17 Men Walked 600KM Along an Unmapped Coast — Only 3 Survived

Seventeen shipwrecked sailors set out to walk 600 kilometers up an unexplored coast to save their crewmates. Only three of them made it out alive. In 1797, the merchant ship Sydney Cove was deliberately run aground in Bass Strait to keep her from sinking. With no way to call for help, seventeen men launched the ship's longboat to fetch rescue from Sydney — but the boat was destroyed on a remote beach, forcing the survivors to walk the rest of the way on foot. For 77 brutal days they crossed river mouths, scaled sea cliffs, and starved along a coastline no European had ever set foot on, dying one by one — kept alive largely by Aboriginal people who repeatedly gave them food, water, and safe passage. Watch how three broken men, all that remained of the original seventeen, finally reached the edge of civilization and set off a rescue for the men still stranded with the wreck. This is a true story, told in dramatized documentary form for storytelling and educational purposes. 00:00 The Wreck Begins 01:37 The Sydney Cove Runs Aground 05:08 The Long Walk Begins 07:28 First Contact With Aboriginal People 08:03 The First River Crossing 11:38 Climbing the Cliffs 12:09 The First Man Dies 14:50 The Mind Starts to Break 16:07 The False Rescue 16:30 Empty Ocean, Then Nothing 17:43 The Last Death 18:21 The Turning Point 19:03 Wattamolla Cove 21:08 Only Three Left 22:06 What Happened After #survivalstory #truestory #shipwreck #castaway #history #australianhistory #survival #truestories #shipwrecked #trueevents