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  "title": "Deck Engineer, RRS Sir David Attenborough",
  "company": "British Antarctic Survey",
  "category": "Research",
  "location": "RRS Sir David Attenborough, Antarctica",
  "country": "Antarctica",
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    "confidence": "confirmed",
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    "detail": "Closes 12 Jul",
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    "risk": "Polar vessel engineering and scientific mission support",
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