PolarPod – Around Antarctica

Re:PolarPod – Around Antarctica by jpm_sd on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:13PM (#19078168)

Unfortunately, this never actually got built. (The video is dated 2014 and is entirely CG).

My company is currently performing a very similar mission using an unmanned platform:

http://www.saildrone.com/antarctica

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Re:PolarPod – Around Antarctica by telesilla on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:19PM (#19078251)

Thanks for sharing that! It's great to see a technology like this actually out in the wild being put to use. How do these fare in the massive waves that happen in the far south? I was hoping there might be a video showing one righting itself but may I assume the ballast is just much, much heavier than the top?

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Re:PolarPod – Around Antarctica by jpm_sd on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:25PM (#19078334)

Yes, we have a big lead weight in the keel. The southern ocean can occasionally have breaking waves over 50 feet tall!

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