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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Higgins, Jennifer, 1976-,     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Higgins, Jennifer, 1976-,       by title:      Perished : the 1914 ...       by call number:      639.29 H636p     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 639.29 H636p Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 639.29 H636p Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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