books.google.co.uk - The demand for oil to light and lubricate the industrial world changed the face of much of the planet. Newfoundland was part of this widespread transformation as migratory cod fishermen settled here in the early 1800s in order to hunt seals in late winter and early spring. The seal fishery brought prosperity...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Ice_Hunters.html?id=6dWY-gZTGLgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Ice Hunters