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Into the Raging Sea - Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of El Faro (Paperback)
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Into the Raging Sea - Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of El Faro (Paperback)
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List price R427
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Discovery Miles 3 870
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In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel
Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking
of the container ship El Faro, the crew of thirty-three who
perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globalisation that
put the ship in harm's way. On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin
barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship
El Faro whole, resulting in one of the worst shipping disasters in
decades. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite
communications, a sophisticated navigation system, and cutting-edge
weather forecasting could suddenly vanish - until now. Relying on
hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime
experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves -
whose conversations were captured by the ship's data recorder -
journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El
Faro. As she recounts the final twenty-four hours onboard, Slade
vividly depicts the officers' anguish and fear as they struggled to
carry out Captain Michael Davidson's increasingly bizarre commands,
which, they knew, would steer them straight into the eye of the
storm. Taking a hard look at America's aging merchant marine fleet,
Slade also reveals the truth about modern shipping - a cutthroat
industry plagued by razor-thin profits and ever more violent
hurricanes fueled by global warming. A richly reported account of a
singular tragedy, Into the Raging Sea takes us into the heart of an
age-old American industry, casting new light on the hardworking
crew of El Faro who paid the ultimate price in the name of profit.
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