ICE FLOES
MENACE IN NORTH SEA SEVERITY OF THE EUROPEAN WINTER UNPRECEDENTED DIFFICULTIES (Reed. 2 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 19. ! Ice floes in, the North Sea are proving a menace to British trawlers and other shipping, says Reuter’s. A warning was broadcast to ships that one huge ice floe is about 50 miles east of Great Yarmouth and is gradually drawing nearer. The floes, as they drift westward, are carrying away buoys marking wrecks and shipping channels. The floes originally broke away from an icefield on the Dutch and Scandinavian coasts. All vessels returning from fishing grounds are covered with ice. One trawler had to return because its drinking water was frozen. Crews arriving at Lowestoft described the difficulties as unprecedented. The weather is so bitter that it is possible to work on deck for only an hour at a time.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1947, Page 7
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140ICE FLOES Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1947, Page 7
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