Umsebenzi ususelwa kwimicimbi yangempela eyenzeka ngo-1959 ezintabeni zama-Urals. Iqembu labafundi eliphansi kobuholi be-Dyathlov (umfundi wonyaka wesihlanu) bangena emkhankasweni. Abantu abayisishiyagalolunye bafa nezimo ezingachazeki. Izimbangela zengozi zisalokhu zingagcinwanga. Imiphumela yophenyo ithole ukuthi ama-skiers, ephula itende lawo angaphakathi, ashiye engafake zicathulo ngaphandle kwangaphandle kube yiBlizzard eqinile. Azikho izimpawu zomzabalazo, kodwa imihlatshelo emibili yabulawa kusukela ekuqhekekeni kwekhanda, omunye umvakashi wangenalo limi. Ngasikhathi sinye, izingubo zabafileyo zaziqukethe izinga eliphezulu lemisebe.
Abaphenyi baseSoviet baphetha ngokuthi imbangela yokufa kwabantu abasha kwaba yi- "Accountable Force Accound."
Lesi sithombe sizoba ukuvikelwa kokuqala kwencwadi kaBarckser. Evezweni lakhe 12 imisebenzi yesayensi futhi ethandwayo. Umlobi ubhekene nezinto ezesabekayo ezihlotshaniswa neze-paromenal phenomena.
Ama-ante Briggs azobe evumelanisa umbhalo.
Ukuhola uSimon Fellose, umqondisi weMalice eWorntolond Film Director.
Umsebenzi wephrojekthi uzoba sehlobo lonyaka olandelayo eMpumalanga Yurophu.