🏔️ Alaskan Setting

Stories set against Alaska's dramatic wilderness, where extreme weather, isolation, and breathtaking landscapes become forces as powerful as any character.

Coming Into the Country

by John McPhee • 1977

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

4.21

8k+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life

Coming Into the Country 91%

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

by John McPhee 1977

4.21

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life

Arctic Homestead

by Norma Cobb • 2000

A blended family claims an Arctic homestead: no road, no laws, and winter closing in.

4.06

2k+

🏡 Homesteading Memoir 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Frontier Family

Arctic Homestead 90%

A blended family claims an Arctic homestead: no road, no laws, and winter closing in.

by Norma Cobb 2000

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏡 Homesteading Memoir 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Frontier Family

One Man's Wilderness

by Sam Keith • 1973

At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.

4.37

10k+

🏔️ Wilderness Memoir 🔨 Self-Reliance 🐻 Animal Encounters

One Man's Wilderness 89%

At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.

by Sam Keith 1973

4.37

10k+ ratings

🏔️ Wilderness Memoir 🔨 Self-Reliance 🐻 Animal Encounters

Alaska by James A. Michener

by Steve Berry • 1988

A frozen land draws mammoth hunters, Russian fur traders, and American dreamers. It bends them all.

4.17

17k+

🏛️ Epic Historical Saga 🌍 Land As Character 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness

Alaska by James A. Michener 89%

A frozen land draws mammoth hunters, Russian fur traders, and American dreamers. It bends them all.

by Steve Berry 1988

4.17

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Epic Historical Saga 🌍 Land As Character 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness

Northern Lights

by Nora Roberts • 2004

A broken cop takes refuge in an Alaskan town with a frozen corpse in its mountain.

4.05

50k+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Wounded Hero

Northern Lights 88%

A broken cop takes refuge in an Alaskan town with a frozen corpse in its mountain.

by Nora Roberts 2004

4.05

50k+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Wounded Hero

The Snow Child

by Eowyn Ivey • 2012

After a childless couple builds a snow girl, a mysterious child appears at their Alaskan homestead.

4.02

178k+

👑 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 💔 Childless Couple

The Snow Child 88%

After a childless couple builds a snow girl, a mysterious child appears at their Alaskan homestead.

by Eowyn Ivey 2012

4.02

178k+ ratings

👑 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 💔 Childless Couple

Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer • 1996

A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.

4.02

1.2M+

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🏃 Runaway Idealist

Into the Wild 88%

A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.

by Jon Krakauer 1996

4.02

1.2M+ ratings

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🏃 Runaway Idealist

Two Old Women

by Velma Wallis • 1993

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

4.09

19k+

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family

Two Old Women 88%

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

by Velma Wallis 1993

4.09

19k+ ratings

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family

Silverskin

by Caitee Cooper • 2023

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

4.26

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror

Silverskin 88%

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

by Caitee Cooper 2023

4.26

97 ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror

The Latte Factor

by David Bach • 2019

He ran the Iditarod to prove himself. His dogs ran it to save his soul.

3.83

8k+

🌲 Wilderness Memoir 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence

The Latte Factor 88%

He ran the Iditarod to prove himself. His dogs ran it to save his soul.

by David Bach 2019

3.83

8k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Memoir 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence

Revolver

by Marcus Sedgwick • 2009

A frozen cabin, a dead father, and a gunman demanding gold the family may not have.

3.71

5k+

🧊 Arctic Survival ⛏️ Gold Rush Frontier 💔 Absent Mother

Revolver 88%

A frozen cabin, a dead father, and a gunman demanding gold the family may not have.

by Marcus Sedgwick 2009

3.71

5k+ ratings

🧊 Arctic Survival ⛏️ Gold Rush Frontier 💔 Absent Mother

Our Last Echoes

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2021

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

3.49

4k+

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother

Our Last Echoes 88%

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2021

3.49

4k+ ratings

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother

Smilla's Sense of Snow

by Peter Høeg • 1992

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

3.73

53k+

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Smilla's Sense of Snow 87%

Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.

by Peter Høeg 1992

3.73

53k+ ratings

🕵️ Nordic Noir 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

About Grace

by Anthony Doerr • 2004

A hydrologist foresees his daughter drowning, abandons his family, and spends decades seeking home.

3.45

27k+

🔮 Prophetic Dreams ✍️ Lyrical Prose 🚶 Absent Father

About Grace 87%

A hydrologist foresees his daughter drowning, abandons his family, and spends decades seeking home.

by Anthony Doerr 2004

3.45

27k+ ratings

🔮 Prophetic Dreams ✍️ Lyrical Prose 🚶 Absent Father

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah • 2018

1974 Alaska: a girl discovers the wilderness is less cruel than her father's love.

4.46

1.2M+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🖤 Domestic Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

The Great Alone 87%

1974 Alaska: a girl discovers the wilderness is less cruel than her father's love.

by Kristin Hannah 2018

4.46

1.2M+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🖤 Domestic Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

The Breach

by Patrick Lee • 2009

A disgraced ex-cop finds a downed jet in Alaska and a covert war over mind-bending alien weapons.

4.01

10k+

👽 Alien Technology 🕶️ Covert Ops 🧠 Sentient Artifact

The Breach 87%

A disgraced ex-cop finds a downed jet in Alaska and a covert war over mind-bending alien weapons.

by Patrick Lee 2009

4.01

10k+ ratings

👽 Alien Technology 🕶️ Covert Ops 🧠 Sentient Artifact

Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen • 2001

Banished to an Alaskan island, a teen is mauled by a white bear, sparking inner war.

3.86

37k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🐻 Bear Attack 😡 Teenage Anger

Touching Spirit Bear 87%

Banished to an Alaskan island, a teen is mauled by a white bear, sparking inner war.

by Ben Mikaelsen 2001

3.86

37k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🐻 Bear Attack 😡 Teenage Anger

The Ice at the End of the World

by Jon Gertner • 2019

Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.

4.17

1k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🌍 Climate Science 🏔️ Glaciology

The Ice at the End of the World 87%

Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.

by Jon Gertner 2019

4.17

1k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🌍 Climate Science 🏔️ Glaciology

The Klondike Fever

by Pierre Berton • 1958

One ship carrying a fortune in gold turned a frozen creek into a city of forty thousand.

4.11

462

🏞️ Gold Rush History 🏜️ Western Frontier ⛺ Survival Narratives

The Klondike Fever 87%

One ship carrying a fortune in gold turned a frozen creek into a city of forty thousand.

by Pierre Berton 1958

4.11

462 ratings

🏞️ Gold Rush History 🏜️ Western Frontier ⛺ Survival Narratives

Surrender to Me

by K.A. Tucker • 2017

A small-town woman stands between a grieving billionaire and the brother determined to destroy him.

4.23

53k+

💔 Grieving Hero 🏛️ Inheritance Battle 🗡️ Brother Betrayal

Surrender to Me 87%

A small-town woman stands between a grieving billionaire and the brother determined to destroy him.

by K.A. Tucker 2017

4.23

53k+ ratings

💔 Grieving Hero 🏛️ Inheritance Battle 🗡️ Brother Betrayal

Hell Is Empty

by Craig Johnson • 2011

A blizzard strands a sheriff on a mountain with escaped killers and a murdered child's bones.

4.29

18k+

🖤 Western Noir 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🎯 Wilderness Manhunt

Hell Is Empty 87%

A blizzard strands a sheriff on a mountain with escaped killers and a murdered child's bones.

by Craig Johnson 2011

4.29

18k+ ratings

🖤 Western Noir 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🎯 Wilderness Manhunt

Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell • 2004

After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.

4.01

270k+

🕵️ Covert Mission 🔮 Shamanic Visions 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness

Cloud Atlas 87%

After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.

by David Mitchell 2004

4.01

270k+ ratings

🕵️ Covert Mission 🔮 Shamanic Visions 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness

Great Circle

by Maggie Shipstead • 2021

A biplane over Montana: an orphan girl decides nothing will keep her from the sky.

4.09

84k+

🛩️ Female Aviator 📖 Epic Life Saga 👯 Twin Connection

Great Circle 87%

A biplane over Montana: an orphan girl decides nothing will keep her from the sky.

by Maggie Shipstead 2021

4.09

84k+ ratings

🛩️ Female Aviator 📖 Epic Life Saga 👯 Twin Connection

The Lost Men

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis • 2006

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

4.15

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

The Lost Men 87%

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006

4.15

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

Black Woods Blue Sky

by Eowyn Ivey • 2025

An Alaskan single mother falls for a scarred stranger who transforms into a bear.

3.72

24k+

🐻 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 👩‍👧 Single Mother

Black Woods Blue Sky 87%

An Alaskan single mother falls for a scarred stranger who transforms into a bear.

by Eowyn Ivey 2025

3.72

24k+ ratings

🐻 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 👩‍👧 Single Mother

BOOM

by Tony Horwitz • 2014

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

3.89

713

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism

BOOM 86%

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

by Tony Horwitz 2014

3.89

713 ratings

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism

The Way of the Hermit

by Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging

The Way of the Hermit 86%

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

by Ken Smith 2023

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging

Mawson's Will

by Lennard Bickel • 1977

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

4.26

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives

Mawson's Will 86%

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

by Lennard Bickel 1977

4.26

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives

Mars and Venus Starting Over

by John Gray • 2002

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

3.85

968

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance

Mars and Venus Starting Over 86%

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

by John Gray 2002

3.85

968 ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance

Ice Station

by Matthew Reilly • 1998

Marines find a buried spaceship in Antarctica, then their allies attack and a killer hides within.

4.12

35k+

🧊 Antarctic Isolation 🎖️ Military Thriller 🏰 Under Siege

Ice Station 86%

Marines find a buried spaceship in Antarctica, then their allies attack and a killer hides within.

by Matthew Reilly 1998

4.12

35k+ ratings

🧊 Antarctic Isolation 🎖️ Military Thriller 🏰 Under Siege

The River

by Gary Paulsen • 1991

A lightning strike leaves his partner comatose, and a teenage survivalist must raft a deadly river.

3.83

33k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🌊 River Survival 🏕️ Teen Survivalist

The River 86%

A lightning strike leaves his partner comatose, and a teenage survivalist must raft a deadly river.

by Gary Paulsen 1991

3.83

33k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🌊 River Survival 🏕️ Teen Survivalist

Midnight Sun

by Jo Nesbø • 2015

A fugitive hides with a widow and son, hunted under a sun that never sets.

3.61

20k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🤝 Found Family

Midnight Sun 86%

A fugitive hides with a widow and son, hunted under a sun that never sets.

by Jo Nesbø 2015

3.61

20k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🤝 Found Family

Split Tooth

by Tanya Tagaq • 2018

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

3.88

14k+

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits

Split Tooth 86%

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

by Tanya Tagaq 2018

3.88

14k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

4.18

3.5M+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 86%

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

by Stieg Larsson 2005

4.18

3.5M+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

Over the Edge

by Greg Child • 2002

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

3.78

643

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

Over the Edge 86%

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

by Greg Child 2002

3.78

643 ratings

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1

by William Kent Krueger • 2012

In Aurora, Minnesota, an ex-sheriff's last chance begins with a missing boy and a dead judge.

4.30

1k+

🖤 Small Town Noir 🌲 Wilderness Suspense 🪶 Indigenous Mythology

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 Summary

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1 86%

In Aurora, Minnesota, an ex-sheriff's last chance begins with a missing boy and a dead judge.

by William Kent Krueger 2012

4.30

1k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Noir 🌲 Wilderness Suspense 🪶 Indigenous Mythology

April et le Dernier Ours

by Hannah Gold • 2021

On an Arctic island, a lonely girl discovers a polar bear starving and trapped in plastic.

4.28

8k+

🌍 Eco Adventure 🐾 Animal Friendship 🐻 Girl And Wild Animal

April et le Dernier Ours 86%

On an Arctic island, a lonely girl discovers a polar bear starving and trapped in plastic.

by Hannah Gold 2021

4.28

8k+ ratings

🌍 Eco Adventure 🐾 Animal Friendship 🐻 Girl And Wild Animal

The Wall

by Marlen Haushofer • 1999

An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.

3.99

42k+

🏔️ Literary Dystopia 💨 Quiet Apocalypse 🌿 Female Survivalist

The Wall 86%

An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.

by Marlen Haushofer 1999

3.99

42k+ ratings

🏔️ Literary Dystopia 💨 Quiet Apocalypse 🌿 Female Survivalist

Moon of the Crusted Snow

by Waubgeshig Rice • 2018

The power fails in a remote Anishinaabe community. A stranger arrives. The cities have fallen.

3.82

46k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌾 Indigenous Futurism 😈 Charismatic Outsider

Moon of the Crusted Snow 86%

The power fails in a remote Anishinaabe community. A stranger arrives. The cities have fallen.

by Waubgeshig Rice 2018

3.82

46k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌾 Indigenous Futurism 😈 Charismatic Outsider

Sidecountry

by John Branch • 2021

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

3.84

2k+

🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism

Sidecountry 86%

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

by John Branch 2021

3.84

2k+ ratings

🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George • 1959

Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.

4.10

86k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦅 Falconry 🏃 Runaway Adventure

My Side of the Mountain 86%

Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.

by Jean Craighead George 1959

4.10

86k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🦅 Falconry 🏃 Runaway Adventure

Deception Point

by Dan Brown • 2001

An analyst verifying NASA's Arctic meteorite finds flawless evidence of an elaborate, deadly hoax.

3.77

704k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller ❄️ Arctic Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Deception Point 86%

An analyst verifying NASA's Arctic meteorite finds flawless evidence of an elaborate, deadly hoax.

by Dan Brown 2001

3.77

704k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller ❄️ Arctic Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Good Morning, Midnight

by Lily Brooks-Dalton • 2016

An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.

3.90

24k+

🖤 Literary Apocalypse ❄️ Arctic Isolation 🚀 Deep Space

Good Morning, Midnight 86%

An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.

by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2016

3.90

24k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Apocalypse ❄️ Arctic Isolation 🚀 Deep Space

Solo

by Hazel Phillips • 2022

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

3.58

198

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs

Solo 86%

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

by Hazel Phillips 2022

3.58

198 ratings

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs

Give Your Heart to the Hawks

by Win Blevins • 1973

Three hundred miles from the nearest law, mountain men ruled only themselves. It could not last.

3.98

425

🏜️ American West 🏔️ Mountain Men 🗽 Frontier Individualism

Give Your Heart to the Hawks 86%

Three hundred miles from the nearest law, mountain men ruled only themselves. It could not last.

by Win Blevins 1973

3.98

425 ratings

🏜️ American West 🏔️ Mountain Men 🗽 Frontier Individualism

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs

by Tristan Gooley • 2014

Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.

3.77

5k+

🧭 Outdoor Navigation ☁️ Weather Prediction 🐾 Animal Tracking

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs 86%

Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.

by Tristan Gooley 2014

3.77

5k+ ratings

🧭 Outdoor Navigation ☁️ Weather Prediction 🐾 Animal Tracking

The Long Walk

by Slavomir Rawicz • 1956

Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.

4.24

22k+

🏚️ Soviet Gulags 🔓 Prison Escapes 🏕️ Survival Narratives

The Long Walk 85%

Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.

by Slavomir Rawicz 1956

4.24

22k+ ratings

🏚️ Soviet Gulags 🔓 Prison Escapes 🏕️ Survival Narratives

Storm Watch

by C.J. Box • 2023

A game warden discovers a dead man in a remote Bitcoin operation, and the state orders silence.

4.20

28k+

🎣 Game Warden Mystery 🌲 Rural Noir 🦌 Wildlife Crime

Storm Watch 85%

A game warden discovers a dead man in a remote Bitcoin operation, and the state orders silence.

by C.J. Box 2023

4.20

28k+ ratings

🎣 Game Warden Mystery 🌲 Rural Noir 🦌 Wildlife Crime

Endurance

by Alfred Lansing • 1959

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

4.46

169k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership

Endurance 85%

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

by Alfred Lansing 1959

4.46

169k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership

One Step Too Far

by Lisa Gardner • 2022

A drifter who finds the lost joins a Wyoming search, and the mountains start hunting back.

4.22

62k+

🏔️ Wilderness Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🌿 Recovering Alcoholic

One Step Too Far 85%

A drifter who finds the lost joins a Wyoming search, and the mountains start hunting back.

by Lisa Gardner 2022

4.22

62k+ ratings

🏔️ Wilderness Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🌿 Recovering Alcoholic

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