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The John Biscoe was purchased by the government of the Falkland Islands to act as a research and supply vessel. She was extensively refitted for ice conditions, including having her hull sheathed in 3 inches of greenheart timber. She was hastily used to transport the newly arrived 8901 to Port Stanley when it seemed that tensions were rising over the issue at South Georgia. |
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