Start with high-confidence historical ya exploration books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Surviving Antarctica
Andrea White
Indio
Sherry Garland
Voyage
Adèle Geras
Sacajawea
Joseph Bruchac
Shackleton's Stowaway
Victoria McKernan
The Devil's Paintbox
Streams to the River, River to the Sea
Scott O'Dell
Black Star, Bright Dawn
Scott O'Dell, Scott O'Dell
My Name Is Not Angelica
Paradise
Joan Elizabeth Goodman
New Found Land
Allan Wolf
Tamar
Mal Peet
The Beloved Wild
Melissa Ostrom
