Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men

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Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us In every lonely corner of every sea, through every night, every day, and every imaginable weather, tiny crews of seafarers work the giant ships which keep landed life afloat These ordinary men live extraordinary lives, subject to dangers and difficulties we can only imagine, from hurricanes and pirates to years of confinement in hazardous, if not hellish, environments Horatio Clare joins two container ships on their epic voyages across the globe and experiences unforgettable journeys As the ships cross seas of history and incident, seafarers unfold the stories of their lives, and a beautiful and terrifying portrait of the oceans and their human subjects emerges.Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Free Download Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men Author Horatio Clare For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr If you take a look around you at some of the things that you own, almost all of the have arrived in the country in a box A container box that is These containers are shipped in their millions back and forth oceans and round the world every year.Clare was invited to be the writer on board for the Maersk Group, to see how these veins of the capitalist world work and operate He joins the first ship at Felixstowe, the UK largest port, on its journey from there to Los Angles via Suez and Hong If you take a look around you at some of the things that you own, almost all of the have arrived in the country in a box A container box that is These containers are shipped in their millions back and forth oceans and round the world every year.Clare was invited to be the writer on board for the Maersk Group, to see how these veins of th...This book needs to come with a warning Be warned those who are easily influenced by what they read, you may find yourself at sea Horatio tells things honestly, the rough sea, the dire living conditions, long repetitive work, low pay, No FRIGGING BEER, marginally adverse weather conditions and much danger He tells you how bad it is, how lonely it can be and yet this reader still craved the adventure.just think how much reading I could get done at sea.Horatio explores every side of the This book needs to come with a warning Be warned those who are easily influenced by what they read, you may find yourself at sea Horatio tells things honestly, the rough sea, the dire living conditions, long repetitive work, low pay, No FRIGGING BEER, marginally adverse weather conditions and much danger He tells you how bad it is, how lonely it can be and yet this reader still craved the adventure.just think how much reading I could get done at sea.Horatio explores every side of the job on board the ship, from the Captain right down to the engine room The working conditions in the engine room are insane, how a man can work there day after day is amazing The book is split into two, first a trip from UK to USA via the Suez canal on board a giant of a ship carrying an incredible amount of weight, the crew are neat and tidy, the ship in pretty good condition and a nice automated ...A book about how life on the oceans has changed, and how it hasn t, which inspires an urge to run away to sea at the same time as reminding you what a bloody awful idea that would be.I was recommended this book on a podcast as a way of getting some insight into the lives of modern seamen In this, it was pretty successful The author managed to get himself invited to be the house writer for the Maersk Group, one of the largest shipping lines in the world He traveled on one of their flagships around the world which is the first half of the book He then traveled on one of their aging anddecrepit ships on the Atlantic for the second half You get the impression I was recommended this book on a podcast as a way of getting some insight...What does it take to make a man This was the question for which Horatio Clare sought an answer when he signed on for two voyages on container ships He discovered the endless hardship of men who sail the seas for months at a time, with perhaps only one or two days in port, delivering all the goods that we take for granted on one ship 350 tonnes of Tanzanian seaweed fertilizer for the prairies 34 tonnes of Belgian chocolate 90 tonnes of Argentinian milk sent to Europe to go to Canada All What does it take to make a man This was the question for which Horatio Clare sought an answer when he signed on for two voyages on container ships He discovered the endless hardship of men who sail the seas for months at a time, with perhaps only one or two days in port, delivering all the goods that we take for granted on one ship 350 tonnes of Tanzanian seaweed fertilizer for the prairies 34 tonnes of Belgian chocolate 90 tonnes of Argentinian milk sent to Europe to go to Canada All these on the enor...Clare s prose makes me underline many of his phrases that create images in my mind Coates s book on the Rhine had some similar descriptions of ports with cranes, containers, and workers, but Clare tells a story with style What story here A world most never see or consider but without which we would flounder Civilization would halt He concludes after his journey on a large container ship through the Med all the way to China and then across the Atlantic from the Netherlands to Montreal that Clare s prose makes me underline many of his phrases that create images in my mind Coates s book on the Rhine had some similar descriptions of ports with cranes, containers, and workers, but Clare tells a story with style What story here A world most never see or consider but without which we would flounder Civilization would halt He concludes after his ...I hadn t heard of Horatio Clare before I enjoyed this account of travelling on container ships it s a mixture of poetry, travelogue, history, and most of all an account of globalisation from the sharp end the men they are, almost exclusively who transport goods from one side of the world to the other It really makes you appreciate how containerisation was a massive force for globalisation and the delocalising of manufacture Even perishable goods are not exempt the insanity of I hadn t heard of Horatio Clare before I enjoyed this account of travelling on container ships it s a mixture of poetry, travelogue, history, and most of all an account of globalisation from the sharp end the men they are, almost exclusively who transport goods from one side of the world to the other It really makes you appreciate how containerisation was a massive force for globalisation and the delocalising of manufacture Even perishable goods are not exempt the insanit...I suspect one would either be annoyed with Clare s prose and perspective, or find it absolutely sparkling I m the latter case I read this cover to cover Clare is bloody funny Many have written absolutely dry and dastardly books about ship life IMO as a librarian in a library with a significant maritime collection , but he does keep me flipping the pages, googling the nautical jargon, checking Google Maps for where the Bay of Biscay is and even youtubin...I can muster interest and fascination in almost any topic for at least the length of an extended essay in the New York Times Magazine The author managed to keep my attention for at least half the book and then the details of life at sea on ...This book was hard work and I only finished it because it was my book club choice From the very beginning it lost me as it referred to the desire of the author to live in a world away from women, children and families Awful book.

Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men
  • English
  • 14 June 2019
  • ebook
  • 288 pages
  • 1409027651
  • Horatio Clare
  • Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men