Rescue in the Pacific : a true story of disaster and survival in a force 12 storm / Tony Farrington.
Rescue in the Pacific : a true story of disaster and survival in a force 12 storm / Tony Farrington.
Rescue in the Pacific : a true story of disaster and survival in a force 12 storm / Tony Farrington.
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Publisher
Camden, Me. : International Marine ; Sydney : McGraw-Hill Book Company Australia ; Auckland : McGraw-Hill Book Company New Zealand, c1996.
Call Numbers
N363.123/11
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 273 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Camden, Me. : International Marine ; Sydney : McGraw-Hill Book Company Australia ; Auckland : McGraw-Hill Book Company New Zealand, c1996.
Place of Publication
Maine
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
These were hours of high drama. For more than 72 hours, daring rescues were performed by the Royal New Zealand Navy the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the French Navy, a fishing boat, and two freighters. Despite limited resources and the vast distances involved, 21 people were rescued. Scores of others battled their way through the rough storm succes...
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Rescue in the Pacific : a true story of disaster and survival in a force 12 storm / Tony Farrington.
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Notes
General note
Map of the 1994 South Pacific storm of endpapers.
Includes index.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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Call Numbers
N363.123/11
Record Identifier
74VMxRoGojZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMxRoGojZg
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ISBN
0070213674 (alk. paper)
9780070213678 (alk. paper)
DDC
363.1230916448
MMS ID
991002683069702626
