Last man off : a true story of disaster and survival on the Antarctic seas
(2015, original release: 2014)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
910.916/LEWIS,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 910.916/LEWIS,M Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, New York : Plume, 2015
©2014
DESCRIPTION

xix, 230 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780147515346 (pbk.), 0147515343 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Originally published in Great Britain by Viking, 2014"--Title page verso

Author's Note -- Crew List: MFV Sudur Havid -- Glossary -- Boat Plans and Maps -- Prologue: 18:30, Saturday, 6 June 1998 -- PART I. ESCAPE -- PART II. TROUBLE -- PART III. ADRIFT -- PART IV. DELIVERANCE -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Report of the Court of Marine Inquiry : The Sinking of the MFV Sudurhavid

"On June 6, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Matt Lewis had just started his dream job as a scientific observer aboard a deep-sea fishing boat in the waters off Antarctica. As the crew haul in the line for the day, a storm begins to brew. When the captain vanishes and they are forced to abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins"--