The entertainment news website “Screen Rant” de-fines today’s popular TV “survival reality” shows as offering a “fascinating narrative that satisfies viewers’ desires to connect with nature and strip back modern complexities…showcasing real threats and providing valuable survival insights….” One doubts that the characters involved in the real-life survival story that is Left for Dead would be amused.
When reading this tale, the thought soon arises that, seriously, you couldn’t make this stuff up. Imagine: the 73' sealing brig NANINA departs New York City on April 12, 1812, on the eve of the year’s eponymous war. On September 7, the vessel reaches the Falkland Islands, where seal rookeries offer rich rewards given the then-insatiable demand for sealskin garments. NANINA carries a knocked-down shallop—LITTLE NANINA—in her hold. This will be the primary hunting boat.