Have skis, will travel

• Autores: Xavier Ariño
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3028, 2015, pág. 23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • George features Anthony Dubber's photograph of Ice Station in Antarctica. Constant darkness, bone-chilling temperatures and cut off from the rest of the world. Living in Antarctica isn't for the faint-hearted--and he should know, he overwintered there a while back. But at least he lived in a base built on rock; it's quite another matter when their home sits on top of a floating ice shelf. This is Halley VI, the Antarctic's most futuristic construction so far. It needs to be to escape the fate of four of its predecessors. which were crushed beneath the accumulating snow. This is why it stands on long jackable legs. But the most unusual feature of this award-winning British Antarctic Survey base is that it can be towed to a new location thanks to huge skis--a good idea as the ice shelf it sits on moves seawards at a rate of 700 meters a year before eventually calving off into icebergs