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
: 
[S.I.] : Anchor Canada,

Physical Description
: 
217 p. : ill., map.

Subject Term
: 
Sealing -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
 
Blizzards -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

Additional Contributors
: 
Horwood, Harold, 1923-2006.

Summary
: 
An account of the bungling and greed that caused 120 men to be stranded for two days and two nights on an icefield drifting in the Atlantic. Describes the harsh, bloody trade of seal hunting among the icefields - where ships and men are expendable.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780385685061


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Carmanville (GCE)Adult NFic NL Ref - VaultAdult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault639.29 B81Checked In
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFic NL Ref - VaultAdult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault639.29 B81NonCirculating