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Last man off : a true story of disaster and survival on the Antarctic seas / Matt Lewis

By: Lewis, Matt, 1974- [author]Material type: Text

TextCopyright date: ♭2014Description: xix, 230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780147515346 (pbk.); 0147515343 (pbk.)Subject(s): Lewis, Matt, 1974- | Sudur Havid (Fishing boat) | Shipwrecks -- Antarctic Ocean | Survival at sea -- Antarctic Ocean | Severe storms -- Antarctic Ocean | Rescues -- Antarctic Ocean | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal MemoirsDDC classification: 910.9167/3 | B

Contents:

Author's Note -- Crew List: MFV Sudur Havid -- Glossary -- Boat Plans and Maps -- Prologue: 18:30, Saturday, 6 June 1998 -- PART I. ESCAPE -- PART II. TROUBLE -- PART III. ADRIFT -- PART IV. DELIVERANCE -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Report of the Court of Marine Inquiry : The Sinking of the MFV Sudurhavid

Summary: "On June 6, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Matt Lewis had just started his dream job as a scientific observer aboard a deep-sea fishing boat in the waters off Antarctica. As the crew haul in the line for the day, a storm begins to brew. When the captain vanishes and they are forced to abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins"-- Provided by publisher

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"Originally published in Great Britain by Viking, 2014"-- Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (page 230)

"On June 6, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Matt Lewis had just started his dream job as a scientific observer aboard a deep-sea fishing boat in the waters off Antarctica. As the crew haul in the line for the day, a storm begins to brew. When the captain vanishes and they are forced to abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins"-- Provided by publisher

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