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In the land of white death: an epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic / Valerian Albanov ; preface by Jon Krakauer ; introduction by David Roberts ; translated by Alison Anderson ; with additional material from William Barr's translation from the Russian.
Title: | In the land of white death: an epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic / Valerian Albanov ; preface by Jon Krakauer ; introduction by David Roberts ; translated by Alison Anderson ; with additional material from William Barr's translation from the Russian. |
Author(s): | Alʹbanov, Valerian Ivanovich. Albanov, Valerian. Krakauer, Jon, Roberts, David, Anderson, Alison, Barr, William, |
Date: | 2000. |
Publisher: | New York: Random House |
Language: | Russian transliteration entered into original records using BGN/PCGN 1947 romanisation of Russian; Cyrillic text in MARC 880 field(s) reverse transliterated from this by automated process; BGN/PCGN 1947 text then upgraded to Library of Congress romanisation. |
Abstract: | Translation of diaries first published in Russia in 1917, describing stranding of ship Svyataya Anna, commanded by Brusilov, in pack ice in Kara Sea and attempts by Al'banov and other members of ship's crew to reach Franz Josef Land. |
Notes: | Russian original published 1917 as "Na yug, k zemle Frantsa-Iosifa" as appendix to Zapiski po Gidrografii, T. 41. Diary subsequently published as "Mezhdu zhizn'yu smert'yu (dnevnik uchastnika ekspeditsii Brusilova)" in 1925, as "Zateryannyye vo l'dakh" in 1978, and with original title in 2007 by Yevropeyskiye Izdaniya. |
Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1912-14 Brusilov. 656.608.5 -- Shipwrecks. 93 -- History. X -- Biographies and obituaries. (*501) -- Russia (Federation). (*3) -- Arctic regions. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*50) : 91(08)[1912-14] |
ISBN: | 0679641009 |
SPRI record no.: | 154475 |
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