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AUGUST 1969 - S.S. MANHATTAN
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The icebreaker/tanker S.S. Manhattan began her voyage to the Northwest Passage in the Delaware River in Chester, Pennsylvania. The ship's mission: To begin her quest for a commercial route through the polar ice to oil regions in Alaska.

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