{"product_id":"deadliest-sea-the-untold-story-behind-the-greatest-rescue-in-coast-guard-history-isbn-9780061766299","title":"Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003eDeadliest Sea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003eby Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history. Recounting the tragic sinking of the fishing trawler, \u003cem\u003eAlaska Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e, in the Bering Sea and its remarkable aftermath in March 2008, \u003cem\u003eDeadliest Sea \u003c\/em\u003eis real life action and adventure at its finest. The full story of an amazing rescue—where extraordinary courage, ingenuity, will, and technology combined in one of the most remarkable maritime feats ever recorded—has never been told before now. It’s \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Storm \u003c\/em\u003emeets \u003cem\u003eDeadliest Catch.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eSoon after 2:00 \u003csmall\u003eA.M.\u003c\/small\u003e on Easter morning, March 23, 2008, the fishing trawler \u003cem\u003eAlaska Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e began taking on water in the middle of the frigid Bering Sea. While the first mate broadcast Mayday calls to a remote Coast Guard station more than eight hundred miles away, the men on the ship's icy deck scrambled to inflate life rafts and activate the beacon lights, which would guide rescuers to them in the water. By 4:30 \u003csmall\u003eA.M.\u003c\/small\u003e, the wheelhouse of the \u003cem\u003eRanger\u003c\/em\u003e was just barely visible above the sea's surface, and most of the forty-seven crew members were in the water, wearing the red survival suits—a number of them torn or inadequately sized—that were supposed to keep them from freezing to death. Every minute in the twenty-foot swells was a fight for survival. Many knew that if they weren't rescued soon, they would drown or freeze to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Coast Guard helicopter rescue teams were woken up in the middle of the night to save the crew of the \u003cem\u003eAlaska Ranger\u003c\/em\u003e. Many of the men thought the mission would be routine. They were wrong. The helicopter teams battled snow squalls, enormous swells, and gale-force winds as they tried to fulfill one guiding principle: save as many as they could. Again and again, the helicopters lowered a rescue swimmer to the ocean's surface to bring the shipwrecked men, some delirious with hypothermia, some almost frozen to death, back to the helicopter and to safety. Before the break of dawn, the Coast Guard had lifted more than twenty men from the freezing waves—more than any other cold-water Coast Guard rescue in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeadliest Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is a daring and mesmerizing adventure tale that chronicles the power of nature against man, and explores the essence of the fear each man and woman must face when confronted with catastrophe. It also investigates the shocking negligence that leads to the sinking of dozens of ships each year, which could be prevented and makes commercial fishing one of the most dangerous occupations in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith deft writing and technical knowledge, veteran journalist Kalee Thompson recounts the harrowing stories of both the rescuers and the rescued who survived the deadly ordeal in the Bering Sea. Along the way, she pays tribute to the courage, tenacity, and skill of dedicated service people who risk their own lives for the lives of others. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eBooks about disaster in the Alaskan fishing industry are common, but titles as good as this one....This extraordinary book is accessible to every level of interest in those who go down to the sea in ships and may well keep most of them up all night are rare. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kalee Thompson reports on every detail of the disaster and subsequent rescue...out of nowhere, a heroic team of Coast Guard specialists swoops in to save as many souls as they can. Needless to say, it’s riveting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889352831205,"sku":"NP9780061766299","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061766299.jpg?v=1730231068","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/deadliest-sea-the-untold-story-behind-the-greatest-rescue-in-coast-guard-history-isbn-9780061766299","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}