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Buoys and weather models show an ocean drift matched his 6,000-mile journey west. He’s collaborated with journalist Jonathan Franklin in a book about his remarkable survival, called “438 Days ...
Apr 26, 2018 · STR/AFP/Getty ImagesJose Alvarenga’s boat, in which he survived for 438 days. A few hours into their journey, a storm struck that lasted five days. Jose Alvarenga and Cordoba attempted to steer the boat back toward shore, but it was impossible to see where the shore was in the rain. Their boat was also weighed down by the fish, and in order ...
José Salvador Alvarenga (Spanish: [xoˈse salβaˈðoɾ alβaˈɾeŋɡa]; born c. 1975) is a Salvadoran fisherman and author who was found on January 30, 2014, aged 36 or 37, [nb 1] on the Marshall Islands after spending 14 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean beginning on November 17, 2012. He survived mainly on a diet of raw ...
Feb 7, 2023 · Salvador Alvarenga’s home for over a year, which he nicknamed the Titanic. After a couple of months adrift, Alvarenga had settled into a routine. By 5 a.m., he was awake and sitting on the deck ...
Apr 18, 2021 · Neither man could have known what would happen next: They’d be lost at sea for more than a year. On a recent episode of How To!, journalist Jonathan Franklin, author of 438 Days, shared ...
Dec 7, 2015 · This is an edited extract from 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin, featured on The Guardian and republished here with permission from Jonathan Franklin. 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea, released in November 2015, is available from The Guardian Bookshop, Amazon, Simon & Schuster, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Pan Macmillan, and other online retailers.
Jan 17, 2024 · After an astonishing 438 days adrift, Alvarenga’s tiny boat washed ashore on a remote island in the Marshall Islands, over 6,000 miles from where he began his fateful journey. Found by locals, he was a picture of resilience, albeit weathered and weary from his ordeal . Life After the Ordeal
