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New York City Headquarters Public Lecture Trawler
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"Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic" by Redmond O'Hanlon |
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 |
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| Time: |
6:30pm-8:45pm |
| Open to: | Public |
| Time Details: | 6:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Lecture
8:15 pm Book signing |
| Location: | The Explorers Club
46 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 |
| Detailed Description: | Having survived Borneo, Amazonia, and the Congo, travel writer Redmond O'Hanlon now ventures into his own perfect storm in the wildest waters he could find.
His rendezvous with destiny begins aboard a trawler converted for deep-sea fishing at a cost of $3 million-which is why its young skipper's setting out from Scotland's northern tip when the rest of the fleet is running for safe harbor. Equipped with a fancy Nikon, an excessive supply of socks and no seamanship whatsoever, O'Hanlon joins a crew of five who stock a bottomless hull with the catch, day after sleepless day, even as the hurricane threatens to wash them overboard. While he helps inventory the creatures of the deepest North Atlantic-from jellycats to the wormlike hagfish, unchanged since its evolution more than 500 million years ago-his shipmates exchange manic monologues that range from their woeful longing for loyal women to trade laws and complex fishing quotas.
Rich in oceanography, marine biology and men's lives, O'Hanlon's new book, TRAWLER, reveals once again the inimitable spirit of the man Bill Bryson has called "probably the finest writer of travel books in the English language, and certainly the most daring."
Redmond O'Hanlon will share his journey with us on January 26 2005.
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| Reservation Notes: | No advanced reservations. Tickets are sold at the door on a first come, first served basis, beginning at 6pm. |
| Contact Email: | events@explorers.org |
| Member Ticket Price: | free/student members free |
| Guest Ticket Price: | $15/Reciprocal Club members $10 |
| Student Ticket Price: | $5 with valid i.d. |
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