With Rubber Shovels and Grit, Mystic Seaport Workers Dig Out Historic Whaling Ship After Snowstorm

Clearing 2 feet of snow from a driveway is backbreaking enough. Clearing it from a 113-foot-long historic whaling ship docked in the river is something else entirely. Shipyard workers at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut were limited to rubber and plastic shovels as they carefully dug out …