Frank Carlson Library

When their boat capsizes in turbulent waters off the Pacific Northwest coast, John McCormick is rescued, but his 14-year-old son Angus, and recently adopted stray Golden Labrador, are washed ashore where they fight to survive in the rugged wilderness.

Two episodes of the television series, I shouldn't be alive. Dramatized re-enactments with some graphic scenes. In Lost in the snow, a family is caught in a blizzard and must survive for days with no provisions and little hope for rescue; topics include clothing, navigation, extreme cold test, finding shelter, and danger of frostbite. In Jaws of death, after his plane crashes on an African game reserve, an injured pilot's only refuge from predators...

Based on the true story of survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.

A group of men are trapped in a small pod on the sea bed, after diving down to fix an oil pipeline off the Kenyan coast. They become separated from their ship after it sinks during a storm. The survivors must figure out how to reach the surface before they run out of air.

A two-week trek through the Cascade Mountains tries the survival instincts of five adventuresome teenagers. At first, it's all a good time, shooting the rapids, exploring caves and making new friends. But when an accident occurs, Mother Nature raises the stakes and challenges the hikers to the greatest test of their young lives.

A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

A young man who survived a plane crash becomes more wildly alive and takes more risks when he discovers that the crash transformed him into a man without fear of death. Meanwhile, his wife struggles to find within him the man she married, and another survivor of the crash believes nothing and no one can heal her pain.

Brief rude humor, mild language and action. When a shipwreck lands a lowly mailroom clerk named Gulliver on the fantastical island of Lilliput, he transforms into a giant, in size and ego! Gulliver's tall tales and heroic deeds win the hearts of the tiny Lilliputians, but when he loses it all and puts his newfound friends in peril, Gulliver must find a way to undo the damage. Through it all, Gulliver may just learn that it's how big you are on the...

Recalling the story of shipwreck survivor Robinson Crusoe while on an ocean voyage, wealthy yacht owner Steve Drexel bets his friends that he can survive for a year on a remote South Seas island without modern conveniences. Drexel and his dog soon set up an impressive home through the use of various hand-made devices and the training of local animals. When a local woman fleeing an arranged marriage lands on his island, danger is introduced to the...

"The adventure continues when you go behind the scenes and beyond the seas of Gulliver's Travels with star Jack Black and director Rob Letterman. Loaded with awesome activities, far-out featurettes and much more, this Fun Pack is giant-sized entertainment for the whole family"--Container.