Ice Bird, David Lewis. How he survived his ordeal is a miracle while also being stuck in on the South pole. People read about "Once Is enough " by the Smeetons and their pitchpole off Cape Horn, however as a survival story at sea in my opinion Davids ordeal easily surpasses the Smeetons ordeal. I think many forget David Lewis like they forget what Vito Dumas accomplished in "Alone Through the Roaring 40's" in WW2.

lydia said..

Agree and check out his Polynesian navigation books.

'We, the Navigators' records what are probably the last descriptions by the old polynesian traditional navigators of their skills.

Webb Chiles journeys are a great read and are available to download as PDF straight to your computer

garymalmgren said..
Chichester has about 5 books.
One that is not especially known is "Along the Clipper Way"
One ship took 160 days to round Cape Horn (the wrong way).
I highly recommend this book.

I am reading Along the Clipper Way, on a high speed train across the interior of China today. It's worlds apart from the present, but highly enjoyable. Thanks for the recommendation.