On Thin Ice: An Explorer's Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance and Survival

'Thisalmost insanely intrepidand dangerous trek in remotest Siberia isastonishingin itself. But it alsobrings invaluableexperience of Russian reactions to the war against Ukraine. Altogether extraordinary' Colin Thubron, author ofThe Amur River

In early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along the frozen rivers of Siberia. He hoped to cut through the myth of the gulag and the permafrost to understand who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted past, as well as what ...