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Arctic Convoys

When I read "HMS Ulysses" by Alistair MacLean, I'd not seen any photographs or had any knowledge of the conditions encountered on the Arctic Convoys.

With the 70th anniversary of the convoys, there appeared articles like these detailing the harrowing conditions endured by the sailors. The accompanying photographs and descriptions are exactly as MacLean described - he himself having first hand experience in 2 Arctic Convoys

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/rbth/features/8778658/Arctic-Convoys-of-WWII.html

Churchill called it ‘the worst journey in the world’; 3,000 British sailors had died by May 1945.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=belfast+arctic

http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/hms-belfast