Ice split threatens Antarctica research base

[Still Waters]

Thirty-six years after he first went there as a young meteorologist, BBC Weather's Peter Gibbs returned to the current, sixth incarnation of the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station. There, on "a day with no horizon", he explored the chasm threatening to cast it adrift.

The Brunt Ice Shelf feels like another planet even on the sunniest of days, but when the cloud closes in it turns downright eerie as sky, snow and ice blend into one diffuse white light.

Approaching the chasm, the only hint of this 100m-wide gash is a neon glint of blue from the depths of a crevasse in its far wall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-36197657

[freetoroam]

They were prepared for this, This is Halley VI:

There have been five previous bases at Halley.

The bay where the expedition decided to set up their base was named Halley Bay, after the astronomer Edmond Halley. The name was changed to Halley in 1977 as the original bay had disappeared due to changes in the ice shelf.

In 2002, the BAS realized there was a calving event that would destroy Halley V, so a competition was undertaken to design a replacement station. The current base structure, the Halley VI, is notable for being the first fully relocatable research station in the world,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley_Research_Station

The point is they can relocate this structure and they make it look so easy. Good, job and good work being done.

[Doug1029]

A similar crack split one of Shackleton's camps in two. They nearly lost some men to it.

Doug