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He includes detailed instructions and helpful illustrations throughout the book. A speck in the sea by john aldridge and anthony sosinski. The 15 best survival books ever written outdoor life. Declared the best survival book in a decade by outside magazine, 438 days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a. Survival at sea is the 16th choose your own adventure book and is written by edward packard. Wright, brown, son and feguson, 2003, 360p, trade pb, covers bumpedscuffed, minor marginalia ona few pages only, solid binding4. This instruction manual assists in meeting international and australian. Alive is one of the most epic, not to mention gruesome, survival books of all time.
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In 1981, he survived for 76 days adrift on the atlantic ocean in a liferaft. Bella bathursts top 10 books on the sea fiction the guardian. The third planet from altairmessage from space depending on the book edition in it. The men drifted until 9 august 2006, when they were spotted on the radar of a taiwanese fishing trawler. Fully compliant with the imo international maritime organisation resolutions and mca maritime. Sea survival clearly spells out the dos and donts of facing a crisis at sea. Youre the star of the story choose from 26 possible endings. The best survival book in a decade outside magazine, 438 days is the true story of the fisherman who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 576 pages and is available in paperback format.
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