Oil and ice a story of Arctic disaster and the rise and fall of America's last whaling dynasty /
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.
Uniform Title: | Final voyage |
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Main Author: | Nichols, Peter, 1950- |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Penguin Books,
2009.
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Physical Description: |
294 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
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