Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World

Follows the author’s reconstruction of the survival story of four eighteenth-century Russian sailors who were shipwrecked on the barren Arctic island of Svalbard for six years, discussing the events of the ice wrecking, the four survivors’ minimal provisions, their dependence on driftwood for fire, and their near-death experiences in the wake of polar bear attacks. 40,000 first printing