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Antarctica Halley Research station forced to Relocate due to Ice Shelf Cracking just like The Day after Tomorrow Movie

Thursday, January 19, 2017 19:18

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[The Independent] UK’s Halley research station in Antarctica will shut down and have to move due to widening ice shelf crack

[Gizmodo] The portable Halley VI station is now in the final stages of being relocated 14 miles (23 km) from its present site, positioning it upstream of a problematic ice crack that appeared in 2012. Late last year, a second crack emerged about 10 miles (17 km) north of the research station. The remote science outpost rests on Antarctica’s 500-foot (150-meter) thick Brunt Ice Shelf, which is showing signs of an imminent collapse. Antarctic ice shelves calve at irregular intervals, producing large icebergs. The remaining ice shelf is often unstable.

[The Independent] The Halley VI Research Station is being relocated to a new site 23 kilometres away Neil Spencer: British Antarctic Survey

Scientists are being moved out of the British Antarctic Survey’s Halley base because of a huge new crack in the ice.

The unusual and unexpected move is necessary because of a huge new crack in the Brunt Ice Shelf, where the research station sits. The crack doesn’t pose any immediate danger, officials said, but the people living there will be removed until the danger is assessed.

The inhabitants will leave in March. The BAS hopes that they can move back in after the Antarctic winter, in November.

“Changes to the ice, particularly the growth of a new crack, presents a complex glaciological picture that means that BAS scientists are unable to predict with certainty what will happen to the ice shelf during the forthcoming Antarctic winter,” BAS said in a statement.

“As a precautionary measure, BAS will remove its people before the Antarctic winter begins.”

The Halley VI Research Station (British Antarctic Survey)

The Halley base is made up a series of pods that are attached to hydraulic legs, which can be moved along using skis that are on the bottom. That happens periodically to ensure that they are kept away from the shelf edge and ensure the safety of people inside.

Such a move is happening right now, with just one pod being moved 23km to the new site. But the new and separate crack has led to the current problems, according to BAS.

[ZurichTimes] Here is the trailer from the classic movie The Day after Tomorrow and it is ironic that we are now writing this article on the Day Before Tomorrow as in The Day of the Trump Inauguration on January 20th, 2017.

The Larsen B Ice Shelf broke off and led to a Mini Ice Age and Global Weather changes. Exactly like what is happening right now. A few weeks ago the Larsen Ice Shelf was breaking and now another Ice Shelf if breaking.