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    Posted: 19 Jun 2026 at 8:16pm
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Missing off Pukpuka Island for a week in a 4m dinghy. This really is the middle of nowhere

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His very good luck that the NZ airforce could help. Very good high-res pics if they were taken from the Poseidon - a jet the same size as a 737 that must have been clipping along pretty quickly.
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I wonder what Robert Dean Frisbie would have written about that chap !
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Originally posted by Skoti Skoti wrote:

I wonder what Robert Dean Frisbie would have written about that chap !

It's an unforgiving place literally in the middle of nowhere. While Robert Frisbee took it to another level this guy is also a survivor. Great story: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cook-islands-fisher-lost-at-sea-for-a-week-describes-his-ordeal/UCJLA6NQRZHTPKGPOZD4H7QGOQ/
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