Farallon

Shipwreck and Survival on the Alaska Shore

Steve K. Lloyd, Jeff Richardson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2000
Washington State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87422-194-7 (ISBN)

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On a snowy morning in January 1910, the Alaska Steamship Company liner Farallon ran aground on Black Reef in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Thirty-eight men escaped in the ship's lifeboats and reached the barren, ice-strewn shore of Iliamna Bay where they huddled under make-shift tents constructed from Farallon's sails. The ship had no wireless communication, and the men were stranded on a desolate, wilderness coastline in the full grip of winter with meager provisions, inadequate clothing, and little hope of rescue.Six of the men took to the open sea in a 12-foot lifeboat in a daring attempt to reach far-distant Kodiak Island and arrange for a rescue. They set out into vast Shelikof Strait--one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the North Pacific. These brave mariners, given up for lost, were finally rescued more than two months later.

The Farallon incident is particularly unique in that a compelling photographic record of the wreck and the stranded party's travails were made at the time. John E. Thwaites, an amateur photographer and the ship's mail clerk, took more than 50 high-quality images of the stranded steamship shrouded in ice, the frostbitten men with burlap wrapped around their feet, and the barren, treeless lagoon. These stark pictures vividly illustrate the desperation felt by the stranded passengers and crew during their ordeal when temperatures dropped as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit. After 29 days, they were rescued by the steamship Victoria.

Author Steve K. Lloyd personally investigated the wild, storm-swept beach where wreckage from the Farallon remains visible today. Lloyd brings to life a riveting tale of hardy seafaring men who survived hunger and despair against incredible odds.

Steve K. Lloyd is an amateur shipwreck historian and avid scuba diver. With his wife, Julie Drake, he owns a bookstore in Anchorage, Alaska, dealing in rare and out-of-print books.

Foreword by Jeff Richardson
Acknowledgments
PermissionsIntroduction: Northern Waters
1. Farallon
2. A King of Commanders
3. To the Gates of Hades
4. Black Reef
5. Landfall
6. Grand beyond Description
7. Into the Ice
8. My Authority Ceases
9. The Wind Blew through Them
10. Bitter, Bitter the Cold
11. We Will Starve to Death
12. Dynamite Johnny
13. Up against It
14. Hard and Fast
16. She Stood a Good Deal of Hammering
17. That Forsaken Shore
18. No Cause for Suspension
19. Winds and Waters Roar
Epilogue

Afterword by Steve K Lloyd
Appendix A: S.S. Farallon Crew and Passenger List
Appendix B: "The Sailor Wheelman"
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.5.2000
Verlagsort	Pullman, WA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-87422-194-3 / 0874221943
ISBN-13	978-0-87422-194-7 / 9780874221947
Zustand	Neuware