| Edition |
First English-language edition. |
| Description |
xv, 149 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1. The white hell of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. First storm - Memories of St. Pierre - First days at sea -- Sponsors and high heels - The fishermen of St. John's - Live from the Atlantic -- Fog on the Grand Banks - Childhood memories - Near miss - First bath - Jellyfish for company -- Part 2. Misleading sun on the gulf stream. Letter from d'Aboville - Life aboard Pilot - A shipyard in a field -- On the whale highway - Tropical storm Dany - Dolphins -- Longitude 31̊ west - A bottle at sea - End of August -- Part 3. Contrary winds. Thirty-six hours in a gale - Clouds of plankton - Tracy Chapman -- Desalinator breakdown - Easterly winds - Sill - Sharks and barnacles -- Storm warning - One sparrow, three butterflies - Heading for Spain - Last night aboard -- Epilogue : Following your dream. |
| Subject |
Fontenoy, Maud.
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Rowers -- France -- Biography.
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Boats and boating -- North Atlantic Ocean.
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| Added Title |
Atlantique face nord. English
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| ISBN |
1559707623 alkaline paper |
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