BBC: Britain's new Halley research station in the Antarctic goes into full operation this month.
The base sits on the Brunt Ice Shelf, and is the sixth such UK facility to be erected at this location since 1957.
Together with Rothera on the Antarctic Peninsula, it will spearhead UK science on the White Continent.
Halley gathers important weather and climate data, and it played a critical role in the research that identified the ozone "hole" in 1985.
In recent years, Halley has also become...