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British Antarctic Survey announces construction partner to modernize UK polar research facilities

Redeveloping the wharf at the BAS Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula will be one of the first projects to be undertaken to accommodate the new state-of-the-art polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough (a.k.a. 'BoatyMcBoatface'). Image via bas.ac.uk.

Aerial view of the British Antarctic Survey research station at Rothera. Image via bas.ac.uk.

Redeveloping the wharf at the BAS Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula will be one of the first projects to be undertaken to accommodate the new state-of-the-art polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough (a.k.a. 'BoatyMcBoatface'). Image via bas.ac.uk.

Redeveloping the wharf at the BAS Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula will be one of the first projects to be undertaken to accommodate the new state-of-the-art polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough (a.k.a. "BoatyMcBoatface"). Image via bas.ac.uk.