A teenager has survived 49 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean after his floating fishing hut was whisked away in strong winds.



Aldi Novel Adilang, 19, was working as a lamp keeper on a floating fish trap anchored 78 miles off the coast of North Sulawesi.



In mid-July, strong winds ripped his anchor from the ocean bed and sent his hut drifting more than 1,676 miles over the course of seven weeks.



Eventually, on August 31, Aldi - who had worked on the hut for three years - was able to send an emergency signal to the MV Arpeggio, a tanker in the water off Guam, and was rescued.



He has now told how he did not think he would survive at times and how he consulted the bible when he was afraid.