Ep 10: Jan Baalsrud

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.