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When Britain's state-of-the-art Antarctic research base Halley VI needs to be moved, can this team manage what could be the toughest moving job on Earth?
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Taken from 'Horizon: Antarctica Ice Station Rescue' (2017)
Britain's state-of-the-art Antarctic research base Halley VI is in trouble. Built on the Brunt Ice Shelf, it sits atop a massive slab of ice that extends far beyond the Antarctic shoreline. But the ice is breaking apart and just 6km from the station is a ginormous crevasse, which threatens to separate Halley from the rest of the continent, setting the £28 million base adrift on a massive iceberg. So Halley needs to move. But this is probably the toughest moving job on Earth, and the team of 90 who have been tasked with the mission aren't just architectural or engineering experts.
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When Britain's state-of-the-art Antarctic research base Halley VI needs to be moved, can this team manage what could be the toughest moving job on Earth?
Best of Earth Science: bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals
Best of BBC Earth: bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos
Taken from 'Horizon: Antarctica Ice Station Rescue' (2017)
Britain's state-of-the-art Antarctic research base Halley VI is in trouble. Built on the Brunt Ice Shelf, it sits atop a massive slab of ice that extends far beyond the Antarctic shoreline. But the ice is breaking apart and just 6km from the station is a ginormous crevasse, which threatens to separate Halley from the rest of the continent, setting the £28 million base adrift on a massive iceberg. So Halley needs to move. But this is probably the toughest moving job on Earth, and the team of 90 who have been tasked with the mission aren't just architectural or engineering experts.
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