"A dramatic, pared-down account...Tougias smartly leavens his spare narrative with similar worst-case scenarios that resulted when other seamen miscalculated the sea's wrathful power." --- Publishers Weekly
Fatal Forecast chronicles a dramatic fight for survival aboard two small fishing boats that were ambushed by a horrific surprise storm just southeast of Cape Cod.
Soon after the Fair Wind and the Sea Fever reached the fishing ground at Georges Bank, they were hit with hurricane-force winds and massive ninety-foot waves that battered the boats for hours.
The direction of the wind made it impossible to turn back. The Fair Wind soon capsized, drowning all but one of the crewmembers. The Sea Fever was nearly torn apart. Here is the hour-by-hour account of the struggles faced by the eight crewmembers of the Fair Wind and the Sea Fever, including the incredible ordeal of Ernie Hazard, who endured three days in a lifeboat in open water.
The book also details the dramatic rescue attempts made by the Coast Guard, on a day in which it received more mayday calls than any other in New England history.
Written By : Kelly Tyler-Lewis
Narrated By : Graeme Malcolm
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Length : 6 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers Historical Biographical
Download Price : $29.95 $17.95
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story- of the Ross Sea party... More info...
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Written By : Richard Preston
Narrated By : Richard Preston
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Length : 6 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers American
Download Price : $29.95 $17.95
Believed to be impossible to ascend, these majestic giants have remained unexplored until recently ... More info...
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Written By : Dr. Ian Jackson
Narrated By : Edwin Newman
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 3 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
Download Price : $12.95
The first known navigators were the Phoenicians, who 3000 years ago sailed the Mediterranean and beyond from their base near modern Lebanon. Justinian's mission to China in the 6th century A.D., th... More info...
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Written By : Gontran de Poncins in collaboration with Lewis Galantire
Narrated By : Grover Gardner
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 9 hours 30 minutes
Type : Adventurers & Explorers Autobiography Travel Biographical 20th Century
Download Price : $34.95 $19.95
This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure, travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. In 1938 and 1939, a French nobleman spent fifteen mont... More info...
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Written By : Various
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Listen & Live
Length : 6 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
Download Price : $24.95 $16.25
Selection of stories full of suffering, compassion, genuine courage and how bad things can get when events transpire against us. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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