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Author | : Susan Dodd |
Publisher | : Fernwood Publishing |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2012-01-02T00:00:00Z |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1552665690 |
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On February 15, 1982, the oil rig Ocean Ranger sank off the coast of Newfoundland taking the entire crew of eighty-four men — including the author’s brother — down with it. It was the worst sea disaster in Canada since the Second World War, but the memory of this event gradually faded into a sad story about a bad storm — relegated to the “Extreme Weather” section of the CBC archives. Susan Dodd resurrects this disaster from the realm of “history” and maps the socio-political processes of its aftermath, when power, money and collective hopes for the future revised the story of corporate indifference and betrayal of public trust into a “lesson learned” by an heroic industry advancing technology in the face of a brutal environment. This book is a navigational resource for other disaster aftermaths, including that of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, and a call for vigilant government regulation of industry in all its forms.
Author | : Mike Heffernan |
Publisher | : Breakwater Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Disaster victims |
ISBN | : 9781897174418 |
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In the early hours of February 15, 1982, tragedy struck the Ocean Ranger oil rig when it capsized and sank in a severe weather storm 170 nautical miles east of St. John's, Newfoundland. All of the eighty-four crewmen perished, including fifty-six men from the province. This was Canada's greatest maritime disaster since World War II. Rig is a powerful story filled with first-person accounts and previously unpublished photographs. In an intimate journey through grief and sadness, Rig searches for reconciliation among the victims' families and those who risked their own lives to help those on the Ocean Ranger.
Author | : Lisa Moore |
Publisher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2010-02-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0802197906 |
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In the wake of an oil-rig disaster, a widow tries to rebuild her life in this novel by “an astonishing writer” (Richard Ford). Inspired by the tragic sinking of the Ocean Ranger during a violent storm off the coast of Newfoundland in 1982, February follows the life of Helen O’Mara, widowed by the accident, as she spirals back and forth between the present day and that devastating and transformative winter. As she raises four children on her own, Helen’s strength and calculated positivity fool everyone into believing that she’s pushed through the paralyzing grief of losing her spouse. But in private, Helen has obsessively maintained a powerful connection to her deceased husband. When Helen’s son unexpectedly returns home with life-changing news, her secret world is irrevocably shaken, and Helen is quickly forced to come to terms with her inability to lay the past to rest. An unforgettable examination of complex love and cauterizing grief, February investigates how memory knits together the past and present, and pinpoints the very human need to always imagine a future, no matter how fragile. “Lisa Moore’s work is passionate, gritty, lucid and beautiful. She has a great gift.” —Anne Enright
Author | : Charles Woolfson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2019-05-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1351845225 |
Download Corporate Social Responsibility Failures in the Oil Industry Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Corporate Social Responsibility Failures in the Oil Industry directly challenges the oil industry's claims of corporate good citizenship, now widely advanced as part of a global public relations initiative. The volume spans the industry's reach, from the troubled waters of the UK offshore Continental Shelf, with its horrendous legacy of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, to the inhospitable shores of Newfoundland with its own tragic legacy of lost lives; to the new frontier of oil corporate colonialism in the former Soviet Union and the icy plains of Alaska. The central theme of violations of basic labour rights and of health and environmental protection standards will make uncomfortable reading in the boardroom. It is equally essential reading for those who seek to improve the position of workers and industries within the oil industry's global reach.
Author | : Kalee Thompson |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2011-06-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0061766305 |
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Soon after 2:00 a.m. on Easter morning 2008, the fishing trawler Alaska Ranger 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 beacon lights. By 4:30 a.m., most of the forty-seven crew members were in the water. Many knew that if they weren’t rescued soon, they would drown or freeze to death. Two Coast Guard helicopter rescue teams were woken up in the middle of the night to save the crew of the Alaska Ranger. 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 possible. Deadliest Sea is a daring and mesmerizing adventure tale that chronicles the power of nature against man. Veteran journalist Kalee Thompson recounts the harrowing stories of both the rescuers and the rescued while paying tribute to the courage, tenacity, and skill of the dedicated people who risk their lives for the lives of others.
Author | : Makoto Mizobuchi |
Publisher | : Paw Prints |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | : 9781439583609 |
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Ash and Pikachu join Jackie, a Pok'emon Ranger, in his search for a fabled temple that contains a treasure called the Sea Crown, but the Phantom, a pirate, is also after the Sea Crown, which he plans to use to take over the world.
Author | : Kathy Kranking |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2003-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780805070972 |
Download The Ocean Is... Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Dive into this lushly photographed book and discover all the things the ocean can be! "Salt and surf and sand and waves, The ocean’s these and more . . . " To the animals that live there, the ocean is much more than a huge blue body of water. For frisky sea lions, it is a fun-filled playground. For toothy sharks, it is a dentist’s office. And for hungry otters, it’s a cafeteria that serves their favorite food—shellfish. These playful verses and stunning photographs will take you on an exhilarating underwater tour. Jump in!
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Ocean Ranger (Drilling rig) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Royal Commission on the Ocean Ranger Marine Disaster (Canada) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Ocean Ranger (Drilling rig) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Douglas House |
Publisher | : St. John's, Nfld. : Breakwater Books |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Bereavement |
ISBN | : |
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