South
by Ernest Shackleton | 
The Emerald Mile
by Kevin Fedarko | 
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
by David Miller | 
Man Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett | 
On the Plain of Snakes
by Paul Theroux |
Crazy River
by Richard Grant | 
The Vast Unknown
by Broughton Coburn |
Sahara Unveiled
by William Langewiesche | 
Trawler
by Redmond O'Hanlon |
The Shadow of Kilimanjaro
by Rick Ridgeway |
Off the Map
by Mark Jenkins |
To Timbuktu
by Mark Jenkins | 
The Last River
by Todd Balf | 
The Pillars of Hercules
by Paul Theroux | 
Wild
by Cheryl Strayed | 
Looking for Alaska
by Peter Jenkins | 
Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson | 
Becoming Odyssa
by Jennifer Pharr Davis | 
Adrift
by Steven Callahan | 
Dove
by Robin Lee Graham |
Although Shackleton's (1874-1922) epic expedition to reach the South Pole was a complete disaster, it was rescued from absurdity by his heroic, terrifying crossing of the Southern Ocean in a small boat to a whaling station on South Georgia. Through one of the greatest recorded feats of navigation and of leadership, he overcame almost impossible odds and rescued every one of his men from otherwise certain death.