Ireland's Arctic Siege of 1947 : The Big Freeze of 1947

Ireland's Arctic Siege of 1947 : The Big Freeze of 1947

Kevin C. Kearns

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FörlagGill Books
ISBN9780717151967

On 19 January 1947 Ireland was invaded by a freakish anticyclonic weather phenomenon unleashed from the depths of Siberia. Its prolonged two-month grip entombed the country in snow and ice. This arctic siege brought freezing temperatures of 7° Fahrenheit -14°C, a piercing east wind reaching 60-70 m