Eastbound through Siberia

Whether he is jumping ice floes, drying out by a fire, glimpsing the soaring aurora borealis, or mired in mud, traveling with Steller as he botanizes his way across Siberia is part wilderness adventure, part open air museum visit, and a valuable historical window into the early eighteenth-century. Watching this Enlightenment scholar working to understand the unknown Eurasian space is engaging r...