Peter Jefferson

And Now The Shipping Forecast

A tide of history around our shores

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is both an affectionate memoir and a history of the science and BBC programming behind the forecast: Peter explains how it came about, who collects all the information and what it's like to read this bulletin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 131mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9781906860158
• ISBN-10: 1906860157
• Artikelnr.: 33140841

Autorenporträt

Peter Jefferson

Inhaltsangabe

1. Prologue 2. The genesis of the shipping forecast 3. Name changing but
not name calling 4. The meteorological office and the shipping forecast
broadcast 5. The lighter side 6. Unexpected outside broadcast 7. Sailing by
8. Sailing by the seat of your pants 9. A tale of shipping area turbulence
10. Part 1: A tale of shipping area turbulence 11. Part 2: Shedding some
light... on lighthouses 12. Codes, conventions and traditions 13. Time and
Greenwich Mean Time 14. A life on the ocean wave 15. A final note Glossary
Sources & Further Reading Index