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True tales of outdoor challenges.
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Albanov, Valerian Ivanovich In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic A Russian navigator describes an ill-fated 1912 Arctic expedition aboard the Saint Anna, and his grueling cross-country journey to get help in 1914. 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander, Caroline The Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition Drawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives us a riveting account of Shackleton's expedition--one of history's greatest epics of survival. And she presents the astonishing work of Frank Hurley, the Australian photographer whose visual record of the adventure has never before been published comprehensively. Together, text and image re-create the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic daily struggle to stay alive, a miracle achieved largely through Shackleton's inspiring leadership. 1998 Appears on the following book lists:  Exploration and Discovery Alex Award - Nonfiction
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Balf, Todd The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la In 1998 a talented team of kayakers attempted to navigate the uncharted Tsangpo River in the Himalayas, which is considered the “Everest of Rivers” and runs through an area of legendary beauty. Balf chronicles their quest, exploring the river's lure and lore. 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Brown, Daniel The Indifferent Stars Above : the Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived. 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Burns, Robin Just Tell Them I Survived!: Women in Antarctica Account of women who have worked and lived in Antarctica. Celebrates the vitality and tenacity of the Antarctic community. Recounts the struggle with isolation and loneliness, the friendships and fun, and the tactics women have developed to survive the physical and social challenges posed by the Antarctic environment. 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cross, Wilbur Disaster at the Pole: The Tragedy of the Airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole In 1926, General Umberto Nobile gained acclaim by crossing the Pole in a dirigible, and in 1926 took a dirigible to the North Pole to land a scientific research team. The ship crashed on the return flight, hundreds of miles from help. This account tells of the crash and the international efforts to rescue the explorers, bringing to life the struggles of the survivors, the heroism and tragedy of rescuers, and political intrigue surrounding the adventure. 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Druett, Joan Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Describes how the crews of two different vessels became shipwrecked on opposite ends of the same deserted island and the very different experiences of the two groups--one of which through sheer determination and fortitude overcame the challenges of their environment, while the other descended into complete anarchy. 2007 Appears on the following book lists: Nonfiction | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Drury, Bob The Rescue Season: The Heroic Story of Parajumpers on the Edge of the World Alaska's 210th Pararescue Squadron is the Air Force's special unit of parajumpers dedicated to civilian rescues. They routinely save lives of mountaineers, fishermen and hunters under extreme weather conditions. Recounted here is the dramatic mission to rescue mountain climbers trapped on Mount Denali during a perilous storm. 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Griffith, Cary J. Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods True survival odysseys of two wilderness adventurers who entered the woods in search of tranquility but found something else entirely. 2006 Appears on the following book lists:
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Hall, Lincoln Dead Lucky : Life After Death On Mount Everest Lincoln Hall likes to say that on the evening of May 25, 2006, he died on Everest. Indeed, he attempted to climb the mountain during a deadly season in which eleven people perished. And Hall, in fact, was pronounced dead, after collapsing from altitude sickness. Two Sherpas spent hours trying to revive him, but, as darkness fell, word came via radio from the exhibition's leader that the Sherpas should descend the mountain in order to save themselves. 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Henderson, Bruce B. Fatal North: Adventure and Survival Aboard USS Polaris the First U.S. Expedition to the North Pole An in-depth account of the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole describes a mission that ended in the suspicious death of its leader, Charles Hall, and a desperate struggle for survival on the polar ice, drawing on original Navy inquests into the disaster, autopsy and forensic reports, personal journals, the ship's original log, and more. 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hill, Alvin Joseph Under Pressure: The Final Voyage of Submarine S-5 Follows the dramatic 1920 struggle by Lieutenant Commander Charles M. Cooke, Jr., and the crew of the Navy sub S-5 to escape their sinking submarine and attract the attention of a rescue ship before they all drowned. 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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James, Karen Holding Fast : the Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy In December 2006, millions of people across the world prayed and waited in anguish to learn the fate of 3 climbers trapped on Mt. Hood. The worst storm in the last decade was pounding the mountain with hurricane-force winds that would not permit the army of rescue workers to do their work. No one below could forget the last phone call Kelly James placed to his wife, telling her that he was trapped in a snow cave just below the summit. What happened next would change the lives of everyone involved and deeply touch millions of people who desperately hoped to see a Christmas miracle. 2008 Appears on the following book lists:
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Jordan, Jennifer Savage Summit: The True Stories of the Five Women Who Climbed K2 the World's Most Feared Mountain Recounts the true stories of five women who climbed the dangerous K2 mountain, describing how they overcame the harshest climbing and weather conditions of any mountain in the world. 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Knecht, G. Bruce The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race A gripping account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed and profiles the special individuals who risk their lives at sea, including Oracle founder Larry Ellison. 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kodas, Michael High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed Kodas, a journalist with The Hartford Courant and a seasoned climber, has written a very disturbing and fast-paced account of the dark side of climbing Mount Everest. Drugs, prostitution, theft and violent crime, and total disregard for human life were among the kinds of behavior the author found when he joined a New England group on an expedition to Everest. The author also discusses the environmental, economic, and moral implications of the conditions that face unsuspecting climbers on Everest today. 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Krakauer, Jon Into the Wild The story of Chris McCandless, a young man who embarked on a solo journey into the wilds of Alaska and whose body was discovered four months later, explores the allure of the wilderness 1996 Appears on the following book lists:
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Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster The author of Into the Wild describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, an expedition that ended in disaster, claiming the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survived, in a definitive, firsthand account of the tragedy. 1997 Appears on the following book lists: Amazing Adventures Alex Award - Nonfiction Nonfiction Classics--Modern
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Krieger, Michael J. All the Men in the Sea: The Untold Story of One of the Greatest Rescues in History Recounts the daring 1995 rescue of 245 workers washed into the ocean from Derrick Lay Barge 269 by Hurricane Roxanne, offering tribute to the crews of three tugboats who saved them. 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Madgic, Bob Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage On Yosemite's Half Dome On July 27, 1985, five hikers decided to attempt to climb Yosemite's Half Dome despite gathering storm clouds. By night's end, two were dead from a lightning strike and three more were gravely wounded. In this volume, outdoor writer and experienced climber Madgic draws upon interviews with the survivors to recount the events of that fateful day. He also describes the efforts of emergency medical personnel who performed a daring nighttime rescue of the injured by helicopter. 2005 |
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