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Sealing disasters marked as Elliston memorial opens – Video

The Sealers Memorial — a project that was six years in the making — honours the crew of the SS Newfoundland who froze to death in March 1914 when poor communications led them to be stranded in a blizzard, as well as the crew of the SS Southern Cross, which sank in the same storm. In all, 251 sealers died. Read more here 08:30