Surviving a year adrift at sea

The co-author of Essentials Of Sea Survival says the story of fisherman Jose Salvador Alvarenga is physiologically feasible.

FOR all the scepticism cast at the idea that Jose Salvador Alvarenga survived for more than a year drifting on a small boat in the Pacific, such a feat is physiologically feasible, especially for a fisherman experienced in catching his own food, according to an expert on survival at sea.