In 1943, Jan Baalsrud and his friends sneak into northern Norway on a fishing boat to blow up a Nazi air base—but when the Nazis catch them first, Jan ends up barefoot in the snow on an arctic island, trapped and alone.
Sources:
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance, by David Howarth
Defiant Courage: Norway’s Longest WWII Escape, by Astrid Karlsen Scott and Dr. Tore Haug
The Fugitive, published in The New York Times, by Robert Kolker
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman
Irene by Sofia Jannok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-np8zS4HQ
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