Nights of Ice by Spike Walker
Collected for the first time in Nights of Ice, these eight true stories recount the harrowing ordeals of those who haul fish aboard Alaskan fishing vessels. As workers in one of the world's most dangerous - and lucrative - professions, the crewmen in Nights of Ice face a constant onslaught of roaring waves, stories-high swells, and life-stealing ice. Within seconds, a vessel such as the forty-ton Tidings can fill with icy water and slip into the depths, hurling crewmen into the freezing ocean and entombing the skipper inside its sinking hull. A ship like the Mia Dawn can run aground on a piece of submerged rock and immediately ice over, sinking steadily as her crew, battered by hypothermia and ninety-mph winds, assembles a life raft to await helicopter rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard. Tested by the elements, ravaged by their own emotions, the seamen in these extraordinary stories battle both fear and the violent unpredictability of nature. As Spike Walker's deft narration reveals, they do so with courage, instinct, and an unrelenting will to survive.Spike Walker worked as a crewman on some of Alaska's most successful crab boats for nine seasons. Spike Walker has worked in the offshore oilfields of Louisiana and Texas, as a certified commercial deep-sea diver along the Mississippi River, and as a logger in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska, in addition to crab fishing.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780312199937 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312199937 |
| Title | Nights of Ice |
| Author | Spike Walker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 1999-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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