The Two-Headed Whale: Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic - Hardcover

The Two-Headed Whale: Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic - Hardcover

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The Two-Headed Whale: Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic - Hardcover

The Two-Headed Whale: Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic - Hardcover

$27.95

by Sandy Winterbottom (Author)


Following one woman's voyage across the Antarctic, this elegant debut confronts the dark history of the whaling industry and the mystery of one young whaler's death against the backdrop of the vast Southern Oceans.

"Urgent and moving."--Publishers Weekly STARRED review

Tracing the footsteps of Shackleton, 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 tragic legacy of twentieth century industrial-scale whaling. Enraged by what she found, she was quick to blame the men who undertook this wholescale slaughter, but then she stumbled upon the grave of an eighteen-year-old whaler from Edinburgh who she could not allow to bear the brunt of blame. There are two sides to every story.

The Two-Headed Whale vividly brings to life the spectacular scenery and wildlife of Antarctica, set alongside the true-life story of Anthony Ford, the boy in the grave, as he sailed the same seas and toiled in an industry where profits outranked human life. Drawing together threads of nature and travel writing with an unflinching narrative of life onboard a whaling factory ship and the legacy it left behind, The Two-Headed Whale leaves us questioning our troubled relationship with the extraordinary abundance of this planet.

Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.94 x 8.58 x 5.43 IN
Publication Date: October 24, 2023

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