Douglas Robertson
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He said that whatever happens, we will not eat each other.
I will not stop trying to get us home, get us to land.
And I will not stop looking for a rescue ship to pick us up.
So with those three promises as the foundation for our new future, we came up with a plan, an absurd plan.
My dad was a very tough character, very hard, hard man.
And he asked me outright, Douglas, will you take the dinghy and row to the Galapagos Islands and raise the alarm?
And I said to him, Dad, where are the Galapagos Islands?
I can't see them.
Over there, go that way, and I'd be rowing backwards at four knots.
Four knots, Dad.
I would need all the water that we have got in order to.
He says, you can take half the water and half the rations, and it will rain.
I said, Dad, no.
I'm not going to do that.
I'd rather die here with you than us all die alone.
I'm not going to do it.
And do you know what?
That was the first time I'd ever stood up to him.
I was 18 and a half.