Posted in News ‘We promised not to eat each other’: Adrift for 38 days in the Pacific after their boat was sunk by killer whales, a British family of five endured sharks and storms while drinking turtle blood to survive November 8, 2025 It was just before 10am on a June morning in 1972 when Douglas Robertson heard a series of ear-splitting bangs reverberate through the wooden hull of his boat. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15271125/We-promised-not-eat-Adrift-38-days-Pacific-boat-sunk-killer-whales-British-family-five-endured-sharks-storms-drinking-turtle-blood-survive.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490