Giles Udy did not start out with the intention of writing this book. He was in Russia about 15 years ago and happened to hear about Norilsk, a remote, frozen part of Siberia where the Soviet Union had established forced labour camps. Udy managed to get permission to visit the place.
The temperature there could fall to as low as 50C and many thousands died due to this, low rations and barbaric treatment.
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