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Just For You! -- Outdoor Adventures (and Misadventures)

Sometimes the most riveting stories are the true ones and these are no different! Adventure most certainly found these people, whether they were looking or not.

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8 items

  • Winterdance

    the Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

    Paulsen, Gary,
    Well renowned children’s author Gary Paulsen tackles the Iditarod, a grueling 1150 mile dog sled race across Alaska.
    Book, 1995San Diego ; New York ; London : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. — 798.83092 PAULSEN
  • The River of Doubt

    Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

    Millard, Candice
    After losing the presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt takes the next most logical course of action; he sets off to explore the Amazon rainforest!
    Book, 2006New York : Anchor Books, 2006. — 918.113 MILLARD
  • Madhouse at the End of the Earth

    the Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night

    Sancton, Julian,
    The stakes couldn’t be higher when an exploration ship, the SS Belgica, becomes trapped in the ice south of the Antarctic circle.
    Book, 2021New York : Crown, [2021] — 919.8904 SANCTON
  • 438 Days

    An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

    Franklin, Jonathan, 1964-
    Despite being set adrift in an open-sided fishing boat, Salvador Alvarenga managed to survive (mostly) alone in the Pacific Ocean for 14 months.
    Book, 2015New York : Atria Books, [2015] — 910.9164 FRANKLIN
  • In the Heart of the Sea

    the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

    Philbrick, Nathaniel,
    The only thing worse than being stranded at sea is being stranded at sea after being attacked by a whale.
    Book, 2001New York : Penguin, 2001. — 910.916 PHILBRICK
  • Experienced hiker Aaron Ralston learns a very hard lesson when he becomes trapped by a falling boulder in remote Utah.
    DVD, 2011Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox, c2011. — DVD O
  • Each season, 10 survival experts put their skills to the test in this bare-bones reality show where they face some of nature’s most unforgiving environments.
    Streaming Video, 2015HISTORY, 2015. — KANOPY STREAMING VIDEO