false 649587 6 <P>While reading Valerian Albanov's <I>In the Land of White Death,</I> David Roberts came across the mention of an old legend of four shipwrecked Russian sailors who had managed to survive six years stranded on a barren island in the high Arctic. Incredulous, Roberts -- an expert on exploration literature who had never heard of this account -- was determined to learn the truth behind this extraordinary story. Little did he know that his search would ultimately bring him closer to the experiences of these four survivors than he had imagined.<P>In 1743 four survivors of a Russian shipwreck in the Arctic Ocean were trapped on a tiny island with only twenty pounds of flour for food. With ingenuity and courage they endured six years of nearly unimaginable hardship, with only driftwood to fuel their life-saving fires, and the constant threat of attack from polar bears (they would kill ten with homemade lances). Roberts's quest to document their story would take him across two continents and culminate in his own expedition to the remote and desolate shores where these mysterious sailors had been marooned. Riveting and haunting, <I>Four Against the Arctic</I> chronicles an incredible true story.<P> 1717120 book 2003 Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World total:31|5:3|4:5|3:14|2:8|1:1| 31 94 42 8 5 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 13:52:25 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 14:12:06 -0800 2008 Nothing comes close to this one, a true story of a 1743 Russian ship whose crew was headed North to hunt walrus. A storm blew their craft off course and left it trapped in the ice off Spitzbergen. The f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 07:30:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:22:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:47:11 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 17:34:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 18 19:16:50 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 31 10:12:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 10 06:38:01 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 06:38:33 -0800 2008 1
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