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Old 4th Jan 2010, 07:12
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John Eacott
 
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After being crunched up by moving ice over 96 years, lying in salt water and presumably constructed from fairly flimsy materials I doubt there is much left to save
Bear in mind that the salinity is quite low, hence the general sea temperature is about -2C: reasonable conditions for preservation
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