During WWII, a bomber crashes into the Pacific and the crewmen begin an epic battle against dehydration, exposure, and endless attacks by sharks. Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken.

On what you come to appreciate after a short apprenticeship with paramedics.

Notes on a summer spent aboard an industrial fishing boat off the Alaskan coast.

In the feral communities of Russia’s Far East, tiger poaching is among the few lucrative pursuits. This is the story of a tiger who fought back.

When a boulder shifts and pins his hand, a climber on a solo trip is forced to do the unthinkable: amputate his own arm. A first-person account of the six-day ordeal, excerpted from Ralston’s Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

A group of childhood friends, two of whom had already climbed Everest, finds tragedy on Mont Blanc.

If your ex-spouse takes your child and hightails it abroad, the legal system often isn’t on your side. So what can you do? One option: hire a former Army ranger named Gus Zamora to take back your kid.

A trip to interview former South Vietnamese premiere Ky on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the reunification of Vietnam ends with government surveillance, partying, and confusion.

Fifty-four days after his group’s Everest climb turned tragic, Krakauer first told the story of what had gone wrong.

The original story of Christopher McCandless’ fateful trip into the Alaskan wilderness.

The story of the most secret underground society in Paris.

In a windowless room just outside of New York City, overworked air traffic controllers manage the world’s most-trafficked piece of sky—until all those blips on the screen become too much.