Abandon Ship: Stranded in the South Atlantic (Part 2 of 2)

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Sudur Havid is submerged beneath the freezing waters of the South Atlantic. As the captain and first mate struggle to respond, it falls to Matt to coordinate a last-ditch effort to abandon ship. But in these Antarctic waters, with woefully inadequate clothing and survival gear, they’re about to be cast adrift in a raft no bigger than a child’s paddling pool… Many thanks to Matt Lewis. For more on his story, read Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas. A Noiser production, written by Susan Allott. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.0	UK residents, T's and C supply.
0:21.0	It's 3.45 PM on Saturday June 6, 1998.
0:30.2	The ceiling lights flicker and fiz below deck on the pseudo-Havid.
0:34.1	A 360-ton fishing trawler lies half-capsized on her starboard side.
0:38.8	The freezing South Atlantic Ocean now flooding into the ship is filling every inch of
0:43.5	her by the second. Down in the fish factory, the metal-clad room where the
0:49.9	catch is processed, sub-zero-degree sea water is nearly at chest height.
0:55.9	Stricken sailors, mostly South African and Namibian fishermen, some only clad in flip-flops
1:02.2	and loose shirts, are caught in the ocean's icy vice-like grip.
1:08.0	It's so cold they're barely able to move their arms and legs to stay afloat.
1:13.0	23-year-old Britain, Matt Lewis, moves fast to avoid getting pulled under water.
1:19.0	He leaps up onto a table, then to a bench bolted onto the far wall, the side not yet submerged.
1:26.4	Grasping pipes and cables along the ceiling, he shimmies his way up and out of the fast flooding room.
1:34.4	He has no idea where to go or what to do.
1:37.2	He moves on adrenaline-fueled instinct.
1:40.1	If the boat rolls over entirely,
1:42.3	anywhere below deck will mean certain death, the ship will become their tomb.
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