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Higgins, Jennifer, 1976-,
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SS Newfoundland (Sealing ship)
Sealers (Persons) -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- 20th century.
Sealing industry -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Sealing -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Survival at sea -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Blizzards -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Search and rescue operations -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Disasters -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- 20th century.
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Higgins, Jennifer, 1976-,
SS Newfoundland (Sealing ship)
Sealers (Persons) -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- 20th century.
Sealing industry -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Sealing -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Survival at sea -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Blizzards -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Search and rescue operations -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Disasters -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- 20th century.
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Perished
: the
1914
Newfoundland
seal
hunt
disaster
/ Jennifer Higgins.
by
Higgins, Jennifer, 1976-,
Boulder Publications, 2013.
Call #:
639.29 H636p
Subjects
SS
Newfoundland
(Sealing ship)
Sealers (Persons) --
Newfoundland
and Labrador -- History -- 20th century.
Sealing industry --
Newfoundland
and Labrador -- History.
Sealing --
Newfoundland
and Labrador -- History.
Survival at sea --
Newfoundland
and Labrador -- History.
Blizzards --
Newfoundland
and Labrador.
Search and rescue operations --
Newfoundland
and Labrador.
Disasters --
Newfoundland
and Labrador -- History.
Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing.
Newfoundland
and Labrador -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781927099223 (hc.)
1927099226 (hc.)
Description:
72 p. : ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes 13 facsimiles of maps, letters, newspaper articles, tickets and telegrams. Most are attached, but six of these papers are in plastic envelopes.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
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. Illustrated with more than 200 rarely seen archival photos and documents, including pull-out facsimiles of maps, log book entries, telegrams, a sealer's ticket for the SS
Newfoundland
, and more. Jenny Higgins is a writer and researcher living in St. John's,
Newfoundland
and Labrador."--Provided by publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, 2015.
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