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The Story of
Tibbett and Britten
Olivier Millet, Director of Sales and Marketing at Tibbett+Britten Unique, recalls the background to the job. “We had been approached by Northumbria University in Newcastle, in the UK, more than two years ago when it planned an Arctic expedition to Inuvik, in the Northwest Territories, in the very northern part of Canada. The university planned to ship snow samples that its team would collect to the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, an interdisciplinary research and service centre in Davos, Switzerland.”
However, Millet continued:
“Then – as we all remember very well – Covid-19 suddenly appeared, and the expedition was cancelled. But, two months ago the university (specifically, its Cold and Palaeoenvironments Research Group) unexpectedly approached us again. It planned to launch the expedition again, although this time at another location: Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island, Nunavut, home to the Canadian High Arctic Research Station.”
“We contacted our old friends at Falcon America, who we were sure would be the right partner for such a delicate shipment of frozen snow samples.”
If we can move snow
We can move anything
Overcoming
Challenges
The first challenges encountered quickly became clear. As the local airline, Canadian North, did not want to take responsibility for shipping the samples from Cambridge Bay, we needed to find a way to get them on the first leg of their journey to Switzerland. The quick wit and dedication of both companies allowed to secure this shipment and ensure the freight arrived at its destination securely and in a timely manner, once again proving the strength and dedication IFLN members have in completing jobs for their clients.
Then emerged a second issue:
Air Canada could not deliver the necessary Envirotainer. A new plan was needed, and Falcon America came up with it. Vidhi Pitroda, Lead Corporate Compliancy at Falcon, takes up the story. “On April 20th, in preparation for the shipment, we had placed an order for dry ice with a specialist supplier and another with Air Canada Cargo’s Toronto office for one of its leased RKN t2 Envirotainers; As was alluded to above, Air Canada had suspended its Envirotainer container service at Edmonton Airport due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the nearest service point became Calgary Airport.
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Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
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