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Halley VI: The World’s First Modular Research Station in Antarctica Can Climb Through Snow

02/04/2013

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Located on the Brunt Ice Shelf in <a href="http://inhabitat.com/large-ice-cracks-could-be-speeding-up-the-melting-of-antartica/" target="_blank">Antarctica</a>, the Halley VI <a href="http://inhabitat.com/indias-bharathi-antarctic-research-station-is-made-from-134-prefab-containers/" target="_blank">Antarctic research station</a> is designed to withstand the harsh polar climate. To avoid the fate of the previous four stations that were destroyed by snow and shifting ice, the competition-winning design by <a href="http://www.hbarchitects.co.uk/projects.php?project-list=extreme&id=0" target="_blank">Hugh Broughton Architects</a> and <a href="http://www.aecom.com/What+We+Do/Building+Engineering/_news/Successful+second+construction+season+for+Antarctic+research+station" target="_blank">AECOM</a> includes eight elevated modules that rest on extendible hydraulic legs. Fitted with giant skis, the station modules adjust to the levels of ice and snow beneath them and can be transported to another location.

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Located on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the Halley VI Antarctic research station is designed to withstand the harsh polar climate. To avoid the fate of the previous four stations that were destroyed by snow and shifting ice, the competition-winning design by Hugh Broughton Architects and AECOM includes eight elevated modules that rest on extendible hydraulic legs. Fitted with giant skis, the station modules adjust to the levels of ice and snow beneath them and can be transported to another location.

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