Death on the Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780385685061)

Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fishermen sailed out "to the ice" to hunt seals in the hope of a few pennies in wages from the prosperous merchants of St. John's. The year 1914 witnessed the worst in the long line of tragedies that were part of their harsh way of life.
For two long days and nights a party of seal hunters--132 men--were left stranded on an icefield floating in the North Atlantic in winter. They were thinly dressed, with almost no food, and with no hope of shelter against the snow or the constant, bitter winds. To survive they had to keep moving, always moving. Those who lay down to rest died.
This is an incredible story of bungling and greed, of suffering and heroism. With the aid of compelling, contemporary photographs, the book paints an unforgettable portrait of the bloody
trade of seal hunting among the icefields when ships--and men--were expendable.

Author: Cassie Brown
ISBN-10: 0385685068
ISBN-13: 9780385685061
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Language: English
Published: 03/03/2015
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.9
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 58646 / Death on the Ice