This book is packed with several incredible stories about people surviving situations that I never thought possible. Throughout the stories, the difference between those that survived and those that didn’t is clear: those that survived acted methodically, while those that didn’t froze and panicked.

Quotes

Once fatigue sets in, though, it is almost impossible to recover from it under survival conditions. It is not just a matter of being tired. It’s more like a spiritual collapse, and recovery requires more than food and rest.

Every survivor I spoke with said that there was a moment of revelation in which he was suddenly seized by the certainty that he would live.