Halley VI Research Station

Halley Station, founded in 1956, on the Brunt Ice Shelf in the East Antarctic, is a research station of the British Antarctic Survey dedicated to the study of the Earth's atmosphere. Measurements taken there were used to discover the ozone hole in 1985. Halley VI, completed in 2012, is the sixth iteration of Halley Station: the first 4 were built directly on the ice shelf and over time were crushed by the masses of snow, the fifth was built elevated but was threatened by the break-off edge of the ice shelf and had to be abandoned. Designed by Hugh Broughton Architects in collaboration with AECOM for the British Antarctic Survey, Halley VI is the first mobile research station. On hydraulic legs, it can independently adjust to rising snow levels and is also mobile in terms of location.