I just finished reading The Wager, by David Grann ( The Wager | David Grann ). Incredible story. Part sea story, part detective story. Any one read it?
On a second note, somedays the extreme privations guys like that faced (starvation, cannibalism, and scurvy, etc) as horrifying as they were, seem simpler and more straightforward than signing in to 2-factor authentication to complete the latest company HR harassment training or filing in yet another government document. Death sucks but its honest.