UK Antarctica base abandoned over safety fears
The research base has been abandoned11:51 am
Staff have now left the British Antarctic Survey base, departing just days after Nasa revealed aerial photos showing an enormous rift in the ice shelf.The British Antarctic Survey has closed its Halley base for another winter amid growing uncertainty over the stability of nearby iceBut scientists can't be certain, and don't want to leave the base occupied in case staff need evacuating in difficult winter conditions.
But there's now a major threat to the shelf, as a crack in the ice "accelerates northward as fast as 4km per year".The rift didn't exist in 1986, as seen in this imageNasa has been tracking the cracks on the shelf using Landsat satellites.
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