5/20/2021 · 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.
5/13/2021 · A new 74 metre wharf at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station has achieved the first CEEQUAL award in Antarctica for sustainable infrastructure, gaining the highest rating available of ‘Excellent’. The wharf was completed in April 2020 to berth the new polar vessel for Great Britain, the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
4/28/2020 · A new £40 million wharf to moor the RRS Sir David Attenborough has been used by polar ships for the first time at British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica .
In April 2020, BAM finished constructing a new 74 metre wharf at Rothera, the largest British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research station. The new wharf, which replaces a smaller structure built in the 1980s, is part of the modernisation programme at Rothera, to improve efficiency and accommodate a larger polar research vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
5/13/2021 · The British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) new 74m wharf at the Rothera Research Station has achieved the first CEEQUAL award in Antarctica for sustainable infrastructure. The Rothera Wharf , which opened in April 2020 and berths the new polar vessel for Great Britain, the RRS Sir David Attenborough , gained the ‘Excellent’ rating – the highest CEEQUAL rating available.
A new 74-metre wharf at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station has achieved the first CEEQUAL award in Antarctica , gaining the highest rating available of ‘Excellent’. The wharf was completed in April 2020 to berth the new polar vessel for Great Britain, the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
The Rothera Wharf project is part of the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme commissioned by UKRI-NERC, helping to ensure that Britain remains at the forefront of polar science. The new wharf will be used by the RRS Sir David Attenborough later this year when she arrives in Antarctica for the first time as part of her maiden voyage.
10/13/2018 · The Rothera research station, which opened in 1975, is the largest British Antarctic facility, and a renowned global hub for climatic research. It is situated 1,860km (1,155 miles) south of the …
5/13/2019 · Under the new plan, the research station at Rothera will be without a wharf for around 18 months while the old one is dismantled and the new one built. The station is located on a spit of land in the north west of Antarctica where temperatures range from 0°C to 5°C in the summer and -5°C to .
Halley Research Station, British Overseas Territories, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Scott Base, McMurdo Station
