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Aboriginals 40
Abruzzi Spur, K2 214
Adelaide 38, 44
Afghanistan 247, 254–63
Africa, North 47–60, 86, 148–9
Alaska 311
Allies, during Second World War 131–43, 147–57
Alpinism 176–83, 189
Alps
Bonatti Pillar 225–6
Eiger 197–209
Lyngen Alps 95–102
Matterhorn 176–83
Mont Blanc 189
altitude sickness 15
America, South 175
amputation, limb 247–8, 271, 272–8
Amundsen, Roald 297, 298, 299, 300, 305–17, 338
Andes 5–31, 81, 175, 225
Angerer, Willy 200–4, 207
Antarctica 294–5
see also Amundsen, Roald; Mawson, Douglas; Scott, Captain Robert Falcon; Shackleton, Ernest
Antigua 64
Arctic 279–90, 310, 311, 317
Asadabad 262
Ash, Bill 159–71
Asia 78, 80
Atlantic Ocean 64–74
atomic bombs 129–30
Aurora 331
Australasian Antarctic expedition (1911-14) 322–30
Australia 33–45
Auvergne 140
avalanches 204, 219
Axelson, Matthew ‘Axe’ 254–8
Baalsrud, Jan 89–103, 308
Babbage, Benjamin Herschel 37
Baden-Powell, Robert 304
Baffin Island 285
Barbados 86
Barthropp, Paddy 166–7
Basic Underwater Demolition/Seal course (BUD/S) 253–4
Bay of Whales, Antarctica 312, 314
Beechey Island 281, 286–7
Belgian Resistance 137
Belgica expedition (1899) 308–9, 312
Berlin 170
Berlin Olympics (1936) 107–8
bin Laden, Osama 255
the Bird 113–14, 115, 116
Black Prince 124, 125–6
BLESMA (British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association) 248
Boadicea, HMS 296
bombs, ‘Fat Man’ 129–30
Bonatti Pillar 225–6
Bonney, Professor 177
Bowers, Lieutenant Henry 293, 302
The Bridge on the River Kwai 123
British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) 321–2, 336–7
British Antarctic Expedition (1911-12) 297–304, 322
British Army 121–2, 126, 239
British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association (BLESMA) 248
British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) 335–6, 337
British Officers Club, Paris 133
British Reconnaissance 190
Brooke, Rupert 189, 190
Broughty Ferry 121, 130
Bruce, Brigadier-General Charles 190, 191
BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/Seal course) 253–4
Burma 122–6
Burma Railway 122–6
caiman 28, 29–30
Callahan, Steven 61–74
Cambodia 240–4, 249
Canada 282
Canary Islands 65
Canessa, Roberto 15–17
cannibalism 11–18, 56
canyoneering 265–78
Canyonlands National Park, Utah 267–78
Caribbean 65, 72–3
Carrel, Jean-Antoine 177
Changi POW camp 122
Charterhouse School 189, 190
Châteauroux 141–2
cholera 124
Chomolungma 185–95
Churchill, Winston 3, 138, 145
climbers
Edward Whymper 173–83
George Mallory 185–95
Joe Simpson 223–36
Pete Schoening 211–21
Toni Kurz 197–209, 225
Commerce 49–60
Cook, Frederick 309, 312, 316
Cook, Captain James 294
Coppermine expedition (1819) 284
Cotopaxi 175
Craig, Robert 218
Crete 148
Croz, Michel 179–81
Cyprus 148
D-Day landings 152
Darwin 38, 44
Das Reich Division, 2nd SS Panzer 152–4
Dawson, Mick 63
Death, Dr 124, 125–6
‘Death Bivouac’, Eiger 201
Death Railway, Burma 122–6
Death Zone
K2 215–18
Mount Everest 187, 192
Dekker, Laura 63
desert, Sahara 47–60
Deslisle 53, 54
Devil’s Ballroom, Antarctica 315
Devil’s Glacier, Antarctica 315
Dietz, Danny 254–7
Discovery, HMS 296–7
Discovery expedition (1901–04) 296–7, 335–6, 337
dorado 68–9, 70, 71, 72
Douglas, Lord Francis 179–81
Dulag Luft 165
Ecuadorian Andes 81
Egyptians, ancient 86
Eiger 176, 197–209, 225
Elephant Island 339–41, 343–4
Endurance 337–9, 340, 344
Erebus, HMS 283, 285, 287, 289, 336
Erebus, Mount 321–2, 336
Eskeland, Sigurd 91–2
espionage
Jan Baalsrud 91–2
Nancy Wake 131–43
Evans, Petty Officer Edgar 295, 300, 301
Everest, Mount 185–95, 199
‘Execution Island’ 112
explorers
Douglas Mawson 319–31, 336
Edward Whymper 173–83
Ernest Shackleton 321, 322, 333–45
John Franklin 279–90, 307, 336
John McDouall Stuart 33–45
Roald Amundsen 305–17, 338
Robert Falcon Scott 291–304, 316, 321, 322, 335–6, 337, 338
Thor Heyerdahl 75–88, 308
Eyre, Mount 39
FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) 139
‘Fat Man’ bomb 129–30
Fiocca, Henri 134, 137, 142
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) 139
First World War (1914-18) 189–90, 344–5
Flight 571, Uruguayan Air Force 5–18
Flinders mountains 37
Fort Canning 121
France, during Second World War 133–42, 147–8, 151–6, 161–5
Franklin, Lady Jane 279, 288
Franklin, Sir John 279–90, 307, 336
Free Norwegian Forces 80
French Alps 225–6
French Polynesia 78–88
French Resistance 135–42, 143, 147, 151, 152–6, 163
frostnip 192
Gavi 150
Geneva Convention 243
Genoa 150
German Officers Club, Paris 133
Germany, and the Second World War 133–42, 147, 148–56, 161–70
Gestapo 163–5
Bill Ash and 164–5, 169–70
Jan Baalsrud and 93–4, 102
Nancy Wake and 135–7, 140–1
Tommy Macpherson and 150
Gibraltar 49, 50
Gilkey, Art 214, 216–21
Gjøa 310–11
Graham, Billy 115
Graves, Robert 189, 190
Great Escape from Stalag Luft III 170
‘Green Boots’ 188
Guadeloupe 72–3
Guérisse, Albert 137
Hadow, Douglas 179–81
HALO Trust 239–40, 242, 244–6
Hamet, Sidi 57–9
Hardman, William 33
Hawaii 108
Head, Ben 40–1
‘Hell Week’ 253–4, 262
‘hell-ships’ 127–8
Heyerdahl, Liv 78–9
Heyerdahl, Thor 75–88, 308
Hillary, Edmund 188, 193, 195
Himalayas 185–95, 213–21
Hindu Kush 254–62
Hinterstoisser, Andreas 200–4
Hitler, Adolf 108, 135, 142, 170
Hiva Oa 79–80
Hornli Ridge, Matterhorn 179–81
Houn, Mr 242, 243, 244
Houston, Charles 214–21
Hudson, Charles 179–81
human cannibalism 5–18
Hunza porters 214
hypothermia 206–7
India 214
Inuit people 289
Ireland, Northern 239
Irvine, Andrew 191, 192, 194, 195
Italy, and the Second World War 149–50, 157
James Caird 340–2
Japan, and the Second World War 110–14, 116, 121–30
Jedburgh, Operation 150–6
Jews 133
jungle survival 19–31
K2 199, 213–21
Kekwick, William 39–41
Keynes, John Maynard 189
Khmer Rouge 240–4, 249
kidnap 242–4
Killing Fields 241
King George V Land 323–30
Kitchener, Lord 190
Koepcke, Hans-Wilhelm 23, 25
Koepcke, Juliane 19–31
Koepcke, Maria 21–2, 23, 24
Kon-Tiki Expedition (1947) 75–88
Kurz, Toni 197–209, 225
Kwajalein 112
land-mine clearing 239–40, 242, 244–6, 249
lead poisoning 286–8
Lebanon 148
Libya 149
life rafts, survival in
Alistair Urquhart 128–9
Louis Zamperini 109–11
Steven Callahan 61–74
Lincoln, Abraham 60
Lithuania 168–9
Loire, River 156
Lone Survivor Foundation 263
Luftwaffe 165–6
Lunn, Sir Arnold 225
Luttrell, Marcus 251–63
Luttrell, Morgan 253
Lyngen Alps 95–102
MacArthur, General 113
McClintock, Captain Leopold 288–9
Mackay, Alistair 322
McNamara, Francis 109–11
MacPherson, Tommy 145–57
maggots 29, 30, 123
Mallory, George 185–95
malnutrition 326
maquisards 139–42
Marathon des Sables 248
Marius 97, 98–101
Marshall Islands 111–12
Martin, Chris 63
Matterhorn 173–83, 199
Mawson, Douglas 310, 319–31, 336
Mediterranean 86
Mertz, Xavier 323–7
Messner, Reinhold 211, 221
Mexico 86
Michel, Antonio 51
mine clearing 239–40, 242, 244–6, 249
Mini-Transat 64
Mohammed 54
Mont Pelvoux 177
Montalbo 149
Montluçon 140–1
Moon, Chris 237–49
Mordwand 197–209
Morocco 86
mosquitoes 79
Mount Erebus 321–2, 336
Mount Everest 185–95, 199
Mount Everest Committee 190
Mount Eyre 39
Mount Stuart 44
mountain survival 5–18
mountaineering
Douglas Mawson 321–2
Edward Whymper 173–83
George Mallory 185–95
Joe Simpson 223–36
Pete Schoening 211–21
Toni Kurz 197–209, 225
Mozambique 244–6, 247
‘Murder Face’, Eiger 197–209
Murphy, Mike 254–8
Mussolini 136
Nagasaki 129–30
Napoleon Solo 61–74
Nazis
Bill Ash and 163–5, 169–70
Jan Baalsrud and 91–8, 100, 102
Nancy Wake and 133–42
Tommy Macpherson and 147, 148–57
Nepal 185–95
New South Wales 36
New York Times 89, 190
Nimrod expedition (1907-09) 321–2, 336–7
Ninnis, Lieutenant 323–4, 330
Nordwand 197–209
Norgay, Tenzing 193, 195
Normandy 152
North Africa 47–60, 86, 148–9
North Pole 308, 311, 316, 317
Northern Ireland 239
Northwest Passage
John Franklin 282–90
Roald Amundsen 307, 310–11, 316
Norway 91–102
nuclear weapons 129–30
Oates, Captain Lawrence 295, 302, 304
Odell, Noel 191, 193–4
Okada, Sergeant 124–5
Ola 78
O’Leary, Patrick 137
Olympics, Berlin (1936) 107–8
Omori, Tokyo Bay 113–14, 116
Operation Jedburgh 150–6
Operation Red Wings 254–62
Oratunga mine 37
outback, Australian 33–45
Pacific Ocean 63, 78–88
Pakistan 214
Palmyra 108
Panzer Division, 2nd SS 152–4
Paris 135, 140, 163–5
Parrado, Eugenia 7, 8, 9, 10, 14
Parrado, Nando 5–18
Parrado, Susy 7, 8, 10, 11, 14
Pashtun tribe 262
Peary, Robert 312, 316
Pelvoux, Mont 177
Peru 19–31, 81, 86
Peruvian Andes 225–36
Phillips, Russell 109–14
plane crashes
Bill Ash 161–2
Flight 571, Uruguayan Air Force 5–18
Juliane Koepcke 19–31
Louis Zamperini 108–9
Pol Pot 240–1
Poland 167
polar explorers
Douglas Mawson 319–31, 336
Ernest Shackleton 321, 322, 333–45
Roald Amundsen 305–17, 338
Robert Falcon Scott 291–304, 316, 321, 322, 335–6, 337, 338
Polynesian Islands 78–82, 85
post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 115, 130
prisoner of war camps
Changi 122
Gavi 150
in Lithuania 168
Montalbo 149
Omori 113–14, 116
in Poland 167–8
Stalag Luft III 165–7, 170
Stalag 20A 150
prisoners of war
Alistair Urquhart 122–30
Bill Ash 165–70
Nancy Wake 136–8
Tommy Macpherson 150, 152, 155
PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) 115, 130
pulmonary embolism 217
Pyrenees 136–8
QRF 258–9
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders 147
Ra 86
Ra II 87
RAF 155, 156
rafts, Kon-Tiki 81–8
Rainer, Edi 200–5, 207–8
Ralston, Aron 265–78
Raroia 85
Red Cross 248
Riley, Captain James 47–60
Sufferings in Africa 60
Robbins, Archibald 59, 60
Rommel, Erwin 148
Royal Military Police 239
Safi 86
Sagarmatha 185–95
Sahara Desert 47–60, 248
sailors 63
Steven Callahan 61–74
Thor Heyerdahl 75–88
Savage, Aaron 53
Schoening, Pete 211–21
Scotland 139
Scott, Captain Robert Falcon 291–304, 307, 310, 316, 321, 322, 335–8
Scouting movement 304
scurvy 36, 40, 43, 309, 330
sea survival
Commerce 49–60
Kon-Tiki expedition 75–88
Ra 86
Steven Callahan 61–74
2nd Gordon Highlanders 121–2
2nd SS Panzer Division 152–4
Second World War
Alistair Urquhart 121–30
Bill Ash 159–71
Jan Baalsrud 89–103
Louis Zamperini 107–16
Nancy Wake 133–42
Thor Heyerdahl 80
Tommy Macpherson 147–57
‘Secret Army’ 138–43
Shackleton, Ernest 321, 322, 333–45
Shah, Ahmad 255, 256, 260
shark attacks 70, 84–5, 109, 110, 111, 128
Sharp, David 187
Sherpas 214
shipwrecks
Alistair Urquhart 128
Commerce 49–50
Ra 86
Steven Callahan 61–74
Simpson, Joe 202, 223–36
Singapore 121–2, 126–7
single-handed sailors 61–74
slavery 49–60
Sok 242, 243, 244
South America 78, 80, 85, 175
South Georgia 338, 340, 342–3, 344, 345
South Pacific 78–88
South Pole
Douglas Mawson 322–30
Ernest Shackleton 322, 335–8
Roald Amundsen 307, 311, 312–16, 338
Robert Falcon Scott 291–304, 307, 310, 312, 316, 321, 322, 335–7
Southern Ocean 294, 296, 339, 340–2, 344
Spain 138
Special Operations Executive (SOE) 91–2, 138–43, 151–7
spies, Nancy Wake 131–43
Stalag Luft III 165–7, 170
Stalag 20A 150
Strachey, Lytton 189
‘Street of Horrors’ 163–5
Stromness whaling station 343
Stuart, John McDouall 33–45
Stuart, Mount 44
Stuart Highway 44
Sturt, Captain Charles 36, 39
Swearah 57–8, 59
Sweden 94, 95, 97, 102, 150
Swedish Red Cross 102
Swiss Alps 197–209
Taliban 255–62
Taugwalder, Peter 179–82
Tenerife 65
Terra Nova expedition (1911-12) 297–304, 322
Terror, HMS 283, 285, 287, 289
Thailand 122–3
thrombophlebitis 216
Tibet 187
Tito 157
Torrens, Lake 37
Torrington, Petty Officer John 281–2, 286
torture 111–16, 124–6, 133, 136, 142, 164–5
transatlantic crossings 64–74
triggerfish 69, 72
Tromsø 94
tuberculosis 281, 286, 288
Turner, Ruth 190, 191, 194–5
United States of America, and the Second World War 114, 127, 130
United States Air Force 108
United States Navy SEALs 251–63
Unsworth, Walt 2
Urquhart, Alistair 119–30
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 5–18
Uruguayan rugby team 5–18
Usuki, Lieutenant 124, 125
Vichy police 137, 148
Vienna 133
Vizintin, Antonio ‘Tintin’ 15–16
volcanoes 175
Wake, Nancy 131–43
Warumungu tribe 40
Watanabe, Mutsuhiro 113–14, 115, 116
Waywash mountain range 226–36
Western Sahara 47–60
‘White Leg’ 216
White Mouse 131–43
Whittaker, Ian 225–6
Whymper, Edward 173–83, 194, 202
Williams, George 53, 55
Willshire, William 59
Wilson, Dr Edward 293, 300, 301, 302
Yates, Simon 225, 227–36
Yelcho 344
Young, Geoffrey Winthrop 189
Zamperini, Louis 105–17