The most popular French exploration & adventure books

These are true stories of people who went to the edge. Polar expeditions, mountain climbs, ocean crossings, jungle treks and survival against the odds are told by those who were there or by writers who followed their trail. Gripping, humbling and often hard to put down. Only books in French are listed.

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Marius
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Marius

Marius

Published 2016

537 pages

Endurance
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Endurance

Alfred Lansing

1976 · 2018 edition

384 pages

Des sauvages (Histoire)
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Des sauvages (Histoire)

Samuel de Champlain, Alain Beaulieu, Réal Ouellet

Published 1993

282 pages

Jacques Cartier
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Jacques Cartier

Denis-Pierre Filippi, Christian Clot

Published 2017

54 pages

GIGN
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GIGN

Jean-Luc Riva, Christian Prouteau

Published 2017

384 pages

Les fondateurs de notre pays
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Les fondateurs de notre pays

Gisèle Saint-Onge, Gérard Dalcourt, Catholic Separate Schools of Sudbury

Published 1986

206 pages

Hummocks
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Hummocks

Jean Malaurie

Published 1999

554 pages