Comments on: The Wreck of the Essex and the Aftermath https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/18/the-wreck-of-the-essex-and-the-aftermath/ Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/18/the-wreck-of-the-essex-and-the-aftermath/#comment-496081 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:04:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14380#comment-496081 Owen chase was the first mate, the Dover volume is essentially his log. (Click to see it on amazon.)

]]> By: Art https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/18/the-wreck-of-the-essex-and-the-aftermath/#comment-496080 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:56:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14380#comment-496080 I haven’t read the Owen Chase book, I’ll have to hunt it down, but on the same subject I can recommend:
“In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick”

A rousing tale with considerable amounts of historical context and background. The story is full or ironies, like why the survivors of the wreck shunned habitable islands that were fairly close.

The book would make a good gift for anyone who enjoys adventures, history, survival, or a good sea tale.

]]> By: Richard Chapman https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/18/the-wreck-of-the-essex-and-the-aftermath/#comment-496079 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:23:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14380#comment-496079 I love these tales of survival against all odds. Shackleton’s disastrous Antarctic expedition and subsequent triumph against the endless seascape of the Antarctic Ocean is beyond what any fiction could produce. What really amazes me is their feats of navigation with those simple hand held tools.

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