Welsh technology reaches new heights

North Wales firm’s technology powers Everest glacier breakthrough

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FROM CHANCE ENCOUNTER TO EVEREST: Welsh–Global Science Partnership Reaches the Roof of the World

A chance encounter on a train – and an unexpected introduction from a magazine – sparked a scientific partnership that has now spanned more than two decades and reached the heights of Mount Everest. For Professor Bryn Hubbard, of the Centre for Glaciology at Aberystwyth University, the relationship with Robertson Geo began by chance. “I was travelling back to Aberystwyth, picked up a magazine and it introduced me to Robertson Geo and its televie…

Welsh technology reaches new heights

A North Wales technology firm has helped global climate research reach new heights, with a chance encounter leading to a landmark expedition on Mount Everest. Robertson Geo, based in Conwy, supported a scientific mission to the Khumbu Glacier, led by Aberystwyth University’s Centre for Glaciology, in a collaboration that began by…