“Who would believe that the airships, these Depression era Floating Giants in the sky could be the answer to the transportation crisis in the north brought on by climate change? University of Manitoba Supply Chain professor and renowned Canadian transportation expert, Dr. Barry Prentice and his growing collection of believers.” “Dr. Barry Prentice, renowned Canadian […]
Airships were initially considered safer and more capable than airplanes. It wasn’t just the Hindenburg that changed all that. By HUNTER DERENSIS • October 23, 2018 Photo Credit: SDASM Archives/Flickr In today’s world, there are over 100,000 commercial airline flights every day and on rare occasion a small, tacky, promotional blimp. That’s made it unthinkable that lighter-than-air […]
Each year, temporary roads or winter roads are created in the north of most Canadian provinces to connect the most isolated communities. Ice Road Photo: Government of Manitoba A text by Rémi Authier Every winter, since the 1950s, thousands of kilometers of roads have been created in the north of the country. The roads of […]
By: Martin Cash Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition June 24, 2017 Barry Prentice, the supply chain management professor at the University of Manitoba, is hard-headed when it comes to the justification of investment in transportation infrastructure. “I always tell my students the three most important words in transportation are utilization, utilization […]
Dr.Barry Prentice, professor of supply chain management at the Asper School of Business, has been nominated as an entrant in CBC Manitoba’s 2017 storytelling project, #iamMB. Read more here!
Free Public Lecture: Wednesday May 17, 7pm – 9pm Ice roads and Cargo Airships – State of the Technology and Opportunities for the North Location: RBC Convention Centre, Room 2H (north building), 375 York Ave, Winnipeg, MB Speakers: Ms Judy Klassen, Interim Leader, Manitoba Liberal Party and MLA for Kewatinook Dr. Barry E. Prentice, Professor, […]
On March 31st, an inspiring new page in Brazilian history will be written with the christening of their new ADB-D-X01 airship. ISOPolar has been invited to attend and is very excited to see this airship featured on Brazilian stamps. On May 17th, Dr. Barry Prentice will be talking about airships and iceroads at the 2017 […]
“Barry Prentice of the I.H. Asper School of Business, at the University of Manitoba, Canada and Yui-yip Lau of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and currently working alongside Prentice in Manitoba, explain how the reinvented airship technology has come apace in recent years and is a far cry from the trial […]
Published by The National Post on August 18th, 2016: “Things were looking pretty good for Barry Prentice at 5:30 p.m. on July 20. He was at home as the weather reports rolled in about a wild storm heading for Winnipeg, bringing rain, high winds and tornadoes with it. At 5:30 p.m., however, all was tranquil. […]
Published by BASI on August 8th, 2016: “A violent storm that struck St. Andrews, Manitoba on July 20, 2016 destroyed the BASI Research Airdock and the Misameg MB80 research airship. The storm generated tornados that touched down 30 kilometers west of the BASI Airdock. This structure had withstood high winds for five years, but a […]
