Atlas Copco marine compressors provide air power for RRS Sir David Attenborough polar research vessel

Shipbuilders Cammell Laird Construction has installed Atlas Copco marine-duty compressors aboard one of the most advanced polar research vessels in the world, RRS Sir David Attenborough.

The new polar ship, commissioned by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), built by Cammell Laird and operated by British Antarctic Survey is a research platform that will transform how shipborne science is conducted in the Polar Regions. Its commissioning is part of a significant government polar infrastructure investment programme designed to keep Britain at the forefront of world-leading research in Antarctica and the Arctic. This £200m commitment represents the UK Government’s most substantial investment in polar science since the 1980s