The Times Extreme Survivors - Nb
KORTE INHOUD
Tales of sixty of the most daring escapes, famous shipwrecks, and ultimate survival stories. The statistics, descriptions, archive photographs and illustrative maps will give the reader a full understanding of how Joe Simpson crawled to safety in the South American Andean mountains, Anthony Farrah-Hockley evaded capture after the Battle of Imjin River in the Korean War or how Shackelton's men survived the incredible journey by boat to South Georgia. Sixty of the World's greatest survival stories. Here is a selection of them; War Escapes Cambodian journalist who escaped the genocide of Pol Pot. Slavomir and six comrades escape from a labour camp in Siberia and walk thousands of miles to British India German soldier Clemens Forrell escapes from a labour camp in Siberia - 3 year trek to Iran Prison Escapes Mary Queen of Scots escapes from a remote Scottish Castle Frank Morris, Clarence and John Anglin escape from Alcatraz The story of Papillon who escaped successfully at the fifth attempt Shipwrecks Navigation b...