Polar Star
by Smith, Martin Cruz
pub. Random House, NY 1989 - isbn 0-394-57819-8
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In this Martin Cruz Smith mystery Arkady Renko, having escaped a prison/insane asylum in Moscow
traveled east through Siberia and after working at a number of jobs
finds himself employed on the slime line in a factory ship in the Bering Sea.
During this period of history American fishing vessels (catchers) net fish in waters which are
in USAs offshore area and bring their catch to Soviet factory ships for processing. It is an
uneasy partnership, but one which works for both parties.
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