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In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic (Modern Library Exploration) by Valerian Ivanovich Alʹbanov, Valerian Albanov, Linda Dubosson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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“One helluva read.”— Newsweek • “Gripping.”— Outside • “Spellbinding.”—Associated Press • “Powerful.”— New York In 1912, the Saint Anna, a Russian exploration vessel in search of fertile hunting grounds, was frozen into the polar ice cap, trapping her crew aboard. For nearly a year and a half, they struggled to stay alive. As all hope of rescue faded, they realized their best chance of survival might be to set out on foot, across hundreds of miles of desolate ice, with their lifeboats dragged behind them on sledges, in hope of reaching safety. Twenty of them chose to stay aboard; thirteen began the trek; of them all, only two survived. Originally published in Russia in 1917, In the Land of White Death was translated into English for the first time by the Modern Library to widespread critical acclaim. As well as recounting Albanov’s vivid, first-person account of his ninety-day ordeal over 235 miles of frozen sea, this expanded paperback edition contains three newly discovered photographs and an extensive new Epilogue by David Roberts based on the never-before-published diary of Albanov’s only fellow survivor, Alexander Konrad. As gripping as Albanov’s own tale, the Epilogue sheds

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Author

Valerian Ivanovich Alʹbanov, Valerian Albanov, Linda Dubosson

Publisher

Modern Library

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679641001

Category

history

Subjects

Adventure, Anthropology, Fiction