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Ice spurs innovation
Viking Life-Saving
Equipment is taking
Viking’s polar liferaft is ready
PPE to the limit. Meg for use—even at -58°F.
Chesshyre explains.
Photos from Viking Life-Saving Equipment rctic exploration is leading to a con- 24 hours before being removed and put on by “We work with Gore and other material manufacturers all the time, and check that all tinuous process of innovation around a test person.
A equipment, but also for the clothes crew materials are suitable for -60°C,” Carlsen says. In every instance, the suit was put on well need to wear in harsh environments. Currently the company’s PPE equipment within the allotted time. The extreme test tem- is supplied on a regular basis for projects in
For Denmark’s Viking Life-Saving peratures are also in response for the need for
Russia, Norway and the Canadian Arctic
Equipment, innovation and improve- the equipment to withstand being stored in a regions, and testing programs are ments in personal protective container on deck. Following testing, each suit ongoing. Testing authorities equipment (PPE) has meant was assessed for signs of damage, including include DNV and Lloyds, as well pushing the boundaries to meet cracking, dissolution or changes in mechani- as at Force Technology.
the harsh weather conditions, cal qualities, but none was discovered. often going beyond regulatory
Viking’s suits and other safety equipment
The new PS5002 multi- requirements including putting are used globally. The company has seen a layer suit, constructed with new immersion suit designs a PU-coated nylon outershell steady increase in the use of Viking’s prod- through the most rigorous sub- and a thermal quilt liner system ucts in polar regions by both o