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Steve Walker - Habakkuk of Ice

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15/11/2007

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Steve Walker - Habakkuk of Ice

Extraordinary wartime tale of inventor Geoffrey Pyke's battleship - made of ice.

Extraordinary wartime tale of inventor Geoffrey Pyke's battleship - made of ice. Steve Walker's drama stars Tim McInnerney and Dermot Crowley.

The extraordinary story of a battleship - made entirely of ice - designed for use in the Second World War. 

It was left to dissolve in a lonely Canadian lake in Northern Alberta - and its eccentric English inventor, Professor Geofffey Pyke is one of the great unsung geniuses of the 20th Century. 

Steve Walker's drama stars Tim McInnerney as Geoffrey Pyke, Dermot Crowley as JD Bernal, Melanie Hudson as Pamela Pleens, Chris Emmett as Winston Churchill and David Holt as Lord Mountbatten. 

Director: Andy Jordan 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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