Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas
Author(s): Matt Lewis
In the depths of Antarctic winter, hundreds of miles from land or rescue, a small fishing boat is swallowed by waves as high as houses. The captain is fatally slow to act, and then paralyzed by fear. The officers flee for their lives. Only the actions of Matt Lewis, a 23-year-old British marine biologist and one of the most inexperienced men aboard, will save the lives of the South African crew.Lewis is the last man off the sinking boat, and leads the escape onto three life rafts. There the battle for survival begins.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.204
- : 01 February 2015
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 June 2015
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Matt Lewis
- : Paperback
- : en
- : 363.349209989
- : 256
More About The Product
Matt Lewis was born in Bristol, England, in 1974. He trained as a marine biologist first at Bangor University and then at Aberdeen University. He now lives with his wife and two children in Aberdeen. Last Man Off is Matt's first book.
