MISSING: An American family on vacation. LAST SEEN: 38 days ago. LOCATION: Somewhere in the Pacific. STATUS: Presumed dead.

Overview

After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spend 37 days adrift in the Pacific with no maps, compass, or navigational instruments.They use every survival technique they can as they battle 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion.