Leiningen versus the ants / Carl Stephenson -- To build a fire / Jack London -- Cooper's Creek / Alan Moorehead -- Walk well, my brother / Farley Mowat -- Three Skeleton Key / George G. Toudouze -- Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex / Owen Chase -- The most dangerous game / Richard Connell -- "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" / Rudyard Kipling -- A first-rate tragedy / Diana Preston -- Two mountain men / George Laycock -- Three days / John Haines -- The open boat / Stephen Crane -- The long walk / Slavomir Rawicz -- Alive / Piers Paul Read -- Annapurna / Maurice Herzog -- The boat journey / Sir Ernest Shackleton --The Devil's Thumb / Jon Krakauer.