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INTERVIEW: "Everyone Stinks After Two Weeks' - 'Under Pressure: Living Life And Avoiding Death On A Nuclear Submarine' - Richard Humphreys

No sunlight or natural air, coffin-like bunk beds and sleeping just feet away from ballistic nucl...

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16.08 8 Jan 2020


INTERVIEW: "Everyone Stinks After Two Weeks' - 'Under Pressure: Living Life And Avoiding Death On A Nuclear Submarine' - Richard Humphreys


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16.08 8 Jan 2020


No sunlight or natural air, coffin-like bunk beds and sleeping just feet away from ballistic nuclear weapons.

That was the reality of living on a submarine for Richard Humphreys; who’s written a book to try and convey the claustrophobic conditions of life under the sea.

Under Pressure details the five years he spent on a sub in the 80s, trying to avoid detection by the Soviets. Richard spoke to Sean on the show today.


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