What We Don't Know

Language: English

Published by Iuniverse, 2019

1532087349 / 9781532087349

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Seagoing may be the world's finest, most intensely rigorous education, however informal, unstructured, or lightly documented.Capt. Eric F. Schiller, a retired supertanker captain and now notorious pirate bar owner, sheds some light on an overlooked profession in these memoirs, highlighting working at sea often times will provide extraordinary and valuable life experiences.Beginning with his time as an officer in training aboard the SS American Liberty, his adventures start at a pier near downtown Hong Kong one sultry Southeast Asia summer morning in August 1973.In the summer of 1990, he sails from Honolulu, Hawaii, for Singapore's Jurong Shipyard, Master of an old single-boiler steam tanker built in Newport News with lots of miles and lots of problems. Rumor had it that the steel plates the tanker was built from were recycled WWII tanks. The main condenser was leaking badly, and with saltwater entering the steam cycle, the ship and it's crew made their way westward chasing rain clouds to collect water on deck to be used as boiler feed water.As he relives his adventures, Captain Schiller shares thoughts on evolution, what it means to be human, and why a lifetime at sea has convinced him there is a God.…

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Title
What We Don't Know
Author
Captain Eric F. Schiller
Publisher
Iuniverse
Publication year
2019
Condition
Neu
Binding
Buch
Language
English
ISBN 10
1532087349
ISBN 13
9781532087349
Item weight
297 grams
Dimensions
222x145x11 mm

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