Case Study
Alimak lift at the South Pole Halley Survey Base, Antarctica
Case study: Alimak lift at the South Pole Halley Survey Base, AntarcticaAn unusual application for an Alimak materials lift involves a unit that was supplied by Alimak Hek to Structaply Limited, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire in 1983. Structaply manufacture insulated timber buildings and was awarded a contract for twin 2-storey articulated building to provide accommodation for 18 scientists at the Halley survey base in the Antarctic. Built directly