Samuel Perez, Filo Filo, and Edward Nasau aged 14-15 years found alive after 50 days adrift in an aluminum dinghy in the South Pacific.  The three Tokelauans boys had set off in their small vessel with only a couple of coconuts on board and no water.  The vessel drifted 1400 kilometers across the Pacific until located by tuna boat.  The boys had survived on little rain water and a seagull they had managed to catch, but without further rainwater had resorted to drinking seawater and only days away from tragedy.  The three had lost weight but otherwise were in physically good health. Family and villagers had held a memorial service for the boys thought lost forever to the sea following an extensive aerial search.

Political Arts | Ian Bunn Visual Artist


