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Catching Thunder : the true story of the world's longest sea chase /

December, 2014: In the forbidding waters off Antarctica, Captain Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker embarks on a voyage unlike any seen before. Across ten thousand miles of hazardous seas, Hammarstedt's crew will relentlessly pursue the 'Thunder,' an infamous illegal fishing ship, for what...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Engdal, Eskil, 1964- (Author), Sæter, Kjetil (Author)
Other Authors: Oatley, Diane (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:In English, translated from the Norwegian.
Translation of: Jakten på Thunder.
Published: London : Zed, 2018.
Subjects:
Thunder (Fishing vessel)
Piracy > Case studies.
Piracy.
Poaching > Antarctic Ocean > Case studies.
Fisheries > Antarctic Ocean > Case studies.
Law of the sea.
Table of Contents:
  • The pirate
  • "The Bandit 6"
  • Operation Icefish
  • The occupation
  • Hot pursuit
  • Operation Spillway
  • The Ice
  • Vesturvon
  • The pirate capital
  • The storm
  • The secret channel
  • The longest day
  • The shipmaster
  • Desolation Island
  • The phantom ship
  • The wall of death
  • The world record
  • "The only sheriff in town"
  • The flying mariner
  • A bloody nightmare
  • La mafia gallega
  • God's fingerprint
  • Buenas tardes, Bob Barker
  • Message in a bottle
  • Raid on the high seas
  • Operation Sparrow
  • Exercise good hope
  • The birds of ill omen
  • The wanderer
  • The man in the arena
  • The third ship
  • "You are nothing"
  • The snake in paradise
  • The armpit of Africa
  • Mayday
  • A weird dream
  • A last resort
  • The island of rumours
  • 48 hours
  • Three condemned men
  • The luck of the draw
  • The escape
  • The unluckiest ship in the world
  • The judgment
  • Prisoner's island
  • The man from Mongolia
  • The last Viking
  • Operation Yuyus
  • The Tiantai mystery
  • A dirty business
  • The showdown
  • The Madonna and the octopus
  • The final act.