[grecy]

If you enjoy tales of Antarctic (mis)adventure, and adventure stories in general, I highly, highly recommend "The World Journey in the World" by Apsley Cheery-Garrared [1], the tale of Scott's ill-fated 1910-1913 attempt to be the first to reach the South pole by one of the men with him.

It is easily the most unbelievable account of adventure ever written, I genuinely have never read anything I would consider even a distant 5th place. I honestly don't think humans will come close to anything like it until we start exploring other worlds.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Worst-Journey-World-Apsley-Cherry-Gar...

[jfk13]

Don't overlook "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" (Alfred Lansing).

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139069.Endurance

[rtkaratekid]

Or “Alone on the Ice” which takes many accounts of Mawson’s trip. These adventures are the most incredible stories I’ve ever read and, with some expedition experience myself, I sometimes just shudder thinking about how difficult it must’ve been.

[arethuza]

If you like that kind of thing I can recommend "Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy" by Fergus Fleming - it largely covers 19th century expeditions UK to try and find the Northwest Passage and to rescue previous expeditions.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/878082.Barrow_s_Boys

[josh_fyi]

Typo: "Worst Journey..."