Includes bibliographical references and index.

Colby Coombs: Hit by an avalnche -- Tami Oldham: Caught in hurricane -- Ernest Shackleton: Trapped in the ice -- Juliane Koepcke: Lost in the jungle -- The Moore Family: In the path of sn erupting volcano -- Beck Weathers: Back from the dead -- Poon Lim: Alone on the ocean -- Aron Ralston: Trapped by a boulder -- Ada Blackjack: Alone in the Arctic -- Hiroo Onoda: Trapped in time -- Harrison Okene: Stuck in a sunken ship -- Joe Simpson and Simon Yates: A dangerous descent -- More extreme survival stories -- Glossary -- Read more -- Index -- About the author.