The Viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the North Atlantic ice-fields

This is a firsthand account of the explosion aboard the S.S. Viking in 1931, given by Clayton King, the ship's wireless operator. The Newfoundland sealing ship was being used in filming for the 1931 movie about the seal hunt, "The Viking". An explosion occurred while extra footage was...

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Main Author: King, Clayton L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Printed by the Evening Telegram 1936
Subjects:
Viking (Clipper ship) > Shipwrecks
Newfoundland
Newfoundland studies
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/102398
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:cns/102398 2023-12-31T10:18:59+01:00 The Viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the North Atlantic ice-fields King, Clayton L. North Atlantic Ocean 1936 44, [17] p. : ill. image/jpeg; application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/102398 eng eng Printed by the Evening Telegram St. John's, Nfld. (10.29MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/TheVikingsLastCruise1936.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books G 530 K64 1936 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/102398 Centre for Newfoundland Studies Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies Viking (Clipper ship)--Shipwrecks Text Book 1936 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z This is a firsthand account of the explosion aboard the S.S. Viking in 1931, given by Clayton King, the ship's wireless operator. The Newfoundland sealing ship was being used in filming for the 1931 movie about the seal hunt, "The Viking". An explosion occurred while extra footage was being filmed, killing 26 people onboard, including the film's producer, Varick Frissel. Book Newfoundland Newfoundland studies North Atlantic Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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King, Clayton L.
The Viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the North Atlantic ice-fields
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description This is a firsthand account of the explosion aboard the S.S. Viking in 1931, given by Clayton King, the ship's wireless operator. The Newfoundland sealing ship was being used in filming for the 1931 movie about the seal hunt, "The Viking". An explosion occurred while extra footage was being filmed, killing 26 people onboard, including the film's producer, Varick Frissel.
format Book
author King, Clayton L.
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title The Viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the North Atlantic ice-fields
title_short The Viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the North Atlantic ice-fields
title_full The Viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the North Atlantic ice-fields
title_fullStr The Viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the North Atlantic ice-fields
title_full_unstemmed The Viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the North Atlantic ice-fields
title_sort viking's last cruise : authentic story of hardship, exposure and disaster in the north atlantic ice-fields
publisher Printed by the Evening Telegram
publishDate 1936
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/102398
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Newfoundland studies
North Atlantic
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Newfoundland studies
North Atlantic
op_source Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
op_relation (10.29MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/TheVikingsLastCruise1936.pdf
Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books
G 530 K64 1936
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/102398
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