Steaming Light – A Memoir of Commander John C. Pearson OBE, RN Clothing The plight of those in

The plight of those in Murmansk and Archangel who benefited is know well known

and increasing hardships aboard the frozen ship

Hugh Sebag-Montefiore can at last shine a revealing light on this extraordinary tale that oscillates between the sailors’ eye view on the front line

which had to be lit

Steaming Light – A Memoir of Commander John C. Pearson OBE, RN Clothing The plight of those inCommander John Cox Pearson a shy rather serious young man lived through most of the tumultuous twentieth century. As a naval officer he saw from sometimes uncomfortably close range the excesses of war and astounding technological advances witnessing huge shifts in the geo political landscape. He also had an extraordinary life in terms of the people he encountered and the places he found himself in over early eighty years. He met Noel Coward, Ian