While we are in isolation, with maybe some extra time on our hands – why not read about some real life isolation and survival stories.

1. Title: Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for six years at the top of the world

Author: David Roberts

ISBN: 9780316724890

Abstract: The tale of how four 18th century Russian walrus hunters endured six years on a barren Arctic Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Island of the Lost: A Harrowing true story of shipwreck, death and survival on a godforsaken island at the edge of the world

Author: Joan Druett

ISBN: 9781741753684

Abstract: In January of 1864, five sailors from the wrecked schooner Grafton are stranded on remote and icy Auckland Island, some three hundred miles from New Zealand. An isolated speck in the Southern ocean, it is a godforsaken place, with winds howling at sixty miles an hour, rain three hundred days a year, and an almost impenetrable coastal forest.Under the leadership of Captain Thomas Musgrave, these men defy their slim chance of survival. They build a cabin and, incredibly, a forge, where they manufacture every single nail as well as most of their tools. Miraculously, all the Grafton men survive for nearly two years before finally building a getaway vessel and setting off on one of the most courageous sea voyages ever.Using the survivors’ journals, award-winning maritime historian Joan Druett tells a gripping cautionary tale about leadership, endurance, and the fine line between order and chaos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. 438 days : An extraordinary true story of survival at sea

Author: Jonathan Franklin

ISBN: 9781509800179

Abstract: The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Marooned on MogMog a remote island, a shipwrecked Western Austra;ian family, a clash

Author: Jennifer Barrie

ISBN: 9781459625143

Abstract: With a combined boating experience of sixty-five years, Jennifer Barrie and her husband Andrew were confident that they were unlikely to hit any major snags after setting out on their dream voyage – sailing their beloved Windrider around the Pacific. In early 2010, Jennifer and Andrew, along with their two young daughters, washed up – literally – on the tiny island of Mogmog in Micronesia. Fortunately for the Barrie family, Mogmog is inhabited by a bunch of very friendly locals…or at least that’s what they initially thought! This is the true story of a modern day Swiss Family Robinson who lived to tell the tale of surviving a shipwreck and months stranded on one of the world’s most remote islands. In Marooned on Mogmog, you’ll see that paradise isn’t always what it seems…