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The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor - The Long Search for the Legendary Kad'yak (Paperback)
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The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor - The Long Search for the Legendary Kad'yak (Paperback)
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The true story about a shipwreck discovery, exciting explorations,
broken alliances, and returning a lost piece of Alaskan history.
Since its sinking in 1860 while transporting a valuable cargo of
ice, the Kad’yak ship had remained submerged underwater and faded
in Alaska’s memory, covered by the legend of an experienced but
perhaps rusty sailor and a broken promise to a saint. At the time
the ship had been under command of the well-recognized Captain
Illarion Arkhimandritov, who had sailed in Alaskan waters for
years. It seemed a simple task when he was asked to placate
superstitions and honor the late Father Herman, or Saint Herman, on
his next visit to Kodiak Island. But Arkhimandritov failed to keep
his promise, and shortly thereafter the Kad’yak met its demise in
the very waters the captain should have been most familiar
with—leaving just the mast above the water in the shape of the
cross, right in front of the saint’s grave. Presumed gone or else
destroyed, it wasn’t until 143 years later that the Kad’yak was
found. In this riveting memoir, scientist Bradley Stevens tells all
about the incredible discovery and recovery of the
ship—deciphering the sea captain’s muddled journal, digging
through libraries and other scientists’ notes, boating over and
around the wreck site in circles. Through careful documentation,
interviews, underwater photography, and historical research,
Stevens recounts the process of finding the Kad’yak, as well as
the tumultuous aftermath of bringing the legendary ship’s story
to the public—from the formed collaborations to torn partnerships
to the legal battles. An important part of Alaska’s history told
from Stevens’s modern-day sea expedition, The Ship, the Saint,
and the Sailor reveals one of the oldest known shipwreck sites in
Alaska discovered and its continuing story today.
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