The Unlucky Viking: A Saga of Sealing & Shipwrecks in the Southern ocean

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Book Information

Release date 09-2023
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781922952738
ISBN10 1922952737
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SKU: 875 Categories: , , ,

Description

Early in the twentieth century, adventurous Norwegians were drawn to the southern hemisphere, seeking their fortune from sealing and whaling.

This book tells the extraordinary tale of a young captain, Anders Harboe-Ree, who far from making his fortune was shipwrecked twice on subantarctic islands. The first shipwreck, in 1906, resulted in 14 men being stranded on the desolate and remote Crozet Islands, and to save them Anders and two companions attempted to sail a 5.8-metre whaleboat 7,300 kilometres to Australia across the wild Southern Ocean.

The second shipwreck, two years later, saw 75 men stranded on the equally bleak Prince Edward Islands.

These were the most dramatic, though not the only, misfortunes faced by this unlucky, modern-day Viking. Echoing the old Norse sagas, this book is a gripping story about shipwrecks and survival and an important contribution to sealing and Antarctic history.

Additional information

Weight 1 kg
Size

229 (mm) x 152 (mm)

Pages

286

Author information

Cathrine Harboe-Ree

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