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In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic (Large Print)
In the Land of White Death An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic - Large Print Author:Valerian Albanov A New York Times Bestseller — In 1912, thirty-two-year-old Russian navigator Valerian Albanov embarked on an expedition that would prove to be disastrous. His ship, the Santa Anna, froze fast in the pack ice of the treacherous Kara Sea. For nearly a year and a half, the crew of twenty-five men and one woman endured terrible hardships and danger a... more »s the ship drifted helplessly north. Then Albanov and thirteen crewmen left the ship, and embarked on a 235-mile journey to reach safety. The fact that any survived is as amazing as the fact that Albanov kept his diary of the ninety-day ordeal.« less