The Castaways of Disappointment Island by Herbert Escott Inman read by Barry Eads | Full Audio Book

The Castaways of Disappointment Island by Herbert Escott Inman (1860 - 1915)
Genre(s): Memoirs, Modern (19th C)

Read by: Barry Eads in English

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Author's Note
00:02:07 - 01 - Chapter 1 - The 'Dundonald's' Last Voyage
00:34:12 - 02 - Chapter 2 - The Wreck
00:58:16 - 03 - Chapter 3 - On The Island
01:23:58 - 04 - Chapter 4 - We Get A Fire Going
01:47:50 - 05 - Chapter 5 - The Death of Mr. Peters, The Chief Officer
02:12:08 - 06 - Chapter 6 - How We Built Our Huts
02:39:10 - 07 - Chapter 7 - Two Finds
03:03:19 - 08 - Chapter 8 - Boat Building Under Difficulties
03:28:07 - 09 - Chapter 9 - Bitter Disappointment
03:52:09 - 10 - Chapter 10 - In Desperate Straits
04:17:12 - 11 - Chapter 11 - How We Got To Auckland Island At Last
04:42:38 - 12 - Chapter 12 - The Last Match
05:05:05 - 13 - Chapter 13 - How We Found The Depot
05:30:44 - 14 - Chapter 14 - We Find Ourselves In Clover
05:55:57 - 15 - Chapter 15 - Our Life On Auckland Island
06:19:58 - 16 - Chapter 16 - Our Rescue
06:43:57 - 17 - Chapter 17 - Home Again

The Castaways of Disappointment Island is the true story of Charles Eyre, who in 1907 was working as apprentice sailor on the Dundonald, a British four-masted steel barque. Caught in a storm, the Dundonald sank after hitting the rocky coastline of a tiny subantarctic island known as Disappointment Island which lies 500 km below New Zealand. Many died in the wreck while the survivors had no choice but to wait, hoping for a passing steamship to rescue them. For seven months, they subsisted on mollymawk flesh, seal meat, seaweed and 'root', as they spent the winter wearing barely any clothes in a climate where fog rarely lifts, sun seldom shines and where torrents of rain left them soaked to the skin.Link to the museum where some of the castaways equipment is on display: https://www.canterburymuseum.c....om/explore/collectio - Summary by Barry Eads

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