Lost in lion country and saved by Spam
In 2016, when Jenny Söderqvist and Helene Åberg’s 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 Åberg (left) and Jenny Söderqvist at Gaborone airport. Credit: Monirul Bhuiyan / Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo)
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