[raymo]

I was Second Engineer on a bulk carrier back in the mid sixties, and we tied up in Seven Islands in Canada. I went up to the bridge for a chat with the deck officer of the watch. We went out onto the wing of the bridge for a smoke.
I leant against the wheelhouse while I lit up. I had my first puff and it burnt all the way down. I tried to lean forward to cough, and my uniform jacket split down the seam; it was stuck to the metal. Went into the bridge and checked the temperature -42c.
As each iron ore truck advances one truck length along the wharf it is
inverted and steam hoses play over it until the whole 100 tons falls out in one huge lump into a pit where it shatters when it hits the bottom.
Every piece of rotating machinery on the ship that is likely to be used before the ship reaches warmer climes is kept running,[including the main engine at dead slow ahead, 15rpm] except the windlass and the capstan which obviously can't be rotating all the time. A steam hose was played on them for an hour before they were needed.
raymo