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In the wilds of the most
diverse nation on earth,
while she copes with
crocodiles under the
blackboard and sorcery in
the office, Trish
Nicholson survives
near-fatal malaria and
mollifies irascible
politicians and an
ever-changing roster of
bosses - realities of
life for a development
worker. With a background
in anthropology and a
successful management
career in Europe, five
years on a development
project in the remote
West Sepik province of
Papua New Guinea more
than fulfils Trish
Nicholson`s desire for a
challenge. In extreme
tropical conditions,
with few only
sometimes-passable roads,
travel is by a balus -
an alarmingly tiny plane,
landing on airstrips cut
with grass knives and
squeezed between
mountains. Students build
their own schools,
babies` weights are
recorded in rice bags and
women walk for days,
carrying their produce to
market. Physically tested
by dense jungle and
swaying vine bridges,
Trish`s patience is
stretched by nothing ever
being what it seems and
with `yes` usually
meaning `no`.Assignments
in isolated outstations
provide surreal moments,
like the 80-year-old
missionary in long
friar`s robes revealing
natty turquoise shorts as
he tears away on an
ancient motorbike.
Adventures on nearby
Pacific islands relieve
the intensity of life in
a close-knit community of
nationals and a
cosmopolitan mix of expat
`characters`. Local women
offer friendship, but
their stories are often
heart-breaking. More
chaos arrives with
Frisbee, the dog she
inherits when the project
manager leaves, along
with other project
expats. Tensions increase
between local factions
supporting the project
and those who feel
threatened by it - and
stuck in the middle is
Trish. Her emotionally
engaging memoir Inside
the Crocodile is full of
humour, adventure, iron
determination
and...Frisbee the dog. It
is beautifully
illustrated with colour
photos of Trish`s time
there.
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The epic true-life story
of one of the most
notorious maritime
disasters of the
nineteenth century - and
inspiration for `Moby
Dick` - reissued to
accompany a major motion
picture due for release
in December 2015. The
sinking of the whaleship
Essex by an enraged sperm
whale in the Pacific in
November 1820 set in
motion one of the most
dramatic sea stories of
all time: the twenty
sailors who survived the
wreck took to three small
boats (one of which was
again attacked by a
whale) and only eight of
them survived their
subsequent 90-day ordeal,
after resorting to
cannibalising their
mates. Three months after
the Essex was broken up,
the whaleship Dauphin,
cruising off the coast of
South America, spotted a
small boat in the open
ocean. As they pulled
alongside they saw piles
of bones in the bottom of
the boat, at least two
skeletons` worth, with
two survivors - almost
skeletons themselves -
sucking the marrow from
the bones of their dead
ship-mates.
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and are ideal for
professional, commercial
and recreational use.
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consist of a range of
scales, useful for
passage planning, ocean
crossings, coastal
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in a chart table drawer.
If you prefer your
Admiralty charts rolled
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framing), contact us
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Admiralty standard
nautical charts comply
with Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) regulations
and are ideal for
professional, commercial
and recreational use.
Charts within the series
consist of a range of
scales, useful for
passage planning, ocean
crossings, coastal
navigation and entering
port.Standard Admiralty
charts are folded to fit
in a chart table drawer.
If you prefer your
Admiralty charts rolled
without any folds or
creases (suitable for
framing), contact us
before ordering on
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Admiralty standard
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with Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) regulations
and are ideal for
professional, commercial
and recreational use.
Charts within the series
consist of a range of
scales, useful for
passage planning, ocean
crossings, coastal
navigation and entering
port.Standard Admiralty
charts are folded to fit
in a chart table drawer.
If you prefer your
Admiralty charts rolled
without any folds or
creases (suitable for
framing), contact us
before ordering on
+44(0)207 759 7150 or
maritime@stanfords.co.uk.
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Admiralty standard
nautical charts comply
with Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) regulations
and are ideal for
professional, commercial
and recreational use.
Charts within the series
consist of a range of
scales, useful for
passage planning, ocean
crossings, coastal
navigation and entering
port.Standard Admiralty
charts are folded to fit
in a chart table drawer.
If you prefer your
Admiralty charts rolled
without any folds or
creases (suitable for
framing), contact us
before ordering on
+44(0)207 759 7150 or
maritime@stanfords.co.uk.
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Admiralty standard
nautical charts comply
with Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) regulations
and are ideal for
professional, commercial
and recreational use.
Charts within the series
consist of a range of
scales, useful for
passage planning, ocean
crossings, coastal
navigation and entering
port.Standard Admiralty
charts are folded to fit
in a chart table drawer.
If you prefer your
Admiralty charts rolled
without any folds or
creases (suitable for
framing), contact us
before ordering on
+44(0)207 759 7150 or
maritime@stanfords.co.uk.
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Admiralty standard
nautical charts comply
with Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) regulations
and are ideal for
professional, commercial
and recreational use.
Charts within the series
consist of a range of
scales, useful for
passage planning, ocean
crossings, coastal
navigation and entering
port.Standard Admiralty
charts are folded to fit
in a chart table drawer.
If you prefer your
Admiralty charts rolled
without any folds or
creases (suitable for
framing), contact us
before ordering on
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Admiralty standard
nautical charts comply
with Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) regulations
and are ideal for
professional, commercial
and recreational use.
Charts within the series
consist of a range of
scales, useful for
passage planning, ocean
crossings, coastal
navigation and entering
port.Standard Admiralty
charts are folded to fit
in a chart table drawer.
If you prefer your
Admiralty charts rolled
without any folds or
creases (suitable for
framing), contact us
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On 17th November, 2012,
Salvador Alvarenga left
the coast of Mexico for a
two-day fishing trip. A
vicious storm killed his
engine and the current
dragged his boat out to
sea. The storm picked up
and carried him West,
deeper into the heart of
the Pacific Ocean.
Alvarenga would not touch
solid ground again for 14
months. When he was
washed ashore on January
30th, 2014, he had
drifted over 9, 000
miles. Three dozen cruise
ships and container
vessels passed nearby.
Not one stopped for the
stranded fisherman. He
considered suicide on
multiple occasions -
including offering
himself up to a pack of
circling sharks. But
Alvarenga developed a
method of survival that
kept his body and mind
intact long enough for
the Pacific Ocean to spit
him up onto a remote
palm-studded island.
Crawling ashore, he was
saved by a local couple
living in their own
private castaway
paradise. Based on dozens
of hours of interviews
with Alvarenga and his
colleagues, search and
rescue officials, the
medical team that saved
his life and the remote
islanders who nursed him
back to normality, this
is an epic tale of
survival and one man`s
incredible story of
beating the ultimate
odds.
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On 17th November, 2012,
Salvador Alvarenga left
the coast of Mexico for a
two-day fishing trip. A
vicious storm killed his
engine and the current
dragged his boat out to
sea. The storm picked up
and carried him West,
deeper into the heart of
the Pacific Ocean.
Alvarenga would not touch
solid ground again for 14
months. When he was
washed ashore on January
30th, 2014, he had
drifted over 9, 000
miles. Three dozen cruise
ships and container
vessels passed nearby.
Not one stopped for the
stranded fisherman. He
considered suicide on
multiple occasions -
including offering
himself up to a pack of
circling sharks. But
Alvarenga developed a
method of survival that
kept his body and mind
intact long enough for
the Pacific Ocean to spit
him up onto a remote
palm-studded island.
Crawling ashore, he was
saved by a local couple
living in their own
private castaway
paradise. Based on dozens
of hours of interviews
with Alvarenga and his
colleagues, search and
rescue officials, the
medical team that saved
his life and the remote
islanders who nursed him
back to normality, this
is an epic tale of
survival and one man`s
incredible story of
beating the ultimate
odds.
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For over 50 years between
the 1760s and the early
19th century, the
pioneers who sailed from
Europe to explore the
Pacific brought back
glimpses of this new
world in the form of oil
paintings, watercolours
and drawings - a
sensational view of a
part of the world few
would ever see. Today
these works represent a
fascinating and inspiring
perspective from the
frontier of discovery. It
was Sir Joseph Banks,
President of the Royal
Society, who popularised
the placement of
professional artists on
British ships of
exploration. They
captured striking and
memorable images of
everything they
encountered: exotic
landscapes, beautiful
flora and fauna, as well
as remarkable portraits
of indigenous peoples.
These earliest views of
the Pacific,
particularly Australia,
were designed to promote
the new world as
enticing, to make it
seem familiar, to
encourage further
exploration and,
ultimately, British
settlement. Drawing on
both private and public
collections from around
the world, this lavish
book collects together
oil paintings,
watercolours, drawings,
prints and other
documents from those
voyages, and presents a
unique glimpse into an
age where science and art
became irrevocably
entwined.
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