'We promised not to eat each other': Adrift for 38 days in the Pacific after their boat was sunk by killer whales, a British family of five endured sharks and storms while drinking turtle blood to survive
08-11-2025 02:11 via dailymail.co.uk

'We promised not to eat each other': Adrift for 38 days in the Pacific after their boat was sunk by killer whales, a British family of five endured sharks and storms while drinking turtle blood to survive

It was just before 10am on a June morning in 1972 when Douglas Robertson heard a series of ear-splitting bangs reverberate through the wooden hull of his boat.
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