LOST WRECKEDS

Many of us have heard the story of Robinson Crusoe. This is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719 and is often considered the first novel ever written in English. The book is a fictional autobiography of the alleged author, whose name is eponymous with the title of the novel, describing his survival and life after the wreck was on a tropical island off the coast of Venezuela today, while encountering native inhabitants of America, captive and sailors revolt before being rescued.

We like to think that today, when we have the GPS, cell phones, satellite phones, Internet, wireless, etc., to be wrecked is almost impossible, because someone will see us anyway. But here it is not so. We present some interesting and bizarre stories about "modern castaways" who "lost" on purpose (or not) of the modern world and have lived solitary lives in deserted areas and islands. Maybe some people really love it!

The fisherman who was lost at sea for 13 months!

At the beginning of 2014, Jose Salvador Alvarenga found in an atoll in the Marshall Islands (in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines), after drifting on a small fishing boat for 13 months. He began his journey in Mexico, more than 9,000 km away. Some have questioned the veracity of his story, but it seems to be true.

According to Alvarenga, he went fishing one day in December 2012, along with a companion, but was caught in a storm which destroyed the engine and left it adrift for 13 months. His companion, fisherman Ezequiel Cordoba survived. Alvarenga said the younger man died four weeks after their trip, because it was not able to drink turtle blood and eat raw fish. Alvarenga was reunited with his family in El Salvador and continues to face health problems because of the journey.

Family surviving tortoise blood while lost at sea for 38 days

In 1971, Robertson family boarded their yacht Lucette in Falmouth harbor, Cornwall (Great Britain) to Galapagos Islands when disaster struck. Their boat was hit by a net killer whales, and thus was destroyed in minutes. The family took refuge on board a boat, yacht hung. They had just enough water for 10 days, and the only food available was a bag of onions, a box of biscuits, 10 oranges, six lemons and half a pound of glucose sweets. When supplies ran out, the family drank turtle blood to survive.

navigate around the world. After 18 months of travel, they reached 300 km

Lyn Robinson, mother and wife of the family, was a nurse, and so devised a technique to keep hydrated with rainwater collected in the boat. She knew that the water that was contaminated with the blood of turtle would be poisonous if it were taken orally and insisted that her family take enemas using a scale tubes.

On 23 July 1972, the family was recovered from a Japanese ship nearby.

New Zealander who has lived her dream of becoming a castaway in the South Pacific

New Zealander Tom Neale lived on a coral atoll of Suwarrow in the Cook Islands (in the Pacific Ocean) to 16, into three periods between 1952 and 1977.

Neale had this dream (of being a castaway) for over 30 years before his dream come true at the age of 51 years. After meeting with writer Robert Dean Frisbie, it told more about Suwarrow, and became fascinated by this atoll, knowing that it will become "home" to. In October 1952, Neale and gathered food, tobacco, various tools and two cats and boarded the island. He lived in buildings abandoned by the army during the Second World War. Neale has adapted to life on the island quite easily and fed on fish, crabs, shellfish, eggs, coconut, tree of bread, bananas and various vegetables.

Neale lived on the island until 1977, when cancer forced him to return to the mainland. He died eight months later. His grave is in the cemetery in Cook Islands, opposite the airport.

Inuit woman who survived alone on an island in the Arctic for two years

Ada Blackjack was an Inuit woman who was "stranded" on Wrangel Island (uninhabited) in northern Siberia.Wrangel Island. Hunger and despair, three members of the expedition had left the camp in January 1923, traveling 1,000 km on the frozen Chukchi Sea in Siberia, for help and foods. Only Ada and a crew member (ill) were left behind. Ada was taught how to hunt the man left. Scouts were not seen again, and in April 1923, Ada was left alone after the death of the man who caregiver. Ada was eventually saved.

On September 16, 1921, Blackjack was one of five settlers who went on an expedition to

Nicknamed "Robinson Crusoe woman" Ada hate the media circus around her and chose to live a quiet life. Eventually, she moved back to the Arctic, where he lived until the age of 85 years.

Castaway living in a national park

David Burgess, aged 63, is a castaway "voluntary", but its way of life was threatened by local officials who said that was installed illegally in Exmoor National Park (Great Britain), after asking property rights in land. For nearly three decades, Burgess lived in the park in a makeshift hut that one has built. He sleeps on a mattress of dried leaves.

In December 2011, David and park officials have reached an agreement that would allow the man to stay in his hut in the Exmoor National Park. It is somewhat questionable how "wrecked" is Burgess, as he goes to live with his friends in Exeter (a nearby village) during the harsh winter months.

Man who spent 60 days on a desert island with only a camera

Former British Army captain Ed Stafford, spent 60 days on a deserted island in the South Pacific, armed with only a camera. Discovery Channel aired a show with his experiences, titled "Goal and wrecked by Ed Stafford".

When Stafford was abandoned on the island, I had to learn about local plants, about different methods of fishing and hunting. The first day, he found a cave in which to sleep, snails for food and coconuts to drink. Stafford took two weeks to make the fire, after identifying suitable timber. Then he was able to kill a wild goat, which he skinned it, cut it and cleaned it. Capra gave food for the entire week.

Stafford says the biggest difficulty he encountered on his journey was facing isolation. Luckily for us, the journey of the island has been registered.

  The couple performed a social experiment to live as castaways

It was in 1982, when Lucy Irvine (25 years) and her husband, Gerald Kingsland (49 years) started Tuin Island, off the coast of Indonesia, to live as castaways. The two had to be based on trust to survive, given the natural environment difficult. When drought struck the island, the two nearly starved and were rescued by residents of neighboring islands. After this unique experience, she said: "The whole experience has served me well. She allowed me to discover and learn a discipline that I did not know I had a part. But do not think I would try again. For me, it was a unique thing. "




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