Oil and ice : a story of Arctic disaster and the rise and fall of America's last whaling dynasty / Peter Nichols.
2010
SH383.2 .N53 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Oil and ice : a story of Arctic disaster and the rise and fall of America's last whaling dynasty / Peter Nichols.
Author
Uniform Title
Final voyage
ISBN
9780143118367 (pbk.)
0143118366 (pbk.)
0143118366 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Penguin Books, 2010.
Language
English
Description
294 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
SH383.2 .N53 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.372950974485
Summary
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.
Note
"Previously published as Final voyage."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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