Scott Polar Research Institute
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| Accession no.: | Y: 2011/9 | ||||||||||
| Object name: | Model building | ||||||||||
| Title: | Model building | ||||||||||
| Description: | A model (trade sample) of the single Igloo Satellite Cabin, also known as the 'apple'. It is a transportable, pre-fabricated, insulated, fibreglass cabin used extensively for remote research, particularly in Antarctica. This type of cabin was invented by Malcolm Wallhead of Kettering in the 1980s. | ||||||||||
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| Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Full description: |
A model of a portable cabin, round in shape and made of fibreglass. It is red on the outside and white on the inside. It has four round holes in the sides (windows). There is a black plastic disc screwed to the top, and another on the side. There are eight grooves running from the top down the sides of the model (the cabin is made of eight fibreglass panels which are bolted together), each with a metal ring in it (to take a tie-down line for securing the cabin to the ground). |
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