In July of 1897, a team of three Swedish men, led by Swedish engineer Salomon August Andrée, climbed aboard the Örnen, a hydrogen balloon set to fly over the north pole in one of the first attempts to explore the Arctic by air. Almost as soon as they set off things began to go awry, and the ill-fated expedition became one of Sweden’s greatest mysteries.

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The North Star, Thu, Oct 02, 1930 ·Page 2

The Cincinnati Enquirer Wed, Sep 10, 1930

The Buffalo News, Wed, Sep 10, 1930

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sun, Nov 16, 1930

The Long Beach Sun, Sat, Sep 20, 1930

Oceanwide expeditions 

The North Star, Thu, Oct 16, 1930 ·Page 6

Karolinska institute

Grenna Museum

Balloon.org

Neworker

The Washington Herald, Sun, Nov 16, 1930

In 1999, Swedish medical student, Anna Bågenholm, was skiing in Norway with friends when she fell through a frozen stream and became trapped under a thick layer of ice. Unable to free herself, and forced to wait for rescue, her body temperature quickly fell to 13.7°C (56.7°F) and she fell unconscious. 80 minutes later, Bågenholm was brought to the surface by rescuers, clinically dead. But that is not the end of Anna's story...

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-Aftonbladet- Her temp was down to 13.8 degrees

-Swedish-Norwegian co-operation in the treatment of three hypothermia victims: A case report, Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

- Tjugofyra7, Clinically dead but Anna survived – My story can help others

-Another Day: Cheating Death

In June 1973, The Johnson Sea Link, a deep-sea submersible, went on a routine mission off the coast of Florida. The Sea Link quickly became entangled in the cables and debris of a sunken ship. Trapped 360 feet below the surface for over 30 hours, four crew members fought for survival, but only two would make it out alive. 

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ENTANGLEMENT OF THE SUBMERSIBLE JOHNSON SEA LINK WITH SUBMERGED WRECK AGE OFF KEY WEST, FLORIDA ON OR ABOUT 17 JUNE 1973 WITH LOSS OF LIFE Coast Guard Washington, D. C. 15 January 1975

The Miami News Fri, Jun 22, 1973 ·Page 4

The Orlando Sentinel Sat, Jun 23, 1973 ·Page 4

The Palm Beach Post Sat, Jun 23, 1973 ·Page 4

The Miami Herald Wed, Jun 20, 1973 ·Page 158

The Miami Herald Sat, Jun 23, 1973 ·Page 17

The Miami Herald Fri, Jun 22, 1973 ·Page 22

The Naples Daily News

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. A well known phrase that could easily be applied to almost every survival situation. Unfortunately, when it really comes down to it; those who would like to get going can’t wait around for anyone else. And that can be tough stuff. Though in this case it was more like “tough shit”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Ghinsberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK9WA2Od_5s&ab_channel=IShouldn%27tBeAlive

Back from Tuichi by Yossi Ghinsberg

https://amimagazine.org/2018/03/14/lost-in-the-jungle/

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/tag/Kevin+gale+survival+Bolivian+rainforest

When it comes to social media, it is said that many are oversharing. Details of one's life including family members, where they live, and the troubles they are experiencing can be known by hundreds, if not thousands of other people. For some, it helps to make them feel connected by bringing in new followers and friends. Before youtube and instagram they felt isolated and unpopular. The likes and comments boost their morale and make them feel wanted. But what happens when a content creator is suddenly disconnected from everyone?

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Missing Person report

News-Messenger / News-Messenger

News Herald

News Cleveland

WTRF

Ohio Attorney General

From the moment Vesna Vulović saw her friend wearing a flight attendant uniform she knew the job was for her. Vesna loved travelling to different countries and meeting new people. January 25th, 1972 was a day like any other for flight attendant Vesna Vulovic - she checked her schedule and boarded JAT Flight 367 to Belgrade with a layover in Copenhagen, Denmark. Unbeknownst to the crew and passengers, a mid-flight attack would rip the plane apart, and Vesna would be the sole survivor of the incident and a 33,333 ft fall.

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“Too good to be true?” The Independent, Thu, Jan 26, 2012 ·Page 25

“woman survives 30,000ft fall” The Muskegon Chronicle, Fri, Jan 28, 1972 ·Page 1

"She's the luckiest girl alive" The Toronto Star Tue, Dec 26, 1972 ·Page 17

“Ex flight attendant survived 33,000-foot fall” Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sun, Dec 25, 2016 ·Page B6

"Stewardess survives plane crash" South Florida Sun Sentinel Sun, Dec 25, 2016 ·Page B4

Greenlight interview

Two hikers get lost in a park in Japan and a very large SOS made of birch trees leads rescuers to the pair. But the two hikers swear they had nothing to do with the sign and a subsequent search reveals human remains and a disturbing audio recording left at the scene...

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It’s not unusual for those in their early twenties to want to get out into the world and explore it. Plenty of young people have found themselves backpacking across foreign lands, sleeping in hostels and meeting strangers in strange places, that will become lifelong friends, sharing lifelong memories. But it’s dangerous. Let’s not forget that. Anything that fits the bill of adventure - must naturally be so.

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MSNBC, How this journalist found herself in the middle of a Panamanian true crime story

Koude Kaas Cold case blog (information compiled from various sources)

News from Dutch investigators on the finding of the backpack and its content

Cell phones record the last moments of the Dutch women

Dutch women had no plans to leave their accommodations in Panama, says landlady

Ouders Kris en Lisanne: Het voelde gelijk al niet - RTL LATE NIGHT

Lost in the Wild

'Reddingsteam was dicht bij vermiste Kris en Lisanne in Panama'

In den Kleinen Hap

Imperfect Plan / 2

Daily Beast- The full story

There are many similarities between the fictional stories of Robinson Crusoe and the Tom Hanks film, Castaway. Man becomes stranded on a deserted island, following a wreck. Man first struggles to survive, before becoming one with his surroundings, and thrives. Man is rescued, and finds himself missing life on the island. But there is one major similarity that is often overlooked, and that is that both of these critically acclaimed, fictional survival stories, are based on the real life Marooning of Alexander Selkirk.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/europe/oddities_europe.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinque_Ports_(1703_ship)#CITEREFFunnell1707

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk#Life_on_the_island

http://www.voting.ukscientists.com/dorothy/robcru.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IegTcO1vY7M&t=612s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers

The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe by John Howell 1837

https://books.google.ca/books?id=bfAXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World by Captain Edward Cooke 1712

https://archive.org/details/voyagetosouthsea01cook/page/352/mode/2up?q=selkirk

We admire those willing to put themselves in such peril with the interest of exploration and discovery in mind, but with those who choose it for fun? It’s hard for the rest of us to wrap our heads around. 

Let’s take something common. SkyDiving.  It’s said you’ll never feel so alive! And that’s because… you’ll never feel so close to certain death.

“But it’s safe!”, they’ll say. And to that I respond. I’m sure it is. Airplanes are safe too. Here’s the problem with both. If something small goes wrong… that’s a big problem.

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