When the Sea
Turns Deadly
Forty-seven days adrift, terrifying storms, deadly waters and seemingly impossible rescues.
Step inside the story
- Discover how Olympian Louis Zamperini survived 47 days adrift
- Uncover the tragic fate of the Andrea Gail
- Investigate how two divers were abandoned in the open ocean
- Relive the terrifying hijacking of the Maersk Alabama
- Meet the extraordinary divers who made the impossible possible
DURATION
45 - 60 minutes plus time for questions
PRESENTATION
Illustrated talk with high quality images and short film clips
COST
£100 for talk + 50p per mile after 20 miles from Bicester, Oxfordshire
Featured films include
Unbroken (2014)
Biographical War Drama
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Disaster Drama
Open Water (2003)
Survival Thriller
Captain Phillips (2013)
Biographical Thriller
Last Breath (2025)
Survival Thriller
When Survival Seems Impossible.
What makes someone keep fighting when every hope of rescue seems lost?
“
Why are we so fascinated by stories of survival? Because they remind us... that ordinary people... can do extraordinary things.
”
— Julie Oatridge, When the Sea Turns Deadly