Death on the Ice

The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914

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Paperback, 270 pages

English language

Published Sept. 4, 1974 by Doubleday Canada, Ltd, Doubleday.

ISBN:
978-0-385-05037-1
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OCLC Number:
532426

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4 stars (2 reviews)

An account of the bungling and greed that caused 120 men to be stranded for two days and two nights on an ice-field drifting in the Atlantic. Describes the harsh, bloody trade of seal hunting among the ice-fields - where ships and men are expendable.

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reviewed Death on the Ice by Cassie Brown

Gripping tradgedy

4 stars

An account, based on contemporary records of a sealing disaster off Newfoundland. A combination of human and natural factors lead up to the disaster which is portrayed in all its horror. A book filled with the worst of humanity and the best, which makes for a gripping read, if rather stressful! Also features themes of capitalism, unionisation and the beginnings of change.

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Subjects

  • Sealing -- Newfoundland and Labrador