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What to Carry, What to BurnEdge-of-your-seat survival stories, as told by adventurer and dogsledder Blair Braverman Author: Blair Braverman
Edge-of-your-seat survival stories, as told by adventurer and dogsledder Blair Braverman.How did Ada Blackjack endure a brutal Arctic winter alone? Why did one shipwreck crew work together to survive, while another crewon the same islandhunted each other for food? What can we learn from survivors about getting through the impossiblein the wilderness, and in our own lives?New stories every other week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Genres: History, True Crime Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Ep 7: The Painted Ocean
Episode 7
Monday, 20 July, 2026
When shark fisherman José Salvador Alvarenga gets caught in a storm at sea, he thinks he'll be able to ride it out. But the motor breaks in his little boat, and he starts to drift across the Pacific...Sources for this episode include the book 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin (highly recommended!), as well as the Guardian article "Pacific Castaway Recounts his 13 Month Odyssey" by Leila Haddou and the Time article "A Castaway who Survived 14 Months at Sea is Being Sued for Cannibalism" by Tiare Dunlap.Other works mentioned are the book A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst (also highly recommended!) and the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from which this episode gets its name. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
