The definitive collection can promises over 30 accounts of True Life Adventures taken from contemporary memories, letters and journals. They span the years from the 1800 to the end of the 20th century,. That can legitimately be turned the Modern Age of exploration. From the ice locked poles in the endless deserts of Arabia to the storm tossed South atlantic, the rainforest of the Amazon in the sheer peaks of the himalayas, here are some of the world's most Intrepid and courageous adventures in their own words.