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In the Land of White Death
In the Land of White Death
Author: Valerian Albanov
In 1912, six months after Robert Falcon Scott and four of his men came to grief in Antarctica, a thirty-two-year-old Russian navigator named Valerian Albanov embarked on an expedition that would prove even more disastrous. In search of new Arctic hunting grounds, Albanov's ship, the Saint Anna, was frozen fast in the pack ice of the treacherous ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679783619
ISBN-10: 067978361X
Publication Date: 10/17/2000
Pages: 288
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3.9 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Modern Library
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 3
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Helpful Score: 3
Fascinating because there's a minor twist you don't expect from a real-life exploration book. I feel guilty to admit that I was kind of bored for a chunk of the book--it's a diary of their day to day struggle on the ice, so for a long time what you read seems to be kind of the same thing from day to day, but in the end I really enjoyed it. It's not an account you hear much about in the U.S. and the interpersonal relationships of the survivors and how it's portrayed in this book is really amazing.
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Helpful Score: 1
Fasinating! Then again anything that is linked to Jon Krakauer is fantastic! This is an unbelievable story of survival and human spirit.
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I found this to be a very exciting book. For anyone who has ever wondered what it was like to be an explorer, this is a good book to read. I enjoyed it very much.


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