The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

By Owen Chase

1820, at the heart of the Pacific Ocean. The whaleship ‘Essex’ is hit by an enraged sperm whale, resulting in a sinking ship. As the boat starts to sink, twenty-one crew members found themselves stranded 2,000 miles from land for ninety days, with no maps and little food. The crew faced storms, starvation and cannibalism, as Owen Chase, the first mate of the ‘Essex’ tells this true, harrowing account about the sailors’ attempts to survive against all odds.