In 1992, Chris McCandless journeyed deep into the Alaskan wilderness after shrugging off the pressures of modern urban life. This story tells the first-hand account of the first man in history to survive a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his sloop capsized only six days out. Louis Zamperini was one of three plane crash survivors floating on a raft for 47 days before being pulled from the ocean and placed into a Japanese POW camp. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption The true story of a 24-hour period on Everest which started with a storm and ended with the worst single-season death toll in the peak’s history.ģ. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster Marooned on the Antarctic continent, Shackleton and his team battle the elements in one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded.Ģ. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage To help you choose your next read, we’ve put together our favourite books about survival, filled with true-life tales that will compel readers for years to come.ġ. Our selection of the best books about survival includes astonishing accounts of endurance to tales of daring escape and everything in betweenīooks about survival demonstrate what humans are capable of when pushed to their limits. Whether it’s the treacherous slopes of a mountain in hurricane-force winds, being cast adrift in the middle of the ocean or a hellish trek through arid desert, the challenges described within illustrate the true strength of the human spirit.
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