The Antarctic Ice Shelf That Took Seven Containers to Sea

Seven containers were waiting near an Antarctic ice shelf’s edge when a blizzard changed the plan. The ice broke away, carrying the cargo out to sea. Grace Sharkey brings this story to Freight Friends, and we talk through the difficulty of supplying a research station in such an unforgiving place. The conversation leads into Shackleton’s survival story and the challenge of operating on moving ice. Even getting supplies to the edge of the world takes an extraordinary amount of coordination. ...