It’s been said our lives are no more than a string of decisions. Thousands of choices made every single day. Most seemingly inconsequential. While others harness the potential to lead us to dark and unforgiving places. Do our choices control our destiny? Or are we all like the gambler who repeatedly rolls the dice, hoping each time for a smile from Lady Luck?
A Croatian man named Frane Selak has got to be either the luckiest man alive or the unluckiest. Whether you’re someone who sees the glass as being half full or half empty, Frane’s glass has definitely been filled with deadly misadventures.
Writing and Research:
Stephanie Moore
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13 May 2020
Little Boy Wonder
As 11-year-old Norm Ollestad was dangling upside down in his plane seat, he couldn't help but wonder how his Father would manage to get them out of this one. Although they'd never experienced crashing into the side of a mountain in the middle of a blizzard, no less, Norm had experienced more in his 11 short years of life on earth, than most people have in a lifetime.
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Stephanie Moore
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6 May 2020
A Watery Grave
Stranded at the bottom of the ocean, Harrison Okene had nothing but a mattress a bottle of coke
and a flashlight to keep him alive. Trapped in a tiny pocket of air in an upturned ship, Harrison was at
the mercy of the Atlantic’s waters.
Writing and Research:
Joe Turner
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29 Apr 2020
Sole Survivor
As Juliane Koepcke collapsed against a tree somewhere in the middle of the rainforest she began to pray she’d live to see her mother again. Up until now, she hadn’t found any other survivors, or any wreckage of the plane crash that had brought her to the jungle.
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Joe Turner
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22 Apr 2020
Alone In The Amazon
Lying on the forest floor on his hands and knees, Yossi Ghinsberg heard the sounds of an airplane passing overhead. Lost in the Amazon depths for three weeks, Yossi no longer had the strength to lift himself to his feet.
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Joe Turner
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22 Apr 2020
Stranded In The Sea Of Cortez
Joseph Rangel found himself stranded on a deserted island with his lifelong childhood friend Lorenzo Madrid and a young untrained fishing guide half their age. Rangel and his best friend were on their last day of a 5 day sports fishing trip in the Sea of Cortez.
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Stephanie Moore
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14 Jan 2020
A Chilling Expedition
For many explorers, it was a race to see which expedition would be the first to chart and reach the Earth’s Magnetic South Pole. A conquest finally accomplished by the Nimrod Expedition in 1909. A member of that team, 26-year-old Sir Douglas Mawson also held that honor and place in history. A few short years later Mawson would lead his own expedition team back to that icy coastline, hoping to conduct scientific research and chart new areas.
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Stephanie Moore
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SOURCES:
Alone on the Ice
https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Ice-Greatest-Survival-Exploration/dp/0393347788/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=douglas+mawson&qid=1575514242&sr=8-2
Flaws in the Ice
https://www.amazon.com/Flaws-Ice-Search-Douglas-Mawson-ebook/dp/B00PV650D0/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=douglas+mawson&qid=1575514288&sr=8-3
In Search of the South Pole - Huw Lewis-Jones
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/leadership-lessons-from-the-shackleton-expedition.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crevasse
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25682462
https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Douglas-Mawson.php
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-most-terrible-polar-exploration-ever-douglas-mawsons-antarctic-journey-82192685/
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14 Jan 2020
The Trashman
Deborah Scaling Kiley sat in a rubber dingy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, reciting the Lord’s
Prayer in a desperate attempt to convince herself she hadn’t gone mad. The water surrounding
the boat had turned a sickly shade of red, as the blood of her devoured crew mate rose to the
surface.
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Writing and Research:
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SOURCES:
Albatross by Deborah Scaling Kiley & Meg Noonan (Book)
Shipwreck by Tim O’ Shei (Book)
https://player.themoth.org/#/?actionType=ADD_AND_PLAY&storyId=1777 (Podcast)
http://www.dockwalk.com/Essentials/Docktalk.aspx?g=posts&t=25288
https://news.wttw.com/2012/09/26/author-laurence-gonzales-surviving-survival
https://keepinitrealevanston.wordpress.com/category/surviving-survival/
https://www.mamamia.com.au/shark-attack-stories/
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/09/08/survive/index.html
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/the-sharks-got-him-then-killed-the-others-shipwreck-survivor-recounts-five-days-stranded-at-sea/news-story/c60f679af78d537be9e1e09114c26a92
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x50mzg2
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13 Jan 2020
Introducing Deadly Misadventures
Hosted by Justin from Generation Why and Tyler from The Minds of Madness.
Wondery’s newest podcast explores some of the most-terrifying, real-life stories of people who came face to face with death.
The podcast series raises the question on whether our choices control our destiny or if it all comes down to luck? A roll of the dice. At the end of each episode, it will be up to you to decide.
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