Albanov, Valerian

In the Land of White Death

Modern Library:
New York: 2001
First printing, Trade paperback, Fine,
230 pp
Cover artwork by: Gabrielle Bordwin

Subtitled: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic. Sort of a Russian version of the Shackleton experience. A true story. “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.” Frigid summer reading.   #16707