ICEBREAKER IN PORT.—Her decks crammed with equipment of all kinds, the icebreaker Burton Island arrived at Port Chalmers last night from the Antarctic. In the picture can be seen a number of "dinghysleds" which can be rowed or pulled along the ice on two running strakes fixed to the bottom. Some of this equipment is being transferred to the Merrick. The Burton Island leaves this afternoon. (See report.)
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Evening Star, Issue 26042, 5 March 1947, Page 6
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68ICEBREAKER IN PORT.—Her decks crammed with equipment of all kinds, the icebreaker Burton Island arrived at Port Chalmers last night from the Antarctic. In the picture can be seen a number of "dinghysleds" which can be rowed or pulled along the ice on two running strakes fixed to the bottom. Some of this equipment is being transferred to the Merrick. The Burton Island leaves this afternoon. (See report.) Evening Star, Issue 26042, 5 March 1947, Page 6
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