Clearing ice from the British Post Office cable ship Alert during a winter cable-protection patrol off Newfoundland, to prevent the ship’s becoming top-heavy. The crews of the Post Office’s three ships are among the first British seamen to be equipped with electrically-heated waistcoats.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33063, 2 November 1972, Page 11
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43Clearing ice from the British Post Office cable ship Alert during a winter cable-protection patrol off Newfoundland, to prevent the ship’s becoming top-heavy. The crews of the Post Office’s three ships are among the first British seamen to be equipped with electrically-heated waistcoats. Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33063, 2 November 1972, Page 11
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