The two-headed whale life, loss, and the tangled legacy of whaling in the Antarctic

"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...

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Main Author: Winterbottom, Sandy (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Greystone Books : David Suzuki Institute, 2023.
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245 1 4 |a The two-headed whale :  |b life, loss, and the tangled legacy of whaling in the Antarctic /  |c Sandy Winterbottom. 
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264 1 |a Vancouver ;  |a Berkeley ;  |a London :  |b Greystone Books :  |b David Suzuki Institute,  |c 2023. 
300 |a xi, 243 pages :  |b black and white map ;  |c 23 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239). 
520 |a "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."--  |c Provided by publisher. 
530 |a Issued also in electronic format. 
600 1 0 |a Ford, Anthony  |q (Anthony Commiskey) 
600 1 0 |a Ford, Anthony  |q (Anthony Commiskey)  |x Death and burial. 
650 0 |a Whaling  |z South Atlantic Ocean  |x History. 
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776 0 8 |i Online version:  |a Winterbottom, Sandy.  |t Two-headed whale.  |d Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Greystone Books : David Suzuki Institute, 2023  |z 1778400914  |z 9781778400919  |w (OCoLC)1398020129 
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