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EPISODE · Jul 31, 2025 · 53 MIN

Shipwrecked and alone: surviving the Blythe Star

from Conversations · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

At 18 years old, Mick Doleman miraculously survived when his ship capsized in the freezing Southern Ocean off Tasmania. But as he floated in a life raft with his nine crewmates, his ordeal at sea had only just begun.

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