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The narrative intertwines survival in extreme tundra conditions with a fast-growing sense of paranoia under Putin’s wartime Russia. Through the author’s journey—and subsequent incarceration—the book highlights how politics, travel, and fragile truth collide, making storytelling itself a matter of risk and consequence.","ON THIN ICE  \nAn Explorer’s Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance and Survival  \nCHARLIE WALKER  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n‘This almost insanely intrepid and dangerous trek in remotest Siberia is astonishing in itself. But it also brings invaluable experience of Russian reactions to the war against Ukraine. Altogether extraordinary’  \nColin Thubron, author of The Amur River  \n‘A powerful and haunting report from one of the world’s most inaccessible places. Part quest, part fugitive drama, Walker navigates the ice roads and shattered towns of northeast Siberia to reveal the complex – and dangerous – politics of travel in Putin’s Russia. On Thin Ice is a captivating book’  \nClare Hammond, author of On the Shadow Tracks  \n‘I was hooked from the very first, chilling words. On Thin Ice reads more like a Soviet-era spy thriller than travelogue, full of derring-do, panache, but also – importantly – insight. Imagine John Le Carré mixed with James Bond, add a dash of that master of travel writing, Colin Thubron, and you’ll have some idea of what’s in store’  \nBenedict Allen, author of Explorer  \n‘On Thin Ice is a remarkable book, and joins the ranks of those rare travelogues where a writer’s journey gets overtaken by world events. Walker is the best of guides, curious, honest, humble. I was gripped by the hardships of his journey, and his growing paranoia as the walls close in around him. In both his trek across Siberia and in his subsequent incarceration, it does what the best travel books should do, providing a unique and captivating insight into an utterly unknown world’  \nAdam Weymouth, author of Lone Wolf  \n‘An astonishing journey, depicted with empathy and panache, in which the manifold dangers of the Siberian tundra ultimately prove far easier to bear than the insidious tyranny of the Russian state. Combining humility with mind-boggling tenacity, Walker is a compelling narrator who conveys the dual challenges of politics and permafrost with insight, honesty and a reporter’s eye for detail. A cracking read from start to finish’  \nRebecca Lowe, author of The Slow Road to Tehran  \n‘A wonderfully well-observed account of what happens when a British explorer comes up against the hard realities of Putin’s wartime Russia. From the frozen expanses of Siberia to the inside of a prison cell, Walker is empathetic, clear-eyed and engaging’  \nHoward Amos, author of Russia Starts Here  \n‘Walker captures the Arctic’s unforgiving nature and exposes the importance of storytelling in places where truth is fragile. An absolutely gripping read’  \nLevison Wood, author of The Great Tree Story  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Katie  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n‘Through Siberia, Russia would purge herself. Its vastness could quarantine evil . . . Siberia is more Russian than Russia is, people say, as ifit were a quintessential Russia, or the imagined country which Russia would like to be.’  \nColin Thubron, In Siberia  \n‘The people are silent with horror.’  \nAlexander Pushkin, Boris Godunov  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nMap  \nAbout The Author Author’s Note Prologue  \nPART I – PROPAGANDA  \n\n| Chapter 1\u003Cbr>Chapter 2\u003Cbr>Chapter 3\u003Cbr>Chapter 4\u003Cbr>Chapter 5\u003Cbr>PART II – PARANOIA |\n| --- |\n| Chapter 6\u003Cbr>Chapter 7\u003Cbr>Chapter 8\u003Cbr>Chapter 9\u003Cbr>Chapter 10\u003Cbr>PART III – PRISON |\n\nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nEpilogue  \nSelected Bibliography Acknowledgements  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nCharlie Walker is an award-winning explorer, author and international keynote speaker. 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