PRESS
NEA BIG READ LAKESHORE TO HOST EVENTS WITH GER TYSK, INFLUENTIAL FEMALE SAILOR
HOPE COLLEGE, MI | OCT 2020
“Tysk is noted for being a female sailor and whaling historian. She will discuss how the whaling industry looks different today compared to when In the Heart of the Sea [by Nathaniel Philbrick], this year’s featured book, took place.”
THE HUNT FOR MOBY-DICK MOVES ONLINE
THE NEW YORK TIMES | MAY 2020
“If these were normal times, Ger Tysk, a sailor, would be getting her tall ship ready for an expedition along the coast of New England. Instead, Ms. Tysk, 38, is hunkered down in her apartment in New Bedford, Mass., and taking people on a different sort of voyage. She used her digital camera to film herself reading a chapter from “Moby-Dick,” the 1851 classic by Herman Melville, as part of an online Story Hour Series for the New Bedford Whaling Museum.”
ON WATCH: GER TYSK
WINDCHECK MAGAZINE | MAY 2020
WindCheck Magazine’s featured “On Watch” sailor for the month of May, in which the magazine spotlights “a noteworthy sailor, particularly those who are giving something back to the sport or working to preserve our marine environment.”
SAILING TALL ON THE SCHOONER BRILLIANT
WOMEN OFFSHORE | JAN 2019
“This was the first voyage for Brilliant to set sail in the hands of an all-female team. For Ger, it was a surprise to think that Brilliant, built in 1932, had never seen a crew entirely of female sailors. A first generation American with a heritage in Hong Kong, this voyage represented even more than the disruption of gender norms. Ger adds, “As a person of color working on the water, I think it was extra special for us to show the students, especially the minority and female students, that it is possible to break barriers in any industry.”
AWARDS
HERMES CREATIVE AWARDS
GOLD AWARD | MAY 2020
Category: Print media and advertising – flyer
Rack card, Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island
AMAZON BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL AWARDS
QUARTERFINALIST | 2013
Historical fiction, The Sea-God at Sunrise
