TITLE:
Perished : the 1914 Newfoundland sealing disaster / Jennifer Higgins.
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, N.L. : Boulder Publications,
Physical Description:
69 p. : col. ill.
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Geographic Term:
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
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