelance journalist, author, presenter and occasional scriptwriter, living in Oxford, UK.

His first book, the critically acclaimed N-4 DOWN: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia, was published by Mariner Books/HarperCollins in August 2021, with actor Matt Jamie narrating the excellent and popular audiobook.

He is currently working on his next book.

The Latest from Mark Piesing

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Amundsen’s Last Expedition

Shortly after 4pm on 18 June 1928, the flying boat carrying the great polar explorer Roald Amundsen on his last expedition was seen by a Norwegian fisherman flying over the Arctic ocean into 'a bank of fog that rose up over the horizon…and disappeared before our eyes' – and it was never seen again.