The two-headed whale : life and loss in the deepest oceans
Winterbottom, Sandy2022
Books, Manuscripts
In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was shattered when she discovered the dark legacy of 20th century industrial-scale whaling. Enraged by what she found, she was quick to blame the men who undertook this wholescale slaughter, but then she stumbled upon the grave of an 18-year-old whaler from Edinburgh who she could not allow to bear the brunt of blame. There are two sides to every story. 'The Two-Headed Whale' vividly brings to life the spectacular scenery and wildlife of the vast Southern Oceans, set alongside the true-life story of Anthony Ford, the boy in the grave, as he sailed the same seas and toiled in an industry where profits outranked human life.
Main title:
The two-headed whale : life and loss in the deepest oceans / Sandy Winterbottom.
Author:
Winterbottom, Sandy, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2022.
Collation:
256 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781780277981 (hbk)
Dewey class:
639.28091673639.28639.2809639.280916
LC class:
SH382.3
Local class:
639.28639.28091
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3201703