The Two-Headed Whale
Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic
$40.85
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2023
Summary
An elegant blend of ‘polemic, industrial history, nautical writing, elegy and ecology’ (The Scotsman), The Two-Headed Whale charts the tragic history of the post-war whaling industry alongside the author’s thrilling memoir of sailing the Antarctic.
In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was shattered when she discovered the dark leg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781778401732 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1778401732 |
| Author: | Sandy Winterbottom |
| Publisher: | Greystone Books,Canada |
| Imprint: | Greystone Books,Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 217mm x 143mm |
| Series: | David Suzuki Institute |
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About The Author
Sandy Winterbottom
Sandy Winterbottom spent most of her career as an academic teaching and researching in the Environmental Sciences at Stirling University. In 2010, she left to work in the renewables industry but following a life-changing trip to South Georgia and the Antarctic in 2016, she returned to study and completed the Creative Writing Masters Programme at Stirling University, tutored by Kathleen Jamie. She lives near Muckhart in Central Scotland.
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