Best Survival Stories Ever Told

This collection of classic tales comprises over thirty accounts of true-life adventure taken from contemporary memoirs, letters, and journals. They span the years from 1800 to the end of the twentieth century, in a period which can be termed the modern age of exploration. Among the writers are:

• Ernest Shackleton
• Douglas Mawson
• Salomon Andrée
• Sebastian Snow
• Ed Drummond
• Edmund Hillary
• Maurice Herzog
• Lewis a...