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The Man Called Red: An Autobiography of a Guide and Outfitter in Northern British Columbia by N.B “Red” Sorenson recounts the life of an adventurous explorer enamored by the freedom of the outdoors. Through the pages, one becomes acquainted with Red’s character, honesty, and integrity. Red describes his wilderness quests and incessant run-in with death. These precarious instances occur with mountainous predators, natural disasters, or man-made mishaps.
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Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century by Kevin Fong, M.D., details how over the course of medicinal history, doctors have challenged the confines of traditional medicine and the body’s comfort zone. As a result, extreme conditions and exploration have advanced modern science and healing, making the previously fatal into a simple cure. Through explorers’ brushes with harsh conditions, the physiology of the human body is now better understood and more treatable. By addressing different limits of endurance, Dr. Fong discusses the different systems tested within the body.
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Surviving the Extremes: What Happens to the Body and Mind at the Limits of Human Endurance by Dr. Kenneth Kamler introduces the reader to the corners of the world and the furthest edges of the human mind, spirit, and limits. Over the course of book, Kamler reveals the human body’s responses to the harshest conditions found on earth, including the jungle, oceans, desert, under water, soaring heights, and the final frontier. With the benefit of first-hand experience and detailed records of his experiences, the author hopes to dig into the science behind the body in these conditions and how, surprisingly, humanity can survive.