Death on the ice : the great Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914 / by Cassie Brown ; with Harold Horwood.
Death on the ice : the great Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914 / by Cassie Brown ; with Harold Horwood.
By
:
Brown, Cassie, 1919-1987.
Publication Date
:
1972
Publication Information
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Toronto : Doubleday Canada,
Physical Description
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217 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
Blizzards -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sealing -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Additional Contributors
:
Horwood, Harold, 1923-2006.
Summary
:
For two long, freezing days and nights a party of seal hunters--one hundred thirty-two men--were left stranded on an icefield floating in the North Atlantic in winter. They were thinly dressed, with almost no food, and with no hope of shelter on the ice against the snow or the constant, bitter winds. To survive they had to keep moving, always moving. Those who lay down to rest died. Heroes emerged--one man froze his lips badly, biting off the icicles that were blinding his comrades. Other men froze in their tracks, or went mad with pain and walked off the edge of the icefield. All the while, ships steamed about nearby, unnoticing. And by the time help arrived, two-thirds of the men were dead. This is an incredible story of bungling and greed, of suffering and heroism.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780385251792
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