{"product_id":"stranded-aaron-saunders-9781459731547","title":"Stranded: Alaska's Worst Maritime Disaster Nearly Happened Twice","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe sinking of the Canadian Pacific steamship \u003ci\u003ePrincess Sophia\u003c\/i\u003e was Alaska's worst maritime disaster -- until it nearly happened again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1918, the Canadian Pacific steamship \u003ci\u003ePrincess Sophia\u003c\/i\u003e left Skagway, Alaska, on her last trip of the season to Vancouver. She never made it. Battered by a raging snowstorm and sent dangerously off course, she ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef, a rocky shoal in Lynn Canal, North America's deepest and longest fjord. She would spend two days high and dry on the reef, with rescue ships standing by, unable to help, before she finally slid to her watery grave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seventy-six years later, another ship -- the modern \u003ci\u003eStar Princess\u003c\/i\u003e -- finds herself off course in Lynn Canal, and history nearly repeats itself. Weaving together events past and present, Aaron Saunders tells the story of two very different ships that set sail from Skagway at opposite ends of the century. Their common bond -- the unassuming and often treacherous stretch of water known as Lynn Canal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Saunders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459731549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459731547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 8.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Aaron Saunders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962610340095,"sku":"9781459731547","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d053919-532d-49a6-878c-ed224c2b9b4f.jpg?v=1750651982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stranded-aaron-saunders-9781459731547","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}