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Overview"An elegant blend of ""polemic, industrial history, nautical writing, elegy, and ecology"" (The Scotsman), The Two-Headed Whale charts the tragic history of the post-war whaling industry alongside the author's thrilling memoir of sailing the Antarctic. In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was shattered when she discovered the dark legacy of twentieth century industrial-scale whaling. Enraged by what she found, she was quick to blame the men who undertook this whole scale slaughter, but then she stumbled upon the grave of an eighteen-year-old whaler from Edinburgh who she could not allow to bear the brunt of blame. There are two sides to every story. The Two-Headed Whale vividly brings to life the spectacular scenery and wildlife of the vast Southern Oceans, set alongside the true-life story of Anthony Ford, the boy in the grave, as he sailed the same seas and toiled in an industry where profits outranked human life. Drawing together threads of nature and travel writing with an unflinching narrative of life aboard a whaling factory ship and the legacy it left behind, The Two-Headed Whale leaves us questioning our troubled relationship with the extraordinary abundance of this planet." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sandy Winterbottom , Lisa S WarePublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio ISBN: 9798874703493Publication Date: 07 November 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSandy Winterbottom spent most of her career as an academic teaching and researching in the environmental sciences at Stirling University. In 2010, she left to work in the renewables industry but following a life-changing trip to South Georgia and the Antarctic in 2016, she returned to study and completed the creative writing masters program at Stirling University, tutored by Kathleen Jamie. She lives near Muckhart in Central Scotland. An avid lover of words, Lisa S. Ware adores all sorts of stories and knowledge. She holds degrees in philosophy and English, and her life before narration involved a lot of real estate, lawyers, and computers. Her hobbies include dragons, astronomy, puzzles, cats, and nature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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