Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi was an Italian mountaineer and explorer, briefly Infante of Spain as son of Amadeo I of Spain, member of the royal House of Savoy, and cousin of the Italian Ki
Photo of K2 taken by the Duke
Stella Polare was trapped and threatened to sink. The crew were obliged to land with the utmost haste and to secure materials for building a dwelling.
The Duke and his guides climbing an icefall on Chogolisa in 1909.
Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy-Aosta, Infante of Spain, Count of Turin was a grandchild of King Victor Emmanuel II and a member of the House of Savoy. He was a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III.
Vittorio Emanuele in 1895
H.R.H. Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy-Aosta, Count of Turin, Cadet in the Military College of Milan in 1885.