Survival skills
Witness History. Surviving Andes plane crash. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1972, 16 people survived for two months in the Andes mountains after a plane crash
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Real Survival Stories. Icelandic Disaster: Retirement Gone Awry... Audio, 46 minutes
Retired teacher Morrie Piersol faces peril on an ocean voyage from the US to Iceland.
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Lives Less Ordinary. Saved by goats after my fall from the sacred mountain. Audio, 42 minutes
When he slid off a 40-metre cliff in the jungle, Morgan Segui thought he was sure to die
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Real Survival Stories. The 'Aussie Mermaid': Adrift in the Philippines. Audio, 49 minutes
A mother and daughter plan to relax on a luxury tropical island. But fate has other plans.
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Real Survival Stories. Buried Alive in a Gold Mine. Audio, 52 minutes
In Tasmania, a seismic tremor brings Todd Russell’s world crashing down on top of him.
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Real Survival Stories. Tropical Cruise: Swim for the Shore... Audio, 49 minutes
A tranquil boat trip around Indonesia becomes a terrifying test of will and endurance.
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Real Survival Stories. Deadly Descent: Power Outage at 18,000 Feet. Audio, 44 minutes
A routine, private flight to Scotland takes a drastic turn with the aircraft loses power.
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Real Survival Stories. Mayday on Christmas: Epic Ocean Rescue. Audio, 44 minutes
Months into a mammoth sailing race, Pete Goss is beset by the worst storm he’s ever faced
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Real Survival Stories. Highland Plunge: Unlikely Saviour on the Isle of Skye. Audio, 45 minutes
An outdoor instructor plummets into peril on the misty, mythical Isle of Skye.
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Real Survival Stories. Volcanic Deluge in the Land of Mordor. Audio, 46 minutes
In the mountains of Middle Earth, William finds himself stuck, facing doom...
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Lives Less Ordinary. The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 2. Audio, 30 minutes
Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor
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Real Survival Stories. Earth’s Deadliest Waters: 1,000 Miles From Land. Audio, 49 minutes
With her boat breaking in two, Lisa must pull off a desperate emergency procedure.
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Lives Less Ordinary. The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1. Audio, 42 minutes
Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor
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Real Survival Stories. Raging Rapids: Marooned in Manitoba. Audio, 53 minutes
Two young backpackers from Germany throw themselves deep into the wilds of Canada...
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Real Survival Stories. Car Stuck Off-Road: Just Like the Movies… Audio, 50 minutes
A family outing takes one wrong turn… literally.
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Real Survival Stories. Transylvania Trek: Horror Story in the Wild. Audio, 50 minutes
In 2003, a former special forces soldier journeys into the wilds of Romania...
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Real Survival Stories. Starvation in the Outback: Aussie Bushwhacking. Audio, 47 minutes
In Australia, two friends venture deep into the bush on the lookout for a serpent...
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Real Survival Stories. Tsunami in Sri Lanka. Audio, 48 minutes
Pat & Pete Etheridge are torn apart by one of the most terrible natural disasters...
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Lives Less Ordinary. Kill or be killed: a climber’s dilemma, part 2. Audio, 32 minutes
Beth Rodden escaped her kidnappers, but the moment would haunt her in the years to follow
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Lives Less Ordinary. Kill or be killed: A climber’s dilemma, part 1. Audio, 33 minutes
Beth Rodden was on the expedition of her dreams in Kyrgyzstan when she was kidnapped
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Lives Less Ordinary. Lost in lion country and saved by Spam. Audio, 45 minutes
Two friends stranded in the desert, only a discarded tin held the key to their escape
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Sideways. 62. Lost and Found. Audio, 29 minutes
A 48-hour fight to survive, lost in a snowstorm. And the data that helps rescuers find us.
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Drama on 4. Emergency Alert: Ballistic Missile Inbound. Audio, 44 minutes
A village in the Midlands finds itself the target of an unspecified attack from the air.
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