Here's a live saving story based in Antartica!
BBC - History - Ernest Shackleton
Early in 1915, 'Endurance' became trapped in the ice, and ten months later sank. Shackleton's crew had already abandoned the ship to live on the floating ice. In April 1916, they set off in three small boats, eventually reaching Elephant Island. Taking five crew members, Shackleton went to find help. In a small boat, the six men spent 16 days crossing 1,300 km of ocean to reach South Georgia and then trekked across the island to a whaling station. The remaining men from the 'Endurance' were rescued in August 1916. Not one member of the expedition died.
Not to mention that on return to England, a lot of the men then went to fight in 'The Great War'. Spare a thought for them and especially for Timothy McCarthy, who died in the war just 3 weeks after returning from Antarctica.
Sorry, just fed up with the drama!