We need to work together to preserve our vessel — Earth

By: Patrick Hamilton

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: October 1, 2026

Words: 713

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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A close friend of mine during my time at the University of Minnesota in Duluth earned money for school by working on a ship carrying iron ore pellets from Minnesota ports on Lake Superior to steel mills along the lower Great Lakes. My roommates and I would slip down to the terminal whenever his ship docked in town to surreptitiously chat with him while he and the other deckhands maneuvered the large vessel back …

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