Trapped in the Subantarctic: Their Homemade Boat Was the Only Way Out
61K views · Apr 2, 2025 · Entertainment
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@Survival.InstinctYT · 1 year ago · pinned
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@keetahbrough · 1 year ago (edited)
Back when 'No man left behind' actually meant something. People living real life.
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@sydol6727 · 8 months ago
Just about the best survival story ever.
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@James-w8x1q · 1 year ago
Amazing story would make a great movie!
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@ffvfveced11111 · 1 year ago
Pretty cool story . The Ernest Shackleton and crew surival story is my all time favourite
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@MichaelHarrisIreland · 1 year ago
Each man was left to do what he could do best. That's usually created by intelligent leadership unaffected by social norms but by the reality of the situation.
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@philbrenman2507 · 1 year ago
I don't know why, but stories like these hold my attention to the end. Incrible story.
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@alistairmcdonald2382 · 1 year ago
The flying scud 😂 sounds like a missile I know of 😅
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@TheRemovedScriptures · 7 months ago
What an absolutely insane story of survival. Being trapped in the Subantarctic with nothing but your skills, your willpower, and a homemade boat as your only escape route… that’s the kind of situation most of us can’t even imagine.<br><br>The isolation, the freezing winds, the constant uncertainty — it must have been mentally exhausting as much as physically brutal. Building your own way out instead of waiting to be rescued takes a different level of courage.<br><br>Stories like this remind us how fragile we are in extreme environments, but also how unbelievably resourceful humans can be when survival is on the line. Huge respect to everyone who made it out.
@Bugaboo63 · 1 year ago
Some say they developed a rudimentary form of internet … woven plants , seal toenails and lichen . Just after they built the coliseum.
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@chrismackeigan5687 · 1 year ago
A time when your word was kept and meant something!
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@michaelcoulson2686 · 11 months ago
The amazing achievements of people during that time frame is remarkable, their survival skills are enviable , I can only guess that only a minute number of human beings would survive a prolonged disruption of the modern conveinucions we take for granted every day.
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