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In a riveting narrative of daredevils and eccentrics, Fergus Fleming gives us the breathtaking story of some of history's greatest explorers as they conquer the soaring peaks of the Alps.

In March 1990, Will Steger completed what no man had ever before attempted: the crossing of Antarctica, a total of 3,700 miles, on foot.

In 1845, Sir John Franklin set off from England to locate and chart the elusive Northwest Passage. He and his crew of 129 men never returned.

The escapades of this great Canadian are brought to life in a story that combines the lure of gold, the thrill of wilderness exploration and comic tales about life on a southern Alberta ranch.

Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813–1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial di

«La plupart des auteurs de grands récits d’aventures racontent ce qu’ils ont fait. Très peu vous disent pourquoi ils ont fait tout ça et comment tout cela les a changés.

On January 20, 2003, at 10:45 a.m., a massive avalanche released from Tumbledown Mountain in the Selkirk Range of British Columbia.

This true-life wilderness survival story recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra.

Une aventure au cœur des vestiges historiques de l'Égypte Un homme part aux confins du monde pour s'efforcer d'accepter le deuil d'un proche.

This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded.

The story of a ship begins after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, when Great Britain had more bomb ships than it had enemies.

It started on a summer afternoon in 1795 when a young man named Daniel McGinnis found what appeared to be an old site on an island off the Acadian coast, a coastline fabled for the skullduggery of

In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop.

The human story has always been one of perseverance--often against remarkable odds.

Additional information from two survivors and two Sabena pilots compliment this popular bestseller.