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Harwich

British  
/ ˈhærɪtʃ /

noun

  1. a port in SE England, in NE Essex on the North Sea. Pop: 20 130 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"The saying goes 'what happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica'," BAS oceanographer Peter Davis told AFP during a tour of the vessel as it prepared to depart Harwich, eastern England, on Monday.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

After travelling by taxi from Liverpool, they spent two nights at hotels in Harwich and another night in a taxi driving from London to Newhaven in Sussex.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

The cross was taken on a three-month journey on the RRS David Attenborough from Grytviken to Harwich, before being briefly stored at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024

They argue the couple fled, travelling in taxis from Liverpool to Harwich, then onto Colchester and London.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2024

A foreign barque was wrecked on the Ship-wash, a sandbank eight miles from land, the nearest port being Harwich, from which its southern end is distant ten miles.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

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