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Title:SS Terra Nova (1884-1943) : From the Arctic to the Antarctic -- Whaler, Sealer & Polar Exploration Ship
Author:Michael C Tarver; Foreword by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
ISBN:0955220807 : 9780955220807
Illustrations:b/w photos
Format:Hardback
Size:215x280mm
Pages:256
Weight: 1.08 Kg.
Published:Richard Joseph Publishers - March 2006
List Price: 30 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Maritime history: Ships & shipping: general interest


This is the story of one of Britain's most famous expedition ships put together from accounts recorded by men who sailed in her. It covers a sixty year history of the ship built at Dundee by a famous Scottish shipbuilding company for the late 19th century days of whaling and sealing before coal, gas and electricity took over from animal oils in domestic and commercial use. The Terra Nova operated from her home port of Dundee and afterwards St. John's, Newfoundland, when a sea-going career in the sealfishery during those times brought a hard way of life with many human losses and tragedies.

"This book is intended to be a rip-roaring yarn, and for the most part it succeeds...a worthwhile addition to the library..." -- Chesley W. Sanger, International Journal of Maritime History, Volume XIX, No. 1, June 2007. "Splendid reading...in the heroic nature of high latitude navigation." -- International Journal of Maritime History. "A richly illustrated book, beautifully crafted, a pleasure to own" -- Polar Record, A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research.