By chance, a Kiwi bloke called Harrison Christian was just on the radio. He is a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian (about whom the jury is still out!) and has written a book about HMS Bounty (1789).
This led me to look up Norfolk Island; that looks pretty "off grid" - I wonder if they need any (old) biomeds there?
BTW, I reckon that Lieutenant (later Vice-Admiral) William Bligh's epic 41-day voyage with 18 loyal men in a 23-foot open boat from (near) Tofua to Kupang on Timor (passing through the Torres Strait along the way) to be one of the greatest feats of navigation under "arduous conditions" in history. Equipped with just a quadrant, a pocket watch, sextant and a compass, apparently (but no charts).
Such leadership (Shackleton - Elephant Island - 127 years later is another example)!
PS: for those interested in history, especially in regard of "what happened to the mutineers" ... look up HMS Pandora (1779) and "Pandora's Box"!
