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58 Degrees North: The Mysterious Sinking of the Arctic Rose
by Hugo Kugiya
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (2006-03-21)
ISBN: 159691095X
EAN: 9781596910959
Dewy Decimal #: 904
Paperback: 288 pages
Release Date: 2006-03-21
SKU: C087CBN
Condition: New
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In the spring of 2001, an industrial fishing trawler went down in the icy waters just below the Arctic Circle, with its position last recorded at 58 degrees north. The Arctic Rose sank so abruptly that there was not even time to put on survival suits or call for help, and all fifteen men aboard were killed. Hugo Kugiya’s book is a powerful story of adventure and disaster, illuminating how the modern industrial fishing industry gave rise to these fifteen young men’s dangerous and strangely archaic life, and tracing the Coast Guard investigation into what really sank the Arctic Rose.
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Customer Reviews
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An Interesting book
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-03-11
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The fishing industry has the highest casualty rate of any profession and yet you hear next to nothing when a fisherman
perishs unlike a firefighter or policeman mind you taking nothing away from either of these professions.
In 2001 in the far corners of the bering sea the Artic Rose without warning or any mayday or distress signal sinks bringing about the deadliest american fishing boat accident in 50 years.
This follows the attempted rescue by the coast guard and the resulting lengthily investigation as to what caused the sinking of the boat, a boat that had a previous life as a shrimp boat in the gulf of mexico and at the time of the accident was converted to a flatfish bottom trawler. The author also gives a detailed background on the crew a crew except of the captain and a couple of others were very inexperienced. The crew came form all over from montana to mexico and from the descriptions seem that most were on a steady stream of bad luck.
This was a pretty fastpaced book that should keep your interest the only problem i had with this book i felt the author should have group the background information together,it seems scattered through out the book like it was a after thought in some sections. If you like this book or stories like it i would recommend books by Spike Walker and William McCloskey
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An adventure in politics and survival alike. Absorbing and well detailed
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-10-07
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
In 2001 an industrial fishing trawler went down in the Arctic and sank so quickly there was no time for the crew to even call for help. All aboard were killed - leaving behind no trace of the cause, no witnesses, and a mystery involving a rapid sinking under calm seas. Journalist Hugo Kugiya's investigation is as much a probe of the modern fishing industry's controversial operations as it is a review of the disaster itself, making 58 Degrees North: The Mysterious Sinking Of The Arctic Rose an adventure in politics and survival alike. Absorbing and well detailed.
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Disgraceful
Rating  (1)
Date: 2005-05-29
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am extremely disappointed to have found that the Author did not take the time to research some of the Persons named in the book. There is information which is incorrect which makes me wonder about all of the information given in the entire book. Permission was not given from myself or any of my family members mentioned in this book! The insinuations which are made are very disturbing to me and hurtful. The family members who we have tried for so long to protect are no longer protected. I find this to be disgraceful!
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For once I agree (partially)with a Publishers Weekly review!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2005-05-05
Overall a good book, great research; author's obviously taken the time to interview the relatives of the crew aboard the ARCTIC ROSE.
As far as the writing went--it seemed to take Kugiya some time to settle down between present and past tenses early in the book which was irritating and took away from the rhythm of his writing. Also, he spent far too much time with the history of Dutch Harbor and the brothers of the captain of the ROSE (why, I kept wondering, and skipping as I read).
What I will agree with PW with is this: he could have done with a more diligent editor at Bloomsbury, someone who was able to take apart all this copious material and research and put it together more cohesively--I don't expect the author to know how to do this (he would be too intimate with the work) but it certainly is the editor's job.
Will not agree with PW regarding Kugiya's use of language--I found his turn of phrases refreshing and entertaining, not overworked. He certainly knows how to creatively use language even if he is writing a book of non-fiction.
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