PLATO Observatory Containers
PLATO observatory containers where manufactured for the university of NSW they are situated at Dome A in the middle of the Antarctic. They arrived in Antarctica after a 2 month journey by truck, ice-breaker, helicopter and tractor-pulled sled. Both units where manufactured with special insulated properties and joined to make one 20' unit in length. As they hit the ice the unit was split into two 10'units to make them both lighter in weight.
