Working on the edge: surviving in the world's most dangerous profession, king crab fishing on Alaska's high seas
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Published:
New York : St. Martin's Press, [1991].
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
xxiii, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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Description
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.
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East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction
639.54 WALKER
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0312060025 :
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APA Citation (style guide)
Walker, S. (1991). Working on the edge: surviving in the world's most dangerous profession, king crab fishing on Alaska's high seas. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Walker, Spike. 1991. Working On the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession, King Crab Fishing On Alaska's High Seas. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Walker, Spike, Working On the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession, King Crab Fishing On Alaska's High Seas. St. Martin's Press, 1991.
MLA Citation (style guide)Walker, Spike. Working On the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession, King Crab Fishing On Alaska's High Seas. St. Martin's Press, 1991.
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