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Final Voyage
A Story of Arctic Diaster and One Fateful Whaling Season

By Nichols, Peter

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ISBN: 039915602x Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Published: Oct 15 2009 Pages: 294 Weight: 1.10lbs. Height: 9.25" Width: 6.25" Depth: 1.00" Language: English

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Documents the 1871 decimation of a fleet of whaling ships in an arctic ice storm and the event's irrevocable impact on oil, tracing the industry's founding by Quaker merchants and the role of blubber-derived oil in revolutionizing New England commerce.