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Redmond O'Hanlon
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Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic |
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English |
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Paperback |
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352 |
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2004-06-03 |
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0140276688 |
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Penguin |
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0.31 pounds |
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5.08 x 0.91 x 7.83 inches |
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Paperback |
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Paperback. Pub Date: 2004 Pages: 352 Publisher: Penguin Redmond O'Hanlon describes his Extraordinary three-week trip on an Orkney Trawler as it Journeys far into the north Atlantic in search of its catch Young skipper Jason Schofield has a 2 million pound overdraft on his boat. the Norlantean. which is why he has to go out in a Category One Force 12 hurricane when the rest of the Scottish fleet has run for shelter. O'Hanlon may not be much help when it comes to seamanship - in the words of one of the crew. he doesn't know his arse from his tit - but he is able to wax lyrical on the amazing deep-sea fish to be found north of the Wyville Thomson Ridge: greater argentine. flying squid. blue ling. the truly disgusting hagfish and many other exotics. Combining humour with erudition. O'Hanlon has written a vivid and compulsively readable account of a journey that for sheer terror ...
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Lissa (Ireland) (2007/01/16):
Humourous tour of North Sea fishing and fish. The author describes his time spent on a trawler off the coast of the Hebrides in the winter with a crew of tough fishermen and a marine biologist. Chatty.
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