Oral history interview with Henry C. Kohler 1996

Childhood: Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada, son of ship captain, childhood spent at sea with father; Lunenberg Academy, high school, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, study at sea; experience sailing cargo ships, oil tankers in Pacific, Atlantic oceans; marriage to Mary Evangeline [Laney] Kohler, 1945; associat...

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Main Author: Unav
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Published: Columbia University 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-t4cr-z950
https://dlc.library.columbia.edu/catalog/cul:vq83bk3m52
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Summary:Childhood: Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada, son of ship captain, childhood spent at sea with father; Lunenberg Academy, high school, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, study at sea; experience sailing cargo ships, oil tankers in Pacific, Atlantic oceans; marriage to Mary Evangeline [Laney] Kohler, 1945; association with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: master of Vema, voyages to South America, Antarctic; captain of Vema, 1957: assembly of crew members, voyages to Russia, China; executive, Company of Marine Masters of Canada; reminiscences of colleagues.