Scrounging for food in the wilderness will really take off the weight â especially if youâre forced to sup on slugs from time to time. Alan Kay, star of History channelâs Alone, lost 60 lbs. during his voluntary exile to the wild of Vancouver Island, where he had to hunt, build his own shelter and deal with weather and predators. In this exclusive clip from the finale, Kay also admits to psychological distress.
The ship's morgue cannot keep a body indefinitely, however - around one week is the limit. Which can become a problem on long cruises. In one incident in 2009, an 87-year-old woman - Marion Schaefer - died 36 days into a 114-night Holland America world cruise.
The ill-fated Royal Caribbean cruise ship returned home Wednesday with an ignoble mark. Nearly 700 crew and passengers fell ill aboard the Explorer of the Seas, the highest number of sick people reported on any cruise ship in two decades, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show. At least 630 passengers and 54 cruise workers got sick, but not all at the same time. Some passengers suggested that the outbreak may have been worse than reported. They claim there were 600; I think there could have as many as 1,000 sick people on board, passenger Sal Panto Jr. told CNN.