In the Land of White Death
Varlian Albanov
In 1912, the Santa Anna, a Russian exploration vessel in search
of
fertile
hunting grounds, was frozen into the polar ice cap, trapping her crew
aboard. For nearly a year and a-half, they struggled to stay alive aboard
the ship. As all hope of rescue faded, they realized their best chance
might be to set out on foot, across hundreds of miles of desolate ice,
with their lifeboats dragging behind them on sleds. Twenty of them choose
to stay aboard. Thirteen began the trek. Two survived.
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