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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #108 Antarctica: Building Rothera Wharf
Description: Since the end of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, humanity has focused its activities in the southern continent on science and research. To do this effectively, logistics are critical.
To prepare for the arrival of its new ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, the wharf at Rothera Research Station needed to be replaced. The new wharf needed to be built in the extreme conditions of Antarctica, and able to withstand impacts from 15,000 tonne icebergs.
In this episode we speak to the people who made it happen, and find out what it’s like to wor...