On Thin Ice
An Explorer's Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance and Survival
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2026
Duckworth (Verlag)
978-0-7156-5673-0 (ISBN)
Duckworth (Verlag)
978-0-7156-5673-0 (ISBN)
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In early 2022, Charlie Walker set off to walk 600 miles along the frozen rivers of Siberia to learn more about the world’s coldest inhabited region and the people who live there. Instead, he found himself marooned in a country on the brink of war. He was arrested on suspicion espionage and thrown into a Siberian prison - this is his story.
I woke to a metallic rasp as the small hatch in the cell door swung open. ‘Walker!’ barked a guard. ‘Bweestra!’ Be quick! As I neared the door, a pair of handcuffs were brandished. I presented my wrists through the hatch, palms upward. The dense, gun-grey steel was heavy and cold to the touch.
What comes to mind when you think of Siberia? A world of ice, Siberia occupies a unique place in our imagination: home of the permafrost, rich in natural resource – and infamous for the horrors of the gulag.
In early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers. He hoped to cut through the myth to understand who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted past, as well as what the future might hold for this remote corner of our world. But on 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine, with devastating consequences. What had begun as an adventure swiftly descended into a paranoid nightmare, as Walker began to suspect he was being monitored by the Russian authorities.
On Thin Ice juxtaposes the harsh beauty of a Siberian winter with a thriller-like series of events that exposes the dark heart of Putin's propaganda machine. It is both the extraordinary record of one man’s walk through the most inhospitable place on earth and a powerful insight into a deeply troubled – and troubling – nation.
I woke to a metallic rasp as the small hatch in the cell door swung open. ‘Walker!’ barked a guard. ‘Bweestra!’ Be quick! As I neared the door, a pair of handcuffs were brandished. I presented my wrists through the hatch, palms upward. The dense, gun-grey steel was heavy and cold to the touch.
What comes to mind when you think of Siberia? A world of ice, Siberia occupies a unique place in our imagination: home of the permafrost, rich in natural resource – and infamous for the horrors of the gulag.
In early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers. He hoped to cut through the myth to understand who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted past, as well as what the future might hold for this remote corner of our world. But on 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine, with devastating consequences. What had begun as an adventure swiftly descended into a paranoid nightmare, as Walker began to suspect he was being monitored by the Russian authorities.
On Thin Ice juxtaposes the harsh beauty of a Siberian winter with a thriller-like series of events that exposes the dark heart of Putin's propaganda machine. It is both the extraordinary record of one man’s walk through the most inhospitable place on earth and a powerful insight into a deeply troubled – and troubling – nation.
Charlie Walker is an award-winning explorer, author and international keynote speaker. He has travelled over 60,000 miles by foot, horse, raft, bicycle, ski and dugout canoe, in places as varied as the Tibetan plateau, the Mongolian steppe, the Congolese jungle, the Arctic tundra, the highlands of New Guinea and the Sahara desert. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Scientific Exploration Society Explorer Award winner, and the author of Through Sand & Snow and On Roads That Echo.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7156-5673-2 / 0715656732 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7156-5673-0 / 9780715656730 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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