Vladimir Lipovetski

Vladimir Lipovetski, sailor and journalist was born in 1936. As sailor and oceanologist, he worked on ice-breakers at the North Pole, fishing cutters off the coast of Alaska and California, wheat cargo ships in the Caribbean, and crab-catchers in the Antarctic. He worked on this book for 25 years meeting witnesses, gathering photographs, memories and archive documents from all over the world. V. Lipovetski lives in Israel.

Awards: 2007 Award Russian Association Of Journalists
2003 Red Cross Medal Of Honour

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