Indian Ocean Castaways: Island Life (Part 2 of 2)
4/22/202652 min
We return to the stranded crew of the Miken. After locating the elusive island, Gordon and the others must turn their focus to the reason they’re here in the first place: finding the barrels of fuel. But as days in the jungle pass without success, a terrible possibility starts to dawn… maybe there is no fuel here at all. Unable to power their boat, the castaways must deal with a new challenge: merely surviving on their desert island… A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. Written by Joe Viner | Produced by Ed Baranski | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Matt Peaty | Assembly edit by Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Ralph Tittley. For more on this story read Gordon's book, Survival in Paradise. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at support@noiser.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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[waves crashing] It's March 1981. On a remote island in the Indian Ocean, three people, a young man and two young women, sit on the beach staring out to sea. [gentle music] It looks as if they've been here for some time. Their hair is long and straggly, and their ribs are clearly defined beneath sun-tanned skin. 28-year-old Gordon Brace leans back on the bony points of his elbows and gazes at the ocean. Feathery white clouds fleck the sky, teasing the castaways with the prospect of a rain shower. How badly they could do with one. The heat has been sweltering these last few days, putting a strain on their limited supply of drinking water. Gordon is staring into the lagoon when suddenly... After three months marooned, the castaways' senses have become heightened,