From collection National Fisherman Collection
LB2012.15.1168
"The JOHN A.MACDONALD, heaviest Canadian Department of Transport Icebreaker now in service, accompanied the supertanker MANHATTAN on its historic feasibility test of year round shipping through the Northwest Passage." [No NF ref.]
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LB2012.15.1168
Icebreaker JOHN A. MACDONALD, 1969. This 315-foot Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker assisted the MANHATTAN's Northwest Passage transit, using her power and three propellers to help clear the way. [From the OCH exhibit text by Maynard Bray Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 7.]
