The Voluntary Castaway: Dr. Bombard's Revolutionary Atlantic Crossing | E 161

In this episode, Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh explore the astonishing story of Dr. Alain Bombard, a French physician who deliberately drifted across the Atlantic in 1952 in a small inflatable dinghy without provisions. Surviving for 65 days on raw fish, plankton, and minimal seawater, Bombard's experiment was designed to prove that shipwreck victims could survive using only ocean resources—a journey that revolutionized maritime survival techniques despite facing significant criticism and controversy. His remarkable story stands as a testament to human endurance and scientific determination, forever changing how we understand survival at sea.