Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World’s Greatest Scientific Expedition, by Stephen R. Bown

Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World’s Greatest Scientific Expedition, by Stephen R. Bown

I read this well-written, fast-paced historical documentary in (almost) one sitting, with (near the end) Tchaikovsky’s great Fifth Symphony surging along in the background (on Oregon Public Radio) towards its dramatic conclusion. Both the Russian expedition and...

A Miracle Born In the Midst of Famine

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