What to Carry, What to Burn

Host Blair Braverman recounts the 1939 survival story of 12-year-old Boy Scout Dawn, who became lost on Mount Katahdin after a sudden storm separated him from his group.

Blair Braverman recounts the harrowing 1973 story of newlyweds Fitz and Holly, who crash-land in a Peruvian jungle prison and are persuaded by a stranger to travel to Bolivia on a raft.

Blair Braverman recounts the life of Violet Jessop, an Irish-born steward who survived three major shipwrecks, including the Titanic and the Britannic.

Host Blair Braverman recounts the harrowing WWII escape of Jan Balcerud, a Norwegian resistance agent stranded in the Arctic after his mission failed.

Host Blair Braverman recounts the true story of Juliane Koepcke, who survived a 1971 plane crash in the Peruvian Amazon.

Host Blair Braverman recounts the harrowing 1913 Arctic expedition of navigator Valerian Albinov, whose ship, the Santa Ana, became trapped in ice.