A marine engineering firm has set sail for the South Pole to undertake what is thought to be the first underwater welding project of its kind inside the Antarctic Circle.
Shetland and Aberdeen-based Ocean Kinetics has teamed up with civil engineers, Arch Henderson, to fix a quay thought to have been damaged by in iceberg at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Rothera Research Station.
Michael Fox, Marine Projects Director for Ocean Kinetics, said the firm had to prepare extensively for what is expected to be a 12-day job when its ship arrives in February.
He said: “Taking into consideration how remote the project is, we had to send plenty of spare parts along with back up welding sets. If something was to breakdown there it would take weeks to ship in a replacement.”
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