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The episode recounts the harrowing journey of navigator Valerian Albanov as he leads a desperate trek across the frozen sea after escaping an icebound ship.

Navigator Valerian Albanov escapes an icebound ship--and ends up the reluctant leader of a desperate trek across the frozen sea.  Sources for this book include the book In the Land of the White Death by Valerian Albanov, translated from Russian to English by Alison Anderson, and the book The Riddle of Navigator Albanov, by Mikhail Andreyevich Chvanov. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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