Working on the Edge - 9780312089245
Un libro in lingua di Spike Walker edito da Griffin, 1993
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No profession pits man against nature more brutally than king crab fishing in the frigid, unpredictable waters of the Bering Sea. The yearly death toll is staggering (forty-two men in 1988 alone); the conditions are beyond most imaginations (90-mph Arctic winds, 25-foot seas, and super-human stretches of on-deck labor); but the payback, if one survives can be tens of thousands of dollars for a month-long season.
In a breathtaking, action-packed account that combines his personal story with the stories of survivors of the industry's most harrowing disasters, Spike Walker re-creates the boom years of Alaskan crab fishing--a modern-day gold rush that drew hundreds of fortune-and adventure-hunters to Alaska's dangerous waters--and the crash that followed.
In a breathtaking, action-packed account that combines his personal story with the stories of survivors of the industry's most harrowing disasters, Spike Walker re-creates the boom years of Alaskan crab fishing--a modern-day gold rush that drew hundreds of fortune-and adventure-hunters to Alaska's dangerous waters--and the crash that followed.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Working on the Edge
- Sottotitolo: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession : King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Spike Walker
- Editore: Griffin
- Collana: Griffin (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Aprile '93
- Genere: TECHNOLOGY and ENGINEERING
- Argomenti : Alaskan king crab fisheries Alaska Fishers Alaska Biography Crabbing Alaska
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 158 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0312089244
- EAN-13: 9780312089245