Perished : the 1914 Newfoundland sealing disaster / Jennifer Higgins.
Perished : the 1914 Newfoundland sealing disaster / Jennifer Higgins.
By
:
Higgins, Jenny, 1976-
Publication Date
:
2013
Publication Information
:
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, N.L. : Boulder Publications,
Physical Description
:
69 p. : col. ill.
Subject Term
:
Sealers (Persons) -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Sealing industry -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Survival at sea -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Blizzards -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Search and rescue operations -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Summary
:
In March 1914, 132 men from the SS Newfoundland scrambled onto the treacherous North Atlantic ice floes to hunt seals. Lost in a sudden blizzard, the sealers wandered for two days and nights before rescue. Only 55 made it back alive. This disaster had a deep and lasting effect; one hundred years later, the story still resonates. Perished traces the events leading up to, during, and after the tragedy, revisiting the horrors of those days and nights on the ice and examining its long-term ramifications. It is also a one-of-a-kind backgrounder on the seal hunt, exploring the roots of the industry, the conditions on board the sealing vessels, the cut-throat competitiveness of sealing captains, and the determination of sealers who put their lives on the line every spring as they headed to the ice.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781927099223
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy |
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Baie Verte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Bay Roberts | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Bay St. George South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Bell Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Bishop's Falls | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Bonavista | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Botwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Brigus | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Burgeo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Cape St. George | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Carmanville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Cartwright | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Centreville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Change Islands | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Clarenville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Codroy Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Conception Bay South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Cormack | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Cow Head | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Fogo Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Fortune | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Fox Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Gambo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Garnish | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Gaultois | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Glenwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Glovertown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Grand Bank | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Greenspond | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Harbour Breton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Harbour Grace | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Hare Bay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Harry's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Hermitage | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Holyrood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Lark Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Lewisporte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Lourdes | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Lumsden | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Marystown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Norris Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Norris Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Old Perlican | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Point Leamington | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Port au Port | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Port aux Basques | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Port Saunders | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Pouch Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Ramea | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Robert's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Rocky Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Seal Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Sop's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Springdale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. Alban's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. Anthony | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. Brides's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. George's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 338.3 H53 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 338.3 H53 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 338.3 H53 | |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | GREY |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL Ref | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference | 338.3 H53 | |
Stephenville Crossing | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Summerford | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Torbay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Trepassey | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Trinity Bay North | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Twillingate | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Wabush | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Whitbourne | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |
Winterton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.3 H53 | |