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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
by jpm_sd 8y ago
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 http://www.saildrone.com/antarctica
- telesilla 8y agoThanks 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?
- jpm_sd 8y agoYes, we have a big lead weight in the keel. The southern ocean can occasionally have breaking waves over 50 feet tall!