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SURVIVAL STORY 2022
Men survives 47 days at sea

Rescued local returns home A Solomon Islander who was rescued after 47 days at sea on August 18 in the remote south coast of West New Britain province in Papua New Guinea was safely repatriated to Honiara over the weekend to…

SURVIVAL STORY 2021
Lost at sea

IT has emerged that five Temotuans who were adrift at sea for 15 days last month were on their way to collect food from Utupua in the Reef Islands when they met rough seas.
“I understand they went to Utupua Island to bring food to their atoll island of Nifiloli where food is scarce occasionally and the recent cyclone has destroyed food crops,” spokesman Simon Salopuka told Solomon Star on Friday.
Relatives are appealing for financial assistance to bring their loved ones home.
The five men are being looked after at Ansanvari Village on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu where they came ashore on 26 February. The five males were on their way to Nifiloli in the Reef Islands when they met bad weather.
An initial report said their boat capsized and they lost everything. They survived on drifted coconuts and fish for the next 16 days as they drifted towards Vanuatu.
Dr. Salopuka told this paper that relatives are raising funds to help the Solomon Islands community in Port Vila to help feed and care for them until they could return to the Solomon Islands.
“At this stage, it is uncertain when they are going to be back in Honiara. It is also uncertain when they will travel to their homes from Honiara, knowing shipping schedule to Temotu Province is irregular and living with relatives in Honiara is an extra burden on families in terms of food and accommodation, etc,” Dr. Salopuka said.
Dr. Salopuka said relatives are fundraising to buy food in Honiara and to bring them home, thus as a relative, I am anticipating financial support for this cause.
“At this stage, I am uncertain how long they will be staying in Port Vila and who may be responsible to repatriate them.
“I still have to find out from the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) in Honiara if they would step in to help. In Port Vila, I understand that NDMO Vanuatu is accommodating the men in a temporary basis and the Solomon Islands’ community in Port Vila is also assisting them periodically.
A reciprocal courtesy ceremony to thank the Maewo community which initially hosted them is scheduled for today.
Dr. Salopuka did not give a figure as to how much is needed for the repatriation cost of the five men.
By FOLLET JOHN
Newsroom, Honiara

SURVIVAL STORY 2021
Alps hiker survives seven icy nights after fall in Italy

Alps hiker survives seven icy nights after fall in Italy Italian rescuers find an injured man who says his dog helped him to survive.

SURVIVAL STORY 2020
Solomon Islands, 6 people in a banana boat went missing on 11 July during a 25nm crossing, found alive, 20 days later.
start 1. https://sbm.sb/2020/07/31/6-missing-persons-found-in-ulawa-this-afternoon-weak-but-alive/
continue 2. https://sbm.sb/2020/08/03/great-tale-of-survival-we-lived-on-sunned-turtle-meat-fish-wild-birds-and-coconut/

6 missing persons found in Ulawa this afternoon, weak, but alive

SURVIVAL STORY 2020
Ata Island #2
how they found the castaways

Captain who saved the six castaways boys in 1965 | Peter Warner The real Lord of the Flies Rescue From the story of the six tongan boys stranded on a desert island. You can read it here. http://paradise.docastaway.com/six...

SURVIVAL STORY 2020
Ata Island #3
Documentary from 1966

Six Tongan Castaways of Ata Island | OLD DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL 7 This is the old documentary from 1966 about the six castaways boys surviving on Ata Island in Tonga (Channel 7 in Australia) This story remind us to the one ...

SURVIVAL STORY 2018

Australian Rainforest Hermit

The rainforest hermit who stepped out of the wild | Australian Story Beetles, worms and lizards — Gregory Smith ate just about anything to stay alive in the forest. From a homeless hermit to a university lecturer, he's proven ...

SURVIVAL STORY 2018

49 Days drifting at sea

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/24/651061753/19-year-old-survives-49-days-at-sea-after-floating-hut-drifts-to-guam

19-Year-Old Survives 49 Days At Sea After Floating Hut Drifts To Guam

SURVIVAL STORY 2019

Hermit of 70 years in Siberian taiga still going.

ST publication: https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/siberian-hermit-75-who-lives-in-18th-century-refuses-to-be-moved-by-space-age/

RT video documentary:
https://youtu.be/BFK3DJ7Kn6s

Green background picture of Agafia: Igor Shpilenok

SURVIVAL STORY 2020:
Ata Island #1

"The same culture that helped castaways survive on 'Ata and on Minerva keeps Tongan families and communities together today." Dr Scott Hamilton.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months?CMP=share_btn_link

FROG TRAP

when considering the ratio of energy spent / outcome, such traps (frog trap, deep fish hole traps and overnight rodent snare traps) are extremely high on the scale of good results.

https://youtu.be/A27kde1xYRw

Amazing Frog Trap - How to Make a Very Simple Frog Trap With Deep Hole - Easy Frog Trap Hello My Beloved Subscriber and Visitor! Greeting from Siem Reap Cambodia! This is video I want to show you about Amazing Frog Trap - How to Make a Very Simp...