Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. A Note on Icelandic Language, Names, and Landscape xv
5. Maps xviii
6. Introduction: Fishing Expeditions 1
7. 1 Survival on the Edge: A Hidden History 23
8. 2 In Our Blood: A Lineage of Sea Knowledge 53
9. 3 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Seawomen and the Rise of Hags, Trolls, and Whores 81
10. 4 Endurance: Why Do These Women Still Go to Sea? 113
11. 5 The Sea’s Siren Call: And the Jobs Seawomen Take in Reply 139
12. 6 A Balance of Being: Ship Society 165
13. 7 Paying to See the Stars: A New Kind of Survival 203
14. Appendix A: Historical Seawomen 235
15. Appendix B: Age of Women Registered as Seafarers, 2007–11 242
16. Appendix C: Number of Female Fishermen, 1998–2011 243
17. Notes 245
18. Bibliography 259
19. Index 267