Scientist who travelled the world in a container to study cold storage

03/11/2017

From Quartz comes this fascinating account of Barbara Pratt, the American scientist widely credited as the brains behind Maersk’s reefer technology. Long before the days of remote container management, Ms Pratt, housed in a converted container, travelled the world on the company’s vessels analysing what ...

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