South
#1814 of 2,654 all-time
South
Ernest Shackleton
4 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2011–2025.
1 commenter pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.
What people on Hacker News said
There is a certain triumph felt when we persevere through impossible odds, and ever since I've been attracted to a genre of stories that I loosely label as "Frozen Thrillers," where humans just have to deal with bad things happening in cold unforgiving environments.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things 2025 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? 2018 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 2011 · 1 recommendation