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  • NAME: Alain Louis Bombard
  • OCCUPATION: Doctor, Biologist
  • BIRTH DATE: October 27, 1924
  • DEATH DATE: July 19, 2005
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Toulon, France

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Marine biologist Alain Louis Bombard crossed the Atlantic without food or water to prove that he could live on just fish, plankton, and rain and sea water.

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Physician and marine biologist Louis Bombard was born in Paris, France. In 1952, he set out across the Atlantic alone in his rubber dinghy without food or water to prove that he could live on nothing more than fish, plankton, rain water and small amounts of sea water. He landed at Barbados 62 days later. He started a marine laboratory at Saint-Malo for the study of the physiopathology of the sea.

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Physician and marine biologist, born in Paris, France. In 1952, after preliminary trials in the Mediterranean, he set out across the Atlantic alone in his rubber dinghy L'Hérétique without food or water to prove his claim that shipwreck castaways could sustain life on nothing more than fish, plankton, rain water and controlled drinking of small amounts of sea water. He landed at Barbados 62 days later. He started a marine laboratory at Saint-Malo for the study of the physiopathology of the sea.

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