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Not to compare bad vs worse, but when I get bored for ten minutes I tend to remember that at least I'm not in Otokichi's crew: > The ship, without a mast or a
by aasasd 6y ago
Not to compare bad vs worse, but when I get bored for ten minutes I tend to remember that at least I'm not in Otokichi's crew:
> The ship, without a mast or a rudder, was carried across the northern Pacific Ocean by currents. It drifted for 14 months, during which the crew lived on desalinated seawater and on the rice of their cargo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokichi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokichi (from a recent-ish HN thread).
- BurningFrog 6y agoOmnibus podcast episode: https://www.omnibusproject.com/324 https://www.omnibusproject.com/324
- lolc 6y agoFascinating story. It led me into a short Wikipedia bout reading about Japan's period of isolation.
- jzl 6y agoYou don't even need to go back that far. Just look at the story of Jose Alvarenga from a few years ago. He was adrift in the Pacific in a tiny fishing boat for the same amount of time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Salvador_Alvarenga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Salvador_Alvarenga https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost-at-sea-436-days-book-extract https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost...