A Caithness hero: Wick's own Robinson Crusoe
Updated: 26/05/2021, 10:00 am © Supplied by Alexander MacKay of Left to right, an 18th century engraving of Robinson Crusoe, penguins on MacQuarrie Island, Alexander MacKay, standing, coxswain of the Wick lifeboat, MacQuarie Island, and bottom right, Alexander MacKay, master pilot in Wick The story of Robinson Crusoe, wrecked on a remote tropical island, is as alive in our imaginations now as it was 300 years ago when Daniel Defoe’s novel first appeared. There’s something about desert islands – we fantasise about rolling white beaches, palm trees dropping coconuts, gently lapping waves...