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SUMMARY:Antarctic Engineering - Murray Mitchell
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CONTACT:Poul Christoffersen
DESCRIPTION:Structural engineering in Antarctica presents unique technical
  and logistical challenges. With more than twenty-five years of experience
 \, Murray Mitchell has been the lead structural engineer in New Zealand's 
 Antarctic programme. Projects include rebuilding of the Scott Base\, struc
 tural assessments of Scott's and Shackleton's huts and wind turbines for A
 rrival Heights. This illustrated talk will focus on the technical challeng
 es of ANDRILL\, an international Antarctic drilling project where sediment
 ary cores are collected from beneath moving ice. The talk will also outlin
 e some of the general engineering techniques that New Zealand has utilised
  in one of the world's most extreme environments.
LOCATION:Scott Polar Research Institute
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