Rescue
Trapped in the Subantarctic
What would you do if stranded in one of the harshest places on Earth for 18 months?
In 1864, five men were shipwrecked on the uninhabited Auckland Islands – isolated in the freezing subantarctic.
With no hope of rescue, they faced starvation, frostbite and madness.
Their only chance? Build a boat from wreckage and attempt an impossible escape across 450km of treacherous sea.
This is the true survival story of the Grafton castaways – engineers, sailors and survivors – who defied all odds in one of the most extraordinary rescues in maritime history.
