Lost in lion country and saved by Spam
Jenny S枚derqvist and Helene 脜berg spent days stalked by lions after their car exploded in the Kalahari. Their escape would pivot on the unlikeliest of objects: a tin of Spam.
In 2016, when Jenny S枚derqvist and Helene 脜berg鈥檚 car exploded in the middle of the vast Kalahari desert, their supplies and only lifeline to the outside world went up in flames. No rescue would come. The two friends from Sweden would spend the next five harrowing days lost in the wilderness and stalked by lions, until their salvation appeared to them in the most unlikely of forms: a tin of Spam.
Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Edgar Maddicott
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(Photo: Helene 脜berg (left) and Jenny S枚derqvist at Gaborone airport. Credit: Monirul Bhuiyan / Associated Press)
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