Four Against the Arctic

Written By : David Roberts

Narrated By : Robertson Dean

Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 10 hours

Categories : Adventurers & Explorers
Pre 1900

Price : $34.95 $23.95

Buy Now...

The book is an astonishing story, an almost unbelievable feat of survival.
Booklist

Robertson Deans reading [is] well paced and keeps the narrative moving.
AudioFile

an inspirational survival story.
Publishers Weekly

Dogged research and hard travel to distant places make for a gem in the literature of survival under dire conditions.
Kirkus Reviews

When David Roberts came across a reference to four Russian sailors who had survived for six years on a barren Arctic island, he was incredulous. An expert on the literature of adventure, Roberts had never heard the story and doubted its veracity. His quest to find the true story turned into a near-obsession that culminated with his own journey to the same desolate island. In Four against the Arctic Roberts shares the remarkable story that he discovered, perhaps the most amazing survival tale ever recorded.

In 1743 a Russian ship bound for Arctic walrus-hunting grounds was blown off course and trapped in ice off the coast of Svalbard (Spitzbergen). Four sailors went ashore with only two days supplies. Upon return they found the ship had vanished, apparently crushed and sunk by the ice.

The men survived more than six years until another ship blown off course rescued them. Four against the Arctic is a riveting book about man versus nature and a delightfully engaging journey deep into an obsession with historical rediscovery. But it is more even than that: It is a meditation on the genius of survival against impossible odds that makes a story so inspirational that it still fires the imagination centuries later.

Robertson Dean has played leading roles on Broadway, off Broadway, and at dozens of regional theaters throughout the country. He has a B.A. degree from Tufts University and an M.F.A. from Yale. He now lives in Los Angeles where he divides his professional time between stage, film, television, voiceovers, and audiobook narrating.

Other titles you may be interested in

Sceptred Isle 2: The Making of the Nation - 1087-1327, This Written By : Christopher Lee Narrated By : Anna Massey Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Runtime : 3 hours Categories : Non Fiction British Pre 1900 Price : $22.25 The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey More info...

John Adams (Unabridged) Written By : David McCullough Narrated By : Nelson Runger Published By : Simon & Schuster Runtime : 30 hours Categories : Historical Politics Biographical Pre 1900 Price : $100.00 $60.95 In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot. More info...

Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII Written By : David Starkey Narrated By : Patricia Hodge Published By : Harper Collins UK Runtime : 6 hours 31 minutes Categories : Historical Royalty and Heads of State British Pre 1900 Biographical Price : $16.99 The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages... More info...

Undaunted Courage (Abridged) Written By : Stephen E. Ambrose Narrated By : Cotter Smith Published By : Simon & Schuster Runtime : 4 hours 30 minutes Categories : American Pre 1900 Adventurers & Explorers Historical Price : $30.00 $15.95 In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and... More info...

Chemistry and The Enlightenment Written By : Dr. Ian Jackson Narrated By : Edwin Newman Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes Categories : Ancient Pre 1900 20th Century Knowledge & Learning Price : $9.95 Modern chemistry emerged from the historical traditions of metalworking (beginning as early as the Bronze Age in 3500 BC); medicine (especially "iatrochemistry", which emerged in the Renaissance); ... More info...