"I like doing it I like being along the water,"
"And so I'm going to keep on doing it just as long as I can."
Virginia Ginny Oliver died on 21 January at age 105 after a near-century-long lobster-fishing career. Governor Janet Mills hailed her life as amazing and expressed hopes her memory inspires the next century of hardworking fishers in Maine. Oliver began trapping lobsters at age eight alongside her father and brother and loved being on the water, committing to continue as long as possible. She operated the boat Virginia, used poagies to lure lobsters, and maintained an approximately 97-year tenure on the waters. Oliver became the subject of documentaries, television news stories and children's books, drew followers including Mark Hamill, and received special recognitions and honorary invitations.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]