CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "For the first time, polar ships have moored at a new £40 million wharf".
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- Apr 16, 202090% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
New Wharf Completed at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica
BAM completed a new £40 million, 74-metre steel wharf at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station so the new polar vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough could dock and resupply the base.
- BAM completed the new 74 m, 40 million pound wharf at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station; polar ships moored for the first time on 16 April 2020, with RRS James Clark Ross using it to resupply the station[2]
- It is designed for the RRS Sir David Attenborough (30 m longer than the James Clark Ross) and replaces a smaller 1980s structure[2][3]
- BAM worked with Sweco, Ramboll and Turner & Townsend for BAS under the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme, completed over two austral summer seasons and delivered "to schedule and to budget"[2]
- The prefabricated steel frames were test-assembled in Southampton and shipped 11,000 km; risks included icebergs, orcas and leopard seals[2][3]
Cost £40M
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=U1HhcXjAkRcyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Apr 16, 2020 ✓· 100% of score
Happened as dated, per the source: "For the first time, polar ships have moored at a new £40 million wharf".
- [2]92%New Antarctic wharf ready for the RRS Sir David Attenboroughbam.com· Published Apr 16, 2020· 0% of score
- [3]72%The World's Most Extreme Construction Sitetheb1m.com· Published Oct 9, 2019· 0% of score
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