{"product_id":"9781909461215","title":"Mischief among the Penguins: Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo read the crew notice placed in the personal column of \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003cb\u003eH.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman\u003c\/b\u003e in the spring of 1959. This approach to selecting volunteers for a year-long voyage of 20,000 miles brought mixed seafaring experience: ‘\u003ci\u003eOsborne had crossed the Atlantic fifty-one times in the Queen Mary, playing double bass in the ship’s orchestra\u003c\/i\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith unclimbed ice-capped peaks and anchorages that could at best be described as challenging, the \u003cb\u003eSouthern Ocean\u003c\/b\u003e island groups of \u003cb\u003eCrozet\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKerguelen\u003c\/b\u003e provided obvious destinations for Tilman and his fifty-year-old wooden pilot cutter \u003ci\u003eMischief\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous attempt to land in the Crozet Islands had been abandoned when their only means of landing was carried away by a severe storm in the Southern Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack at Lymington, a survey of the ship uncovered serious Teredo worm damage. Tilman, undeterred, sold his car to fund the rebuilding work and began planning his third sailing expedition to the southern hemisphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMischief among the Penguins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), Tilman’s account of landfalls on these tiny remote \u003cb\u003evolcanic islands\u003c\/b\u003e, bears testament to the development of his ocean navigation skills and seamanship. The accounts of the island anchorages, their \u003cb\u003esnow-covered heights\u003c\/b\u003e, geology and in particular the \u003cb\u003eflora and fauna\u003c\/b\u003e pay tribute to the varied interests and ingenuity of \u003ci\u003eMischief\u003c\/i\u003e’s crew, not least after several months at sea when food supplies needed to be eked out. Tilman’s writing style, rich with informative and entertaining quotations, highlights the lessons learned with typical self-deprecating humour, while playing down the immensity of his achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154216042736,"sku":"9781909461215","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909461215_p0.jpg?v=1763624382","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909461215","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}