03-09-2022, 07:05 PM
The three most incredible tales of survival at sea IMO are (in no particular order):
Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the HMS Bounty seven weeks before, reach Timor in the East Indies after traveling nearly 4,000 miles in a 23-foot, open boat. Recounted in Men Against The Sea
Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance
Three downed U.S. Navy airmen in the Pacific Ocean during World War Two. The men, forced to ditch their plane after running out of fuel, were then confined to a 4 foot by 8 foot rubber raft for 34 days at sea, with no food or water (apart from what they could catch or trap), and no protection from the sun. Their raft is on exhibit at the US Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Recounted in The Raft
Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the HMS Bounty seven weeks before, reach Timor in the East Indies after traveling nearly 4,000 miles in a 23-foot, open boat. Recounted in Men Against The Sea
Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance
Three downed U.S. Navy airmen in the Pacific Ocean during World War Two. The men, forced to ditch their plane after running out of fuel, were then confined to a 4 foot by 8 foot rubber raft for 34 days at sea, with no food or water (apart from what they could catch or trap), and no protection from the sun. Their raft is on exhibit at the US Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL. Recounted in The Raft