Antarctica

Mammoet - Mon March 06, 2023

Antarctic Voyage Echoes History

The specialist ship that will deliver the new Scott Base research station to Antarctica has been booked for January 2027 — exactly 70 years after the original base opened in 1957. Antarctica New Zealand and Leighs Construction Ltd are joining forces with global logistics companies BigLift Shipping and Mammoet to transport Aotearoa's new home across the Southern Ocean to the ice....

DICA - Tue August 17, 2021

DICA Outrigger, Crane Pads Now Used Worldwide

DICA recently closed a historic sale in Antarctica to the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). With this purchase, DICA's outrigger pads and crane pads are now in use on all seven continents and in more than 50 countries around the world....

Metso - Tue November 05, 2019

Metso to Deliver Freeze-Proofed Crushing and Screening Plants to Antarctica

Metso is delivering three Lokotrack crushing and screening plants retrofitted for extreme cold for the reconstruction of the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) McMurdo research station in Antarctica....

Prinoth - Mon October 07, 2019

The Challenging Project That Brought Prinoth to Antarctica

Prinoth has unveiled a vehicle designed to transport very large loads with less personnel and less impact on the environment, an internal project-code called "Troll". Prinoth is the developer and manufacturer of a very special transport vehicle for Troll, the Norwegian Antarctica Station, which has the aim of reducing overall operational costs through lower fuel consumption, reduced total time of transport and by minimizing the number of people dedicated to transporting fuel and goods in the Antarctic region....