In the spring of 1926 three Englishmen trekked in the Canadian wilderness to experience life in the extreme – to be adventures. What they didn’t know was that this walk would be their last.
Under the leadership of the legendary Jack Horby – a man who prided himself on his ability to live off the land – 17-year-old Edgar Christian and Harold Adlard journeyed into the frozen wastes of Canada’s Barren Lands in search of fortune, sure that when they returned they would be welcomed home as heroes.
They tool incredible risks, believing that their idealism, optimism and faith in their leader would see them trough. But Hornby carried a secret. He alone knew that if luck was not wuth them, they would be dead men.
Based on Edgar Christian’s heart-reading journal of the expedition, Cold Burial is a haunting story of obsession, folly and fortitude.