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Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the…
White Nile. Using new research, Tim Jeal tells the story of these great expeditions, while also examining the tragic consequences the Nile search has had on Uganda and Sudan to this day. 2011.Death and deliverance: the haunting true story of the Hercules crash at the North Pole
By Robert Mason Lee. 1992
Desperate hours: the epic rescue of the Andrea Doria
By Richard Goldstein. 2001
A dramatic moment-by-moment account of the crash that caused the sinking of the "Andrea Doria" and the remarkable rescue of…
all but 46 of the ship's 1662 passengers and crew, widely known as the greatest sea rescue of all time. 2001.Dangerous waters: one man's search for adventure
By David Philpott. 1985
The author, head of a billion-dollar corporation, left his old life and set out alone in a 30-foot sailboat. He…
travelled from Halifax to Bermuda and into the open Atlantic where his boat was wrecked in a storm. 1985.Black wave: a family's adventure at sea and the disaster that saved them
By Jean Silverwood, John Silverwood, Malcolm McConnell. 2008
When John and Jean Silverwood, both experienced sailors, decided to give their four children a taste of life on the…
high seas, they hoped the trip would offer important learning experiences. But aboard their fifty-five-foot catamaran, the Silverwood family struggled with family and marriage dynamics in compressed quarters alongside the terrifying forces of nature. Then, just when it seemed that they had mastered every challenge, their world was shattered in a split second of sheer horror. 2008.Castaway survivor's guide
By Rory Storm. 2000
Planning on being a castaway somewhere? Then this guide is for you. Learn how to live off the land, find…
food and shelter, and battle weather, poisonous plants and animals, and any other dangers you might encounter. Includes castaway stories, quizzes and brainteasers, and the recipe for cooked snake. Grades 3-6 and older readers. 2000.At large: the fugitive odyssey of Murray Hill and his elephants
By Gary S Ross. 1992
When Murray Hill retired from the circus, he sold his elephants to Dick Drake, but "repossessed" them when he discovered…
that Drake was abusing the animals. Over the next 5 years, Murray put all his energy and ingenuity into hiding the elephants from Drake and the FBI. Strong language.At the edge: daring acts in desperate times
By Larry Verstraete. 2009
A young man in Nunavut fights off a polar bear to save his friend, a Canadian peacekeeper in the Congo…
risks his own life to save those of stranded tourists, and ordinary people show extraordinary character during the Halifax Explosion, the Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina, the Tiananmen Square protests, and September 11, 2001. Over twenty true-life stories about life-threatening situations and the wrenching choices made by the people facing them. Winner of the 2010 Silver Birch Award for Non-fiction. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2009.Around the world in 20 days: the story of our history-making balloon flight
By Brian Jones, Bertrand Piccard. 1999
An account of the first nonstop balloon flight to circle the globe. The authors describe their liftoff in Switzerland in…
March 1999, their record-setting journey, and their landing in the Egyptian desert. Discussion includes equipment used and crises encountered, with revelations of the personal quirks of the two adventurers. 1999.An embarrassment of mangoes: a Caribbean interlude
By Ann Vanderhoof. 2005
Ann and Steve were driven professionals desperate for a break, so they quit their jobs and set sail for the…
Caribbean on a two-year voyage of culinary and cultural discovery. They dropped anchor in 16 countries, where they explored secluded beaches, shopped lively local markets, hiked, fished, and adapted to life on "island time". Includes recipes of the dishes they encountered, such as cracked conch, curried lobster and papaya salsa. 2005.Alone against the north
By Adam Shoalts. 2015
The Hudson Bay Lowlands, a trackless expanse of muskeg and lonely rivers, caribou and wolf, is an Amazon of the…
north, parts of which to this day remain unexplored. Cutting through this forbidding landscape is a river no explorer, trapper, or canoeist had left any record of paddling. It was this river that Adam Shoalts was obsessively determined to explore. It took him several attempts, and years of research. But finally, alone, he found the headwaters of the mysterious river. He believed he had discovered what he had set out to find. But the adventure had just begun. Bestseller. Winner of the 2016 Young Authors Award. 2015.Against the flow: the inspiring story of a teacher turned record-making yachtswoman
By Dee Caffari, Elaine Bunting. 2007
More people have walked on the moon than have successfully completed a westabout circumnavigation. In 2006, Caffari became the first…
woman to sail solo around the world against the prevailing winds and currents, braving physical hardship in terrible conditions, overcoming solitude, sleep deprivation, the worry of crucial equipment failing, 34 days of gales, 12 metre waves, cyclones and a lightning strike. c2007.3 jours au Népal
By JeanDavid Blanc. 2012
Voulant découvrir l'Himalaya seul en paramoteur, J.-D. Blanc s'écrase à 3.000 mètres d'altitude en plein hiver et sans ravitaillement. Il…
fait ici le récit de son périple minute par minute dans une nature grandiose mais hostile, raconte ses moments de désespoir, et donne une leçon de survie.100 days in the jungle
By Shawn Ohler, Vicki Hall. 2000
On September 11, 1999, eight oil workers from Canada and the U.S. were taken hostage by 15 armed guerrillas in…
Ecuador. They walked in the jungle for 100 days, facing possible death at any moment, but all miraculously survived. Some strong language. 2000.The sea hunters: true life adventures with famous shipwrecks
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2003
A hunter of shipwrecks documents the discovery or survey of twelve major ships in deep waters. Each ship's story begins…
with an account of its final voyage, then describes how the ship was found. Featured are the Confederate submarine Hunley and the Allied troop transport Leopoldville, among others. 2003, c1996.The water in between: a journey at sea
By Kevin Patterson. 1999
Kevin Patterson, fresh off a stint in the army and suffering from a broken heart, decided that he would sail…
from Vancouver to Tahiti and back. Although he knew little about boats or sailing he and a companion set out on an adventure that would take them around the world and force them to contemplate the reasons they set out on their journey.Space stories that really happened (Stories That Really Happened Ser.)
By Andrew Donkin. 1999
In this collection of real-life space adventures, the reader can find out about the first astronaut ever to set out…
into the unknown; what it's like to walk on the surface of the moon; and the terrifying journey of Apollo 13. Grades 2-4.The full Montezuma: around Central America and the Caribbean with the girl next door
By Peter Moore. 2001
Travel writer Peter Moore recently invited the new love of his life, a.k.a. the girl next door, to join him…
on a romantic sojourn through Central America. The trip would take them into an area of the world emerging from decades of civil war, an area racked with poverty, disease and natural disasters. Over the next six months they battled hurricanes, mosquitoes, uncooperative border officials and over-sexed Mexican commuters, and along the way they learnt rather more about each other than they really wanted to. 2001.Vacation adventures on a cargo ship
By Adrian Peetoom. 2008
Author Peetoom and his wife, Johanna, had long been fascinated by cargo ship travel as a way to journey to…
foreign ports. After Adrian retired, the couple embarked on two voyages: from Hamburg through the North Sea, the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, across the bottom of Asia to ports in South Korea and China, and back; and from Savannah, Georgia, across the South Pacific to Australia and New Zealand. 2008.Five against the sea: a true story of courage and survival
By Ron Arias. 1989
Five Costa Rican fishermen embarked on a routine fishing trip, but a freak storm ravaged their ship and they drifted…
in the Pacific for 142 days. They survived ferocious squalls, shark attacks, terrible thirst and a curious whale. The men finally were rescued near Honolulu, 4500 miles from home. 1989.