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The Antarctic ice and snow, a clean and deep ice sky, the Aaron (a Korean icebreaking ship), a container and a yellow TEC Container spreader hanging in the air. A beautiful picture, isn’t it?

It’s a small scene, but it’s huge in terms of what it means: in the Arctic, even handling cargo is a big deal, and the BA-350E is doing the not-so-exciting. This way, the scientists can focus on ice, oceans, and the data that really matters.

The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) is South Korea’s national hub for polar science, based in Incheon (Songdo). It all started with Korea’s growing Antarctic programme, which was set up as a dedicated institute in 2004. They have a few hundred staff, which is enough to run stations, ships, and long-term monitoring all at the same time.

KOPRI’s work covers both poles: it supports research at King Sejong Station in Antarctica, Dasan Station in the Arctic at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, and Jang Bogo Station in Antarctica’s Terra Nova Bay. So, to sum up, it covers all the main areas of polar research. First of all, there’s the atmosphere and climate processes, then glaciers and sea ice (the cryosphere), ocean circulation and biogeochemistry, geology and past climate records (ice cores and sediments), and polar ecosystems and biodiversity.

Here is a brief explanation of the main features of our spreader BA-350S. It’s a semi-automatic, fully mechanical, fixed-frame spreader designed for everyday handling of ISO containers. It’s simple, tough and perfect for shipboard cranes and port operations where you need something reliable more than complicated. It’s made in 20 ft and 40 ft versions, rated at 32 t (20 ft) and 40 t (40 ft), and it can also be produced for 10 ft and 45 ft containers. The unit comes with lifting lugs, safety pins and CE certification as standard, designed to EN 13155:2003 + A2:2009.