She was striking out on an adventure, the very spirit that built this land, and the lack of which has been killing it.
If she were some ignorant kid tossed on an expensive boat for her parents benefit she would not have survived this at all, she would not have activated her manual beacons not been able to calmly inform the rescue teams of her condition and such. There was no panic and she hunkered down and set he self up to survive for a time until rescue came in an environment where panic and ill preparedness will kill in in short order.
See post 53.
Darwin will take care of her