People Who Have Been Lost In The Wilderness And Lived To Tell Their Tales

Lost At Sea

Photo Credits: Shoulders of Giants

In 1981, Steven Callahan departed from Newport, Rhode Island, on a ship that he designed and built himself. At one point during his voyage, his boat sank after a collision with something that he believed to be a whale. He bailed his boat and onto his life raft with meager supplies. Adrift at sea, he managed to survive for 76 days. During his ordeal, he faced problems with sharks, sunburn, dehydration, starvation, and all around mental anguish. He caught rain for water, speared fish and caught birds for food. Eventually, he was discovered by a fisherman after keeping his raft afloat for 33 days after it got a hole.