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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I was wondering whether there is anyone out there with experience of transporting wet collections or who can point me to some information/resource? I’m interested in transport
of wet collections (primarily in ethanol) for digitisation at an offsite facility (this is within Europe). Hence, my query concerns large numbers of specimens and multiple trips. I’m aware of some of the issues with this (such as specialist transports and
licences for dangerous goods) and understand that the best method would be not to move them offsite. Nonetheless, I would be interested in hearing about experiences anyway – particularly if you have found a workable solution to the logistics of transporting
glass jars such as these in bulk. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">One method which has been mentioned and tried here in Denmark is the use of vermiculite to pack between jars. However, this produced a lot of dust and mess and was not looked
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