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Ireland's Arctic Siege: The Big Freeze of 1947
Ireland's Arctic Siege The Big Freeze of 1947
Author: Kevin C. Kearns
On 19 January 1947 Ireland was invaded by a two-month-long arctic siege that brought freezing temperatures of 7øF, a piercing east wind reaching 60 to 70 m.p.h., five major blizzards, and snowdrifts of 12 to 20 feet. Cars, buses, houses and entire villages were buried, roads were blocked, telephone and electricity lines felled and towns and farm...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780717154487
ISBN-10: 0717154483
Publication Date: 1/21/2013
Pages: 430
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Gill & MacMillan, Limited
Book Type: Paperback
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