Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Diaster and One Fateful Whaling Season - Hardcover
Documents the 1871 decimation of a fleet of whaling ships in an arctic ice storm and the event's irrevocable impact on oil, tracing the industry's founding by Quaker merchants and the role of blubber-derived oil in revolutionizing New England commerce.
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Final Voyage 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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Peter Nichols, in addition to his sailing adventures, has worked in the film business as a screenwriter, propmaker, and ship-wrangler. He lives in Northern California.
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- PublisherPutnam Pub Group
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 039915602X
- ISBN 13 9780399156021
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages294
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