Still,he could not help thinking that if anything should happen, the nearestperson he contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby, would be onan island 885 miles away.

• 他禁不住寻思起来，要是果真有什么意外，除非附近有条船，他用无线电能联系上的最近的人远在885英里以外的岛上。