A very RARE and beautiful and intertesting book..."I Went to the Soviet Arctic" written by Ruth Gruber, second 1944 revised edition published by The Viking Press.. Key themes of the book: • The status of women: Gruber examined closely how the Soviet communist system integrated women into demanding frontier labor, as well as into scientific and administrative roles in the Arctic. • Life in Igarka: The reportage offers a unique glimpse into the Siberian city of Igarka—a strategic outpost for the timber industry and polar navigation. • Pioneers and the Gulag: The text bridges the enthusiasm surrounding a geographical frontier and the development of the Northern Sea Route with the geopolitical reality of the Stalinist era. The success of this work even caught the attention of the U.S. government, leading Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes to appoint Gruber as a special envoy to Alaska during the Second World War. The personal history of a young American woman who visited the Soviet Union on assignment for the Herald-Tribune syndicate, who wanted to know about the status of women in the USSR Inside clean and complete, externally original cloth with discoloration, overall good. Ancient water sign on fore-edge, not inside-see photo Scarce