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Background

Facility Name	Halley VI
Website	https://www.bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/sites-and-facilities/facility/halley/
Location	Antarctic
Current status of facility	Open
Type	Station
Operating country	United Kingdom
INTERACT Status	None
First opened/Opening year	1956
Operational period	Year-Round

Introduction

Facility name and Operator	Halley VI, British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
Location	Brunt Ice shelf, Caird Coast, 29 km south of the current shelf ice edge.
Biodiversity and natural environment	No flora. Occasional visits from very small numbers of Emperor and Adélie penguins. Occasional visits from very small numbers of Wilson storm petrels, Snow petrels, and Antarctic skuas.
History and Facilities	Station on Brunt ice shelf, established in 1956, with Halley VI in operation since 2012. In February 2017, Halley VI was closed for the winter, station will reopen for summer season 2017/2018. Station comprised of main Halley VI platform, garage building, stores building and summer accommodation building.
General research and databases	Meteorology, upper atmospheric, clean air sector chemistry, life sciences (Space flight research).
Human dimension	All human activity related to scientific research or support of scientific research.
Access	10-20 day ships passage from Falkland Islands or South Africa. 4-5 hour intercontinental flight form either Falkland islands, South America or South Africa. Followed by at least two 4.5 hour flights by ski equiped aircraft.

Operator

Facility operator/manager	British Antarctic Survey.
Type of entity	Government
Institution managing/operating the facility	British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
Website (operator/manager)	http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/

Data Source

Partner Institution

Partnership

Location

Station code	CO2803
Geographical coordinates - Latitude	75° 34.4093' 0'' S
Geographical coordinates - Longitude	25° 28.0175' 0'' W
Region	Continental Antarctica
Antarctic Environmental Domain	I - East Antarctic ice shelves
Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Region	6 Dronning Maud Land
Altitude of facility (m)	37
Min. altitude within study area (m)	0
Type of surface facility built on	Ice-free ground

Climate

Permafrost	None
Climate zone	Inland Antarctica
Precipitation type	Snow
Dominant wind direction	N
Mean annual temperature (°C)	-20
Mean temperature in January (°C)	-5
Mean temperature in February (°C)	-13
Mean temperature in March (°C)	-19
Mean temperature in April (°C)	-23
Mean temperature in May (°C)	-24
Mean temperature in June (°C)	-29
Mean temperature in July (°C)	-31
Mean temperature in August (°C)	-27
Mean temperature in September (°C)	-27
Mean temperature in October (°C)	-21
Mean temperature in November (°C)	-11
Mean temperature in December (°C)	-6
Max. temperature (absolute) - º C	0.7
Min. temperature (absolute) - º C	-53
Snow free period	None

Features

Features in the facility area

Clear air zone; Ice shelf; Snow

Disciplines

Main science disciplines	Atmospheric sciences; Climate studies; Environmental sciences; Geophysics and seismology
Other science disciplines	Upper atmospheric

Human Activities

Human activity	Yes
History of human presence in the area	Continuous since 1956
Long term monitoring	Yes
Waste management	Yes
Hazard[ous] management	Yes
Fuel spill response capability	Yes

Infrastructure

Station code	CO2803
Area under roof (m2)	2000
Scientific laboratories (m2)	200
Type of scientific laboratories	Chemistry; Geophysics
Conference room (capacity)	52
Logistics (m2)	800
Number of beds	52
Showers	yes
Laundry facilities	yes
Power supply (type)	Fossil fuel
Power supply (V)	230
Power supply (hours per day)	24
Hydroponics facilities	no

Staff Capacity

Number of staff on station (peak/summer season)	52
Number of scientists on station (peak/summer season)	18
Number of staff on station (off peak/winter season)	13
Number of scientists on station (off peak/winter season)	4
Max number of personnel at a time (staff, scientists and other)	52
Number of tourists (annual average)	0

Scientific Equipment

Medical Facilities

Medical facilities	Yes
Area of medical facility (m2)	100
Staff with relevant training	Medical doctor; Non-medical trained person
Beds	0
Capability	Surgery
Equipment	Blood Transfusion Medicine; Diagnostic x-ray; Endoscopy; Telemedicine
Distance to hospital (km)	0
Staff with basic medical training or doctor (summer)	5
Staff with basic medical training or doctor (winter)	1
Medical research capabilities	Yes
Medical screening requirements	Yes

Vehicles

Workshop facilities

Mechanical

Communications

Computer; E-mail; Internet; Printer; Satellite phone; Scanner; Telephone; VHF

Access

Air; Sea

Aircraft landing facilities

Number of airstrips	1
Length (m) of longest runway	1100
Width (m) of longest runway	50
Description of airstrips	Suitable with ski.
Airstrip surface	Snow
Helipad	No

Transport and freight

Transport to facility	Airplane; Ship
No. of ship visits per year	2
Period of ship visits per year	January; February; March; December
Ship landing facilities	Other
Other landing facilities	Ice shelf edge, sea ice
No. of flight visits per year	20
Period of flight visits per year	January; February; March; November; December

Access To The Facility

Pictures

Halley VI