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357 pages ; 24 cm, \"Solitude is terrifying and awe-inspiring in Alone.\" --The Wall Street Journal In April 2013, fifty-year-old Brett Archibald was on board a surf-charter boat, making a night-time crossing of the remote Mentawai Strait off Sumatra, Indonesia. In the middle of a storm, ill with severe food poisoning, he blacked out. When he came to, he found himself in the raging sea, sixty miles from shore. As Brett saw the lights of his boat disappearing into the darkness, it became clear that no one had seen him fall, and that no one would hear his shouts for help. He was alone in the ocean. It would be eight hours before his friends realized he was missing. At that point a frantic search began for a single man somewhere in thousands of square miles of heaving waves. The rough weather meant that no planes or helicopters could assist in the search. According to the experts, he should have died within ten to fourteen hours. Instead, Brett battled Portuguese man o' war and jellyfish, sharks, seagulls, and the stormy seas for more than 28 hours. Alone is the remarkable tale of his miraculous survival and rescue. It is also the story of what it takes to defy extraordinary odds and

Who reads Alone : lost overboard in the Indian Ocean?

Author

Archibald, Brett, author

Publisher

New York : Thomas Dunn Books, St. Martin's Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781250143303

Category

travel

Subjects

Travel, Anthropology, Humanities

Rating

4.23 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14