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438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea / by Jonathan Franklin.

438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea / by Jonathan Franklin.
438 days :
On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid ground again for 14 months. When he was washed ashore on January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles. Three dozen cruise ships and container vessels passed nearby. Not one stopped for the stranded fisherman. He considered suicide on multiple occasions - including offering himself up to a pack of circling sharks. But Alvarenga developed a method of survival that kept his body and mind intact long enough for the Pacific Ocean to spit him up onto a remote palm-studded island. Crawling ashore, he was saved by a local couple living in their own private castaway paradise.

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ISBN 9781509800193
1509800190
Author Franklin, Jonathan
Title 438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea / by Jonathan Franklin.
Alternative title Four hundred and thirty eight days.
Edition Paperback edition.
Publication details London Pan Books, 2016.
Pagination etc. 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 20 cm.
Summary Note On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid ground again for 14 months. When he was washed ashore on January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles. Three dozen cruise ships and container vessels passed nearby. Not one stopped for the stranded fisherman. He considered suicide on multiple occasions - including offering himself up to a pack of circling sharks. But Alvarenga developed a method of survival that kept his body and mind intact long enough for the Pacific Ocean to spit him up onto a remote palm-studded island. Crawling ashore, he was saved by a local couple living in their own private castaway paradise.
Subject Alvarenga, Jose Salvador
Survival at sea
Ocean travel
Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel
Biography and autobiography
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