Graveyard of the pacific : shipwreck and survival on America's deadliest waterway
Sullivan, Randall2023
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Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it in the late 18th century. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, and the bar remains a site of shipwrecks and dramatic rescues as well as power struggles between small fishermen, powerful shipowners, local communities, the Coast Guard and the Columbia River Bar Pilots - a small group of highly skilled navigators. When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they're met with scepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July 2021, when the tides and weather seem right, they embark.
Main title:
Author:
Sullivan, Randall, author
Imprint:
London : Grove Press UK, 2023.
Collation:
272 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781804710364 (hbk)
Dewey class:
979.7
LC class:
F882.C63
Local class:
979.7
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3472629