He Survived A Year Lost At Sea! The José Salvador Alvarenga Survival Story

Welcome to episode 1 of the new podcast: Unreal Resilience! Today I tell the story of José Salvador Alvarenga, who survived 437 days in a tiny fishing boat with basically no supplies! This is a story I have been thinking about for a long time because it is such an incredible story of survival, I hope you enjoy it! The longest Survival Story at Sea in Recent History! 

here is the book by Jonathan Franklin about Salvador Alvarenga story: https://amzn.to/41IVThY

1. “Exclusive: First Photo of Castaway Taken Day After Washing Ashore.” NBC News, 3 Feb. 2014, https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/marshall-islands-castaway/exclusive-first-photo-castaway-taken-day-after-washing-ashore-n49551. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
2. Martinez, Julian. “'There Was No Flesh Left... I Doubt He Was a Meal for Sharks': In Gripping WORLD EXCLUSIVE Interview, Castaway Who Survived 14 Months Adrift in the Pacific Angrily Denies He Turned Cannibal on His Dead Companion.” Daily Mail, 24 Apr. 2014, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2611745. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
3. Franklin, Jonathan. “The Fisherman Who Survived 14 Months Lost at Sea.” The Guardian, 7 Nov. 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost-at-sea-436-days-book-extract. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
4. “José Salvador Alvarenga.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Salvador_Alvarenga. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
5. Franklin, Jonathan. 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea. Atria Books, 2015.

Rosen, Jillian Kay. “How a Fisherman Survived More Than a Year Lost at Sea.” New York Post, 22 Nov. 2015, https://nypost.com/2015/11/22/how-a-fisherman-survived-more-than-a-year-lost-at-sea/. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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