ISBN: 9781513261379
Editorial: Alaska Northwest Books
Autor: Stevens, Bradley G.
Año de edición: 2018
N° Paginas: 280
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: The true story about a shipwreck discovery, exciting explorations, broken alliances, and returning a lost piece of Alaskan history.Since its sinking in 1860 while transporting a valuable cargo of ice, the Kad’yak ship had remained submerged underwater and faded in Alaska’s memory, covered by the legend of an experienced but perhaps rusty sailor and a broken promise to a saint. At the time the ship had been under command of the well-recognized Captain Illarion Arkhimandritov, who had sailed in Alaskan waters for years. It seemed a simple task when he was asked to placate superstitions and honor the late Father Herman, or Saint Herman, on his next visit to Kodiak Island. But Arkhimandritov failed to keep his promise, and shortly thereafter the Kad’yak met its demise in the very waters the captain should have been most familiar with―leaving just the mast above the water in the shape of the cross, right in front of the saint’s grave. Presumed gone or else destroyed, it wasn’t until 143 years later that the Kad’yak was found.In this riveting memoir, scientist Bradley Stevens tells all about the incredible discovery and recovery of the ship―deciphering the sea captain’s muddled journal, digging through libraries and other scientists’ notes, boating over and around the wreck site in circles. Through careful documentation, interviews, underwater photography, and historical research, Stevens recounts the process of finding the Kad’yak, as well as the tumultuous aftermath of bringing the legendary ship’s story to the public―from the formed collaborations to torn partnerships to the legal battles.An important part of Alaska’s history told from Stevens’s modern-day sea expedition, The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor reveals one of the oldest known shipwreck sites in Alaska discovered and its continuing story today.ReviewLand and sea are beautifully described, showcasing Stevens’s deep love for nature. Such details also bring into clarity how dangerous the mission was. Refreshingly honest anecdotes about mistakes, regrets, and difficulties show the human side of the risky undertaking. . . poetic in its approaches to the landscape but is also a factual account that teases out the unseen sides of discovering a shipwreck. ― Foreword Reviews"Stevens packs a lot of information into a short book. I recommend it for anyone with an interest in Alaskan history or marine archeology." ― Canadian Nautical Research Society "The Northern Mariner"About the AuthorBradley G. Stevens is a scientist, researcher, and professor. He received his Master’s in Marine Biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina and his PhD in Fisheries Science from the University of Washington. Stevens worked for the National Marine Fisheries Service for twenty-two years in Kodiak, Alaska, before he moved to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as a tenured professor of Environmental Science. He lives in Salisbury, Maryland.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.On a spring day in 1860, the Kad’yak set sail from Kodiak, Alaska, bound for San Francisco with a shipload of ice. Within a few miles from shore, it struck a rock, foundered, and was abandoned. But it didn’t sink. Now a wooden-hulled iceberg, it floated for four days before finally grounding on a reef in Icon Bay, on Spruce Island. That would have been the end of the story but for one detail. Captain Illarion Arkhimandritov, skipper of the Kad’yak, had promised to hold a service for Father Herman (now known as Saint Herman of the Russian Orthodox Church) before leaving Kodiak, but he did not keep his word. And the Kad’yak had somehow drifted through a maze of jagged reefs only to sink directly in front of Father Herman’s grave, with the top of the mast sticking out of the water, forming the Russian Orthodox cross―a public rebuke that would forever remind the captain of his perfidy and haunt the site for over a hundred years.In 2003, after years of p
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