Lloyd, Steve K.
Farallon
- ISBN 13:
- 9780874221947
- author:
- Lloyd, Steve K.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Washington State University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 152mm X 15mm
- Genre:
- History - General History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
On a snowy morning in January 1910, the Alaska Steamship Company liner Farallon ran aground on Black Reef in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Thirty-eight men escaped in the ship's lifeboats and reached the barren, ice-strewn shore of Iliamna Bay.
The stranded party huddled under make-shift tents constructed from the ship's sails, with meager provisions, inadequate clothing, and little hope of rescue. Six men took to the open sea in a 12-foot lifeboat in a daring attempt to reach far-distant Kodiak Island and arrange for a rescue.
Rescued after more than two months at sea, the Farallon incident is notable for its photographic record of the wreck and the stranded party's travails. These images, taken by John E. Thwaites, an amateur photographer and mail clerk on board, vividly illustrate the desperation felt by those who survived against incredible odds.
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