![]() ![]() 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. ![]() Little did he know that his search would ultimately bring him closer to the experiences of these four survivors than he had imagined. Incredulous, Roberts - an expert on exploration literature who had never heard of this account - was determined to learn the truth behind this extraordinary story. While reading Valerian Albanov’s In the Land of White Death, 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. ![]()
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