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1973: Ten men, shipwrecked and alone in a life raft on the wild Southern Ocean off Tasmania, are declared dead by the authorities. Can they survive the un-survivable? This is the astonishing story of the sinking of the coastal freighter the M.V. Blythe Star, which sparked the most extensive sea and air search at the time and left ten men, including 18-year-old Mick Doleman, in a tiny life raft at the mercy of the wild southern ocean - and all given up for dead. Twelve days later, three ravaged and starving men were found wandering on a remote logging trail in a southern peninsula of Tasmania and their story would shock the nation ... and leave a powerful legacy in its wake. This is a wild, stunning story of survival in one of the most challenging environments on earth and an extraordinary story of human endurance, written by Piia Wirsu, the producer and narrator of the award-winning season of the ABC podcast Expanse, 'From the Dead', with Mick Doleman, now the only surviving crew-member of the Blythe Star, who became a global influence in maritime safety.

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With a love of stories forged around campfires on weekend and holiday adventures, Piia Wirsu was always going to be a storyteller. A journalist and producer of ten years, Piia has interviewed, written about, and told the stories of people from all walks of life - from politicians to refugees to community heroes. The host and senior producer of Expanse, one of ABC's top performing and award-winning podcasts, Piia Wirsu has turned her storytelling nous to creating longform narrative podcasts including Dig: Saving the Franklin, which won the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union's Best radio documentary. She lives in Tasmania. Mick Doleman is an Australian maritime worker and trade union official who started work as a 16-year-old deck-boy. At age 18, Mick was a crew member of the M.V. Blythe Star which sank in the southern ocean off Tasmania and among the remaining crew found almost two weeks later on a remote peninsular. He gave evidence at the enquiry into the sinking, which led to significant changes in maritime practice, and he continued a high profile domestic and international maritime career in senior roles in the Seamen's Union of Australia, as Deputy National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, and currently as International Executive Officer for the Maritime International Federation. Mick was actively involved in the MUA's campaign in the Patrick's waterfront dispute in 1998 and was appointed as White Ribbon Ambassador in 2011 for his advocacy to end violence against women. He lives in Victoria.

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