Voices from the sea: True life stories of life and death struggles against the sea
Year: 2007 Language: English Author: Nic Compton Genre: Textbook Publisher: Readers Digest Edition: First ISBN: 978-0762108657 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 204 Description: Paying tribute to the courage of sailors and explorers around the globe, a brightly illustrated volume describes the record-breaking feats, historic expeditions, disasters, and rescues in the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic, and beyond, profiling the accomplishments of Henk de Velde, Debra Searle, Alain Bombard, and others. Additional info: Nic Compton is a writer/photographer specialising in sailing - but with a keen interest in environmental issues. After an idyllic childhood on boats in the Mediterranean, he returned to the UK at age 14 to complete his formal education, including in a degree in English with American & Commonwealth Arts at Exeter University. After a decade or so working as a journeyman shipwright, he studied Journalism at City University, eventually fetching up at the offices of Classic Boat in land-locked Croydon. He was deputy editor and then editor of the magazine from 1994 to 2000. That was when he gave up the security of the monthly pay packet for the vagaries of freelance life. Since then he has travelled the world as a writer/photographer, contributing to a variety of magazines, and has written 15 books mostly about boats. He recently completed an MA in Global Political Economy at Sussex University, and co-wrote two books about economics. He currently lives by the River Dart in Devon, UK, from where he sails a Romilly 22 called Ramona. More information at www.niccompton.co.uk.
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Voices from the sea: True life stories of life and death struggles against the sea
Language: English
Author: Nic Compton
Genre: Textbook
Publisher: Readers Digest
Edition: First
ISBN: 978-0762108657
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 204
Description: Paying tribute to the courage of sailors and explorers around the globe, a brightly illustrated volume describes the record-breaking feats, historic expeditions, disasters, and rescues in the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic, and beyond, profiling the accomplishments of Henk de Velde, Debra Searle, Alain Bombard, and others.
Additional info: Nic Compton is a writer/photographer specialising in sailing - but with a keen interest in environmental issues. After an idyllic childhood on boats in the Mediterranean, he returned to the UK at age 14 to complete his formal education, including in a degree in English with American & Commonwealth Arts at Exeter University. After a decade or so working as a journeyman shipwright, he studied Journalism at City University, eventually fetching up at the offices of Classic Boat in land-locked Croydon. He was deputy editor and then editor of the magazine from 1994 to 2000. That was when he gave up the security of the monthly pay packet for the vagaries of freelance life. Since then he has travelled the world as a writer/photographer, contributing to a variety of magazines, and has written 15 books mostly about boats. He recently completed an MA in Global Political Economy at Sussex University, and co-wrote two books about economics. He currently lives by the River Dart in Devon, UK, from where he sails a Romilly 22 called Ramona. More information at www.niccompton.co.uk.
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