Last man off
Subtitle: a true story of disaster and survival on the Antarctic seas
By: Matt Lewis
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780147515346
Subjects: Sudur Havid (Fishing boat); Survival at sea; Severe storms; Shipwrecks; Rescues
Description: "On June 6, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Matt Lewis had just started his dream job as a scientific observer aboard a deep-sea fishing boat in the waters off Antarctica. As the crew haul in the line for the day, a storm begins to brew. When the captain vanishes and they are forced to abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins"--

"There's nothing that armchair adventure lovers relish more than a gripping true story of disaster and heroism, and Last Man Off delivers all that against a breathtaking backdrop of icebergs and killer whales. On June 6, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Matt Lewis had just started his dream job as a scientific observer aboard a deep-sea fishing boat in the waters off Antarctica. As the crew haul in the line for the day, a storm begins to brew. When the captain vanishes and they are forced to abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins,"--Novelist.
Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain by Viking, 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 230).
Table of contents: title: Author's Note; title: Crew List: MFV Sudur Havid; title: Glossary; title: Boat Plans and Maps; title: Prologue: 18:30, Saturday, 6 June 1998; title: PART I. ESCAPE; title: PART II. TROUBLE; title: PART III. ADRIFT; title: PART IV. DELIVERANCE; title: Epilogue; title: Afterword; title: Report of the Court of Marine Inquiry : The Sinking of the MFV Sudurhavid.