Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
By: Edmund Hillary , Lennard Bickel
3.74
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mawson's Willis the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls "the most outstanding solo jour…
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1. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
By: Hampton Sides
4.27
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San… read more
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"We live in weary suspense," DeLong wrote. "Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old."-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
"When De Long arrived in California with Emma that May, he went straight down to the yard and feasted his eyes upon his new ship. He was smitten by the transformation that had taken place during his a…"-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
2. Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
By: Margaret Atwood , Owen Beattie , John Geiger
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The revised text of "Frozen in Time" expands on the history of nineteenth century British Arctic ex… read more
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3. The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole
By: Paul Theroux , Roland Huntford
4.35
Format: 588 pages, Paperback
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercel… read more
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4. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
By: Sebastian Junger
3.50
Format: 31 pages,
"Takes readers into the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost". O… read more
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5. River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
By: Buddy Levy
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Conquistadorcomes this thrilling account of one of history's greatest … read more
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6. The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
By: Alistair Urquhart
3.80
Format: 245 pages,
Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He… read more
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7. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
By: Alfred Lansing
4.44
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, on… read more
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"We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"Whatever his mood—whether it was gay and breezy, or dark with rage—he had one pervading characteristic: he was purposeful."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"[...] "Who the hell are you?" he said at last. The man in the center stepped forward. "My name is Shackleton" he replied in a quiet voice."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"There once was a mouse who lived in a tavern. One night the mouse found a leaky barrel of beer, and he drank all he could hold. When the mouse had finished, he sat up, twirled his whiskers, and looke…"-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
8. Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition
By: Stephen R. Bown
4.11
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
The immense 18th-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or … read more
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9. Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
By: Edmund Hillary , Lennard Bickel
3.74
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mawson's Willis the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls "the most outstanding solo jour… read more
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10. The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
By: Slavomir Rawicz
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia th… read more
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11. Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
By: Peter Zuckerman , Amanda Padoan
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for… read more
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12. The Worst Journey in the World
By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard , Caroline Alexander
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
The Worst Journey in the Worldrecounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole… read more
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13. Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival
By: Michael J. Tougias
3.87
Format: 252 pages,
A true story of disaster at sea from the author of Fatal Forecast and Finest Hours. read more
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14. Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
By: Steven Callahan
3.12
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan's dramatic tale of surviv… read more
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15. The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
By: Gay Salisbury , Laney Salisbury
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that w… read more
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16. K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs
5.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and … read more
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17. Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
By: Dean King
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A spectacular true odyssey through the extremes of the Sahara Desert in the early 19th century. Rea… read more
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18. The Great Train Robbery
By: Michael Crichton
4.33
Format: 226 pages,
"A nineteenth-century version of THE STING...Crichton fascinates us." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIE… read more
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19. The White Darkness
By: David Grann
3.96
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrill… read more
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"Passion for something can easily tip into obsession, which is a dangerous thing, especially when those affected are they very people who so loyally stand and wait. -Henry Worsley"-David Grann, The White Darkness
20. Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
By: Buddy Levy
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one … read more
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21. Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
By: Buddy Levy
4.42
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came… read more
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