When the equipment arrived in Alaska, the AWI team carried out measurements by either securing the EM-Bird to an airplane or hanging it from a helicopter on a long cable. This sensitive equipment has been shipped around the world and DSV was tasked with delivering it from Germany to Alaska. It is 3.6 metres long, weighs 100 kilograms and is worth half a million euro. The EM-Bird is a sensor that measures the thickness of sea ice. One important piece of equipment used by the AWI is the EM-Bird. Hugues Lantuit, Coastal Permafrost Geomorphologist, Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Adventures in science and transport

And it is reassuring to have a logistics partner to help us get our equipment to the right place at the right time with any type of transport necessary. Our work takes us to some of the harshest places in the world. And because of the extraordinary locations and the special equipment required, every transport is unique and challenging. Transporting equipment to the ends of the world We started handling the logistical challenges of AWI about five years ago. Their aim is to understand how the activities of humans and nature change the global environment. They research the effects of climate change on particular ecosystems in the sea, on ice and on land. Unlike the adventures of Indiana Jones, however, the AWI isn’t looking for a golden chalice. From the North Pole to the South Pole, they venture deep into the unknown – to places only a handful of us will ever set foot on. The people at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) - Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research combine science and exploration to unlock some of the mysteries of the world.

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