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South: The Endurance Expedition
1.  South: The Endurance Expedition by Ernest Shackleton
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  "No one can say how he will fare in extremis, but:  as A-CG said "...if I am in the devil of a hole and want to get out of it, give me Shackleton every time.""
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The Worst Journey In The World
2.  The Worst Journey In The World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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  "The Daddy.  A masterpiece from another world. Wrap up and get the fire going before you start reading.  "If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward" (A-C.G.)"
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Congo Journey
3.  Congo Journey by Redmond O'Hanlon
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  "Next best thing to having leeches on yer legs.  O'Hanlon has a talent for getting into trouble, and an even better one for writing about it."
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Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic
4.  Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic by Redmond O'Hanlon
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  ".  O'Hanlon again.  Mostly about fish, but the nearest you want to get to Trawling in a force 12.  Read him, meet him if you can by all means, but don't go on trips with this man!"
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Picador Books)
5.  A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Picador Books) by Eric Newby
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  "Englishmen abroad again - charmingly well and wryly told, with a meeting with Wilfred Thesiger at the end.  Time in Newby's company is well spent."
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Long John Silver
6.  Long John Silver by Bjorn Larsson
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  "Treasure Island the hard way - how Long John got his name (Barbeque), and more.  Blistering good stuff, me hearties, great for Holidays and Airports."
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The Requiem Shark
7.  The Requiem Shark by Nicholas Griffin
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  "More pirating with Welshman and Parrots.  Written with a druid's ear.  Aharr."
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The Southseaman (Mariners Library No.33)
8.  The Southseaman (Mariners Library No.33) by Weston Martyr
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  "Bored at work?  Build ship, sail ship, burn ship.  Authentic tale of shipbuilding in Nova Scotia: a real gem.  Sadly now out of print, but copies around."
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The Book Of The New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw (Fantasy Masterworks): Shadow and Claw Vol 1
9.  The Book Of The New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw (Fantasy Masterworks): Shadow and Claw Vol 1 by Gene Wolfe
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  "OK, so it's not quite plain vanilla adventure - but so good, included in list.  Intelligent adventure in the far (and intelligently imagined) future.  With a few nods to Borges."
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Life of Pi
10.  Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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  "Magical tale of a shipwreck, with tiger, Japanese investigators, and an orang-utan.  What more could you want?  By someone who knows the sea, or sounds convincing!"
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Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
11.  Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone by Martin Dugard
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  "Blundering around Africa in pith helmets."
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Papillon
12.  Papillon by Henri Charrière
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  "True story of escape from Devil's Island"
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Touching The Void
13.  Touching The Void by Joe Simpson
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  "What happens when adventures like Newby's go wrong.  Ice cold all the way through: amongst the very best on climbing."
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Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
14.  Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
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  "When things go wrong, again: strong writing convinces you that's what it must have felt like.   I don't ever want to find out!"
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The White Spider: The story of the North Face of the Eiger
15.  The White Spider: The story of the North Face of the Eiger by Heinrich Harrer
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  "A plain, unvarnished tale - Herr Harrer is separated from us by time and nationality - but what a great tale.  They were iron men in those days!"
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