Ep 10: Jan Baalsrud

Podcast: What to Carry, What to Burn · Blair Braverman

Opublikowano: 2026-09-01

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 B...