Base on Skis Wins Polar Contract

BBC News, 18 July, 2005 The British Antarctic Survey's new base will be produced by an engineering and architecture consortium in the UK. The concept by Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects for the Halley VI station will be built on the floating Brunt Ice Shelf in the Antarctic. The base will host scientists all year round in temperatures ranging from -5C to -40C and will be raised on skis so it can be moved. Read more