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
:
Toronto : Doubleday Canada,
Physical Description
:
270 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
Sealing -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Blizzards -- 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
:
9780385050371
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Arnold's Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Bay Roberts | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Bell Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Bonavista | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Brigus | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Clarenville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Cormack | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL Ref | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference | 639.29 B81 |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Gambo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Glenwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Glovertown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Hare Bay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Harry's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Hermitage | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Lark Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Norris Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Old Perlican | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Pasadena | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Point Leamington | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Port au Port | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Ramea | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Sop's Arm | Adult NFic NL Ref | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference | 639.29 B81 |
St. Alban's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
St. Anthony | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT NFIC NL - BASEMENT OVERFLOW | Adult Non-Fiction NL - Basement Overflow | 639.29 B81 |
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St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Stephenville Crossing | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Summerford | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Victoria | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Wabush | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |
Woody Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 639.29 B81 |