Sandy Winterbottom was sailing to Antarctica on the tall ship Bark Europa, when she noticed the grave of 18-year-old Anthony Ford who worked on a whaling ship and committed suicide in 1952. On her return to Scotland, she researched his story with the help of former whalers and interleaves it with her own.
That evening the comes alongside the factory, and a line is strung from the winch boom over to the catcher. Hanging from the line, a wicker basket, transfers supplies and men. The catcher bounces in the sea alongside the more stable factory ship, so a