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Over the top of the world: explorer Will Steger's trek across the Arctic
Par Will Steger. 1997
Recounts Steger's 1995 trip over the North Pole by dogsled and canoe. Steger's journey begins in Siberia with six teammates,…
thirty-three dogs, and two tons of gear. His journal entries detail daily events, weather conditions, setbacks, dog problems, and human difficulties in successfully mounting the expedition. Grades 4-7Adventures
Par Tana Reiff. 1993
A night to remember
Par Walter Lord. 1955
A detailed portrayal of what happened aboard the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and began to sink in the…
North Atlantic on April 14, 1912. Based on account of the survivors from first class passengers to steerage and crew. BestsellerAlbatross: a true story of a woman's survival at sea
Par Deborah Kiley. 1994
At twenty-four, Deborah signs on to the crew of a private yacht. She immediately has misgivings due to the personalities…
and work habits of the others. As they sail to Florida, a storm and a series of mishaps sink the boat, leaving the five-person crew fighting hypothermia in a small dinghy. Sharks, blood poisoning, and the effects of salt water reduce the crew to two. Strong languagePolar dream
Par Helen Thayer. 1993
In 1988, fifty-year-old Thayer and her newly acquired Inuit husky, Charlie, set off for a month-long trek to the North…
Pole. Forewarned about the ferocity of polar bears, Thayer is dismayed to encounter them regularly but deters them with flares and Charlie. They also face raging windstorms--one so violent that Thayer's supplies are lost and her face is cut by ice until her vision is impairedThe mirror of the sea
Par Joseph Conrad. 1906
Conrad, who went to sea at age seventeen and rose from apprentice seaman to master in the British merchant service,…
writes a paean to the sea. He describes, with the voice of a lover, the many moods of the ocean, the loading of cargo, the managing of crews and vessels, and the mysteries of the watersJaguars ripped my flesh: adventure is a risky business
Par Tim Cahill. 1987
A series of essays "conceived in fun and meant to be read for pleasure" on the joys and frustrations of…
travel. The articles first appeared in "Outside," "Geo," and "Rolling Stone" magazinesBurton: a biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
Par Byron Farwell. 1963
Burton was a notorious adventurer, as well as an archaeologist, diplomat, inventor, linguist, translator, soldier, traveler, and explorer. Farwell portrays…
him as a rare personality from his wild childhood and expulsion from Oxford, to his years in India, Africa, and the Middle East, and in his literary career and peculiar marriageGold & silver, silver & gold: tales of hidden treasure
Par Alvin Schwartz. 1988
Nanda Devi: the tragic expedition
Par John Roskelley. 1987
An emotional account of the tragic expedition organized by Nanda Devi Unsoeld to climb her namesake mountain, the third highest…
Himalayan peak. The author, a lead climber of the ill-fated 1976 ascent and a renowned mountaineer, relates the idealistic goals, dreams, and ambitions of the team members, tells how their inexperience led to disaster, and describes the complexities and day-to-day toil of high-altitude mountaineeringTen stories of survivals that depend on life-and-death choices. Collection includes depictions of the fateful Donner Party excursion to California…
in 1846 and the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 in 1982. For grades 6-9 and older readers