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Final voyage: a story of Arctic disaster and one fateful whaling season

By Peter , Nichols

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Usa, Inc.;G.P. Putnam's Sons
Year
2009
ISBN
9781101148808, 9781101147979, 1101147970, 1101148802
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
403 kB (412418 bytes)
Pages
illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Marine accidents--Arctic regions--History--19th ce

Description

In 1871, an entire fleet of whaling ships was caught in an Arctic ice storm and destroyed. Though few lives were lost, the damage would forever shape one of America's most distinctive commodities: oil.

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