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Two men from the Pacific island of Kiribati, aged 53 and 26, went missing 33 days ago and landed in the island state of Marshall Islands, where they were picked up by US Coast Guard patrollers, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The men were reported to be sick and weak but in "reasonable condition."

"As odd as it may seem, the Marshall Islands hosts Kiribas drifters quite frequently," said the editor of the Marshall Islands Journal, Giff Johnson. "It's not that it happens all the time. Let's just say people from Kiribas are very hardy individuals. They get lost on a little boat and manage to persevere. It is an amazing thing."

The record for long drifting in recent years is supposedly a year, by three Mexican fishermen who left from San Blas in late 2005 and went drifting across the Pacific. They turned up, almost a year later more than 5000 miles away on Marshall Islands.

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两男子漂流33天后获救

       据英国《每日电讯报》报道，太平洋岛国基里巴斯两名男子在太平洋上漂流33天后，近日在马绍尔群岛附近被美国海岸警卫队救下。这两名男子年龄分别为53岁和26岁。

       目前两人身体虚弱，但健康情况较稳定。

       马绍尔群岛当地一家媒体的编辑格里夫•约翰逊说：“看起来似乎很奇怪，马绍尔群岛的基里巴斯漂流者相当常见，但也不总是发生这样的事情。基里巴斯人非常坚强，他们的小船即使迷路，依然会坚持下去，这是令人感到惊奇的地方。”

       近年来在海上漂流时间最长的记录是一年，这是由3名墨西哥渔民创造的。他们2005年末从圣布拉斯离开，漂过太平洋。在近一年的时间内，他们航行了5000英里(约8000公里)，最后出现在马绍尔群岛。

(China.org.cn December 1, 2011)