Alone, 180 Days on Lake Baikal

What would it be like to take a six-month break into the harsh and unrelenting wilderness of the vast Siberian Taiga, away from the hustle and bustle of a faceless urban life, to surrender into nature's bosom? In this extraordinary adventure at the shores of the glacial Lake Baikal, Sylvain Tesson, the Parisian writer, traveller and daring adventurer, not only did he succeed, but also portrays vividly how he spent half a year in a weather-battered cabin, alone and fragile against the boundless nature, the pitiless cold and the omnipresent danger. 180 days in exchange for the experience of a lifetime. Could that be the recipe for happiness?