{"product_id":"rafts-javier-ramos-mejia-9798754348042","title":"Rafts: Pledge and abnegation in the South Atlantic","description":"On Sunday, May 2, 1982, at 4 p.m., in the South Atlantic, geographical position of latitude 55  24' south and longitude 61  32' west, the cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk by two MK 8 Model 4 torpedoes, launched by the nuclear submarine \u003cb\u003eHMS Conqueror \u003c\/b\u003eoutside the limit of the British exclusion zone. This event caused the death of 323 Argentines of which 200 were between seventeen and twenty years old.\u003cbr\u003eThe wind speed was 34 Kn decreasing. Dark clouds and more than 6 meters waves with torn off crests and wind direction foam trails announced the arrival of a storm; the cold and the wind made a real feel temperature of -10  C. Sea water temperature, in a place of more than 3000 meters depth as it was the place of the sinking was 3  C.\u003cbr\u003eThe sinking of the Belgrano takes place in the context of an undeclared war and a not very well justified self-defence by the British government due to the conflict of the sovereignty of the Falkland\/Malvinas Islands.\u003cbr\u003eThis story is told by a crew member who lived the last sixteen days navigation of the \u003cb\u003eARA General Belgrano\u003c\/b\u003e, the moment of the attack, the survival manoeuvres aboard the ship, in the liferaft, the rescue and the consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Javier Ramos Mejia,Osvaldo Daniel Ramirez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798754348042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Javier Ramos Mejia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800954646783,"sku":"9798754348042","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rafts-javier-ramos-mejia-9798754348042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}