In the Land of White Death: an epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic
by Albanov, Valerian, preface by Jon Krakauer, introduction by DavidRoberts, Alison Anderson translator
- Used
- first
- Condition
- VG in VG DJ
- Seller
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Sebago, Maine, United States
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Synopsis
Valerian Albanov was born in 1881 in Voronezh, Russia, and graduated in 1904 from the Naval College of St. Petersburg. Despite his harrowing voyage aboard the Saint Anna, he continued going to sea until his death in 1919. Jon Krakauer is the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air , and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. David Roberts is the author of over a dozen books on mountaineering, exploration, and archaeology, including, most recently, True Summit . His work regularly appears in National Geographic Adventure , Smithsonian , and Outside , among other publications.
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- Bookseller
- Crabtree's Collection Old Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS036171I
- Title
- In the Land of White Death: an epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic
- Author
- Albanov, Valerian, preface by Jon Krakauer, introduction by DavidRoberts, Alison Anderson translator
- Illustrator
- Frontis of author, maps eps
- Book Condition
- Used - VG in VG DJ
- Edition
- 1st ptg thus
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- (2000)
- Keywords
- In 1912 Russian navigator Albanov embarked i search of new Arctic, hunting grounds. His ship Saint Anna was frozen fast in, Kara Sea, Saint Anna ship
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure;
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