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A ROYAL Navy ice patrol ship has docked in Gibraltar.
HMS Protector is readying herself for a return to the Southern Hemisphere for the Antarctic summer.
The ship is due to carry out a series of important inspections on behalf of the Antarctic Treaty, designed to maintain the continent for peace and science.