Raymond Malley

Cold Waters (eBook, ePUB)

My Ship Adventures in the Arctic, Antarctica, and North Atlantic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Persons interested in the cold ends of the earth will be fascinated with this book by Raymond Malley, a semiretired US senior diplomat and industrial executive. As a child, he became enchanted with Baffin Island and the Arctic. Later, he visited them and was so smitten that he then spent years exploring the Arctic, the North Atlantic, and Antarctica on shipsa Russian icebreaker, a German container ship, German and Norwegian cruise ships, and a French luxury cruise yacht, usually accompanied by his wife Josette. This book contains notes and reflections from his travels and adventures. Read about cold and icy waters, violent storms, icebergs, glaciers, mountains and valleys, and abandoned whaling stations. And read also about those who live therehumans, polar bears, walrus, penguins, whales, and others. His writing is crisp, frank, and revealing, and well worth a read.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781543466515
• Artikelnr.: 52648359

Autorenporträt

About the Author With grit and hard work, Raymond Malley forged his way to senior positions in the US Foreign Service, serving for thirty years in Asian and African countries and in Washington DC. He was also an Air Force officer in the Ready Reserve during the Korean and Cold Wars. Subsequently, he held executive positions with a global Korean industrial manufacturing group. Born in Massachusetts of French Acadian parents, he graduated with honors from US and European universities, including the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He holds various awards and is listed in Whos Who. He and his wife Josette, retired from the World Bank, live in Hanover, New Hampshire, and McLean, Virginia. They write, lecture, and teach part-time. He is also a ranked international senior tennis player.