The Unlucky Viking : A Saga of Sealing & Shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean
by Harboe-Ree, Cathrine
- New
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1922952737
- ISBN 13
- 9781922952738
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2023. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and black & white maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 241 pages. 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. . New. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB323523
- Title
- The Unlucky Viking : A Saga of Sealing & Shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean
- Author
- Harboe-Ree, Cathrine
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1922952737
- ISBN 13
- 9781922952738
- Publisher
- Australian Scholarly Publishing
- Place of Publication
- North Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2023
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Nautical;
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Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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