In the Land of White Death: The Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
by Albanov, Valerian; preface by Krakauer, Jon
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good- hard cover
- ISBN 10
- 0679641009
- ISBN 13
- 9780679641001
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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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- Gail Kennon Book-Comber (US)
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- 47773
- Title
- In the Land of White Death: The Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
- Author
- Albanov, Valerian; preface by Krakauer, Jon
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good- hard cover
- Edition
- 1st printing thus,2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679641009
- ISBN 13
- 9780679641001
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- October 24, 2000
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