Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History Paperback - 2011
by Kalee Thompson
"The Perfect Storm" meets "Deadliest Catch" in this gripping true-life adventure story that recounts the tragic sinking of the "Alaska Ranger," one of the most remarkable rescue missions in maritime history.
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Soon after 2:00 a.m. on Easter morning 2008, the fishing trawler Alaska Ranger began taking on water in the middle of the frigid Bering Sea. While the first mate broadcast Mayday calls to a remote Coast Guard station more than eight hundred miles away, the men on the ship's icy deck scrambled to inflate life rafts and activate beacon lights. By 4:30 a.m., most of the forty-seven crew members were in the water. Many knew that if they weren't rescued soon, they would drown or freeze to death.
Two Coast Guard helicopter rescue teams were woken up in the middle of the night to save the crew of the Alaska Ranger. Many of the men thought the mission would be routine. They were wrong. The helicopter teams battled snow squalls, enormous swells, and gale-force winds as they tried to fulfill one guiding principle: save as many as possible.
Deadliest Sea is a daring and mesmerizing adventure tale that chronicles the power of nature against man. Veteran journalist Kalee Thompson recounts the harrowing stories of both the rescuers and the rescued while paying tribute to the courage, tenacity, and skill of the dedicated people who risk their lives for the lives of others.
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- Title Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
- Author Kalee Thompson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, NEW YORK
- Publication date 2011-06-14
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061766305 / 0061766305
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.34 x 0.8 in (20.37 x 13.56 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Alaska
- Category History - General History
- Library of Congress subjects Alaska Ranger (Trawler), Shipwrecks - Bering Sea
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.916
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