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Library hosts IPP commander

July 12, 2014 12:00 am • Last Updated: July 11, 2014 4:33 pm

The Mystic & Noank Library presents a talk by Commander Gabrielle McGrath on the history and mission of the International Ice Patrol at 7 p.m. Monday. The IIP is a legacy of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The primary mission of the IIP is to alert any ship traveling the great circle shipping lanes between Europe and the U.S. and Canada of the presence of any icebergs.

Commander McGrath is in charge of the IIP stationed in U.S. Coast Guard Station in New London. She is a 1996 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and is serving her second tour with the IIP.

For more information, call (860) 536-7721 or send email to info@mysticnoanklibrary.org. The event is free and open to the public.

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