Four men on an Antarctic expedition at the tail end of World War I survive a near death experience when their sleds nearly falls into a crevasse. The events that follow are chilling and unexplainable, leading all but one of them to block out the memory of it for good.

A crew of global explorers realize they may not be alone in the universe when they encounter a traveler from another world who wants to use his space technology for evil.

A woman shares her unpublished account of leading an all-woman expedition to the South Pole from Chile years before the first expedition arrived in 1912.

A group of friends realize they have been living vicariously through one of their friend's travel stories for their entire lives.

An English topographer travels to India, separating him from his pregnant wife and daughter. Over the course of the year-long expedition, he discovers a new passion and finds he wants to stay longer.

An explorer tells the tale of his time on another planet before making a strange request.

A group of friends experienced in river navigation brave an infamously dangerous set of rapids, though some of them are more thrill-seeking than others.

An old archaeologist studying the southwestern United States has a way of making spectacular finds. When he is about to be ousted from his university position by the younger generation, he decides to take his fate into his own hands and leave the physical world behind.

After one of her father's notebooks is recovered from an icecap, a woman recalls the love story between her mother, a rural woman who always wanted adventure, and her father, an adventurous explorer who disappeared on a voyage to the Arctic.

An all-female expeditionary crew endeavor to become the first humans to reach the South Pole.