Marooning

Generally, a marooned man was set on a deserted island, often no more than a sand bar at low tide.

The outcome of marooning was usually fatal, but survival was possible if the condemned could obtain a means of escape, as in the case of pirate Edward England.

During the late 18th century in the southern United States, "marooning" took on a humorous additional meaning describing an extended camping-out picnic over a period of several days.

A famous real-life marooning, initially at his own request, was that of the sailor Alexander Selkirk on Juan Fernández Island off the coast of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean.

Stafford completed the task and documents the psychological repercussions in his book Naked and Marooned.