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1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 min. 6 sec.) ; 324104028 bytes |
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*Coarse language*On January 11, 2007, seasoned adventurer 39-year-old Andrew McAuley set out on his quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand across 1600km of one of the wildest and loneliest expanses of ocean on Earth: the Southern Ocean stretch of the Tasman Sea below the 40th parallel.Solo is an incredible story of adventure. It is a portrait of a complex man and his attempt to conquer the impossible. It is also a moving tragedy that questions and examines the extreme risk some adventurers are driven to pursue.McAuley's profoundly dangerous mission was an enormous technical and emotional undertaking for all concerned. This story is told by Andrew's wife Vicki, boat designer Paul Hewitson, weather consultant and French yachtsman Jonathan Bogais, and close friend and fellow adventurer Dr Richard Stiles. Solo also features McAuley's own harrowing and emotional video confessions recorded during his voyage at sea.Thirty days into the voyage, New Zealand maritime authorities received McAuley's distress call. Having survived a torturous month at sea, conquering monstrous swells and terrifying storms, McAuley lost his life only a day from completing his journey.While McAuley's body was never recovered, the camera tapes from his kayak were and they form the basis of this moving story. PRODUCTION DETAILS:Directors: David Michod and Jennifer Peedom; Producer: Jennifer Peedom; Executive Producer: Chris Hilton. Written by David Michod and Christopher Thorburn. Composer: Lisa Gerrard; Executive Producer ABC TV: Dasha Ross; Original concept: Andrew McAuley and Ben Deacon. An Essential Media & Entertainment Production for ABC |
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Broadcast 2010-02-02 at 23:25:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Adventure and adventurers.
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Canoes and canoeing.
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Ocean travel.
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Sea kayakers.
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Sea kayaking.
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Pacific Ocean -- Tasman Sea.
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Streaming video
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McAuley, Andrew, cast
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Michod, David, director
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Peedom, Jennifer, director
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