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Halley Station, Antarctica, United Kingdom [HBA]

Location

Country: United Kingdom
Latitude: 75.55° South
Longitude: 25.63° West
Elevation: 30.00 masl
Time Zone: Local Standard Time + 3.0 hour(s) = UTC

Data

Cooperating Agencies

British Antarctic Survey

Halley VI Research Station is located on a floating ice shelf in the Weddell Sea. It is the first re-locatable research centre in the world. This project has been awarded many times. Halley used to be an overwintering station since 1956, however due to recent activity of the Brunt Ice Shelf, winters had to be stopped. The ice shelf stays under glaciologists' observation. Nowadays, Halley Station is home and a workplace for scientists and technicians staying there during the Antarctic summer season. Thanks to the automation project, the station can provide scientific data all year around when it stays unmanned. The main purpose of the station is to study climate change, sea-lever rise, space weather and the ozone hole, which has been reported firstly by BAS scientists in 1985.

GML Projects at Halley Station, Antarctica

Carbon Cycle Surface Flasks

Parameter	Formula	First Sample Date	Status
Carbon Dioxide	CO₂	1983-01-17	Ongoing
Methane	CH₄	1983-01-17	Ongoing
Carbon Monoxide	CO	1990-01-27	Ongoing
Molecular Hydrogen	H₂	1990-01-27	Ongoing
Nitrous Oxide	N₂O	1996-02-15	Ongoing
Sulfur Hexafluoride	SF₆	1996-02-15	Ongoing
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide	d¹³C (CO₂)	1995-03-28	Ongoing
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide	d¹⁸O (CO₂)	1995-03-28	Ongoing
Methyl Chloride	CH₃Cl	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
Benzene	C₆H₆	2006-01-18	Terminated - 2017-01-23
Methylbenzene	C₇H₈	2006-01-18	Terminated - 2017-01-23
Ethane	C₂H₆	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
Ethylene	C₂H₄	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
Propane	C₃H₈	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
Propylene	C₃H₆	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
Isobutane	i-C₄H₁₀	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
n-Butane	n-C₄H₁₀	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
isopentane	i-C₅H₁₂	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
n-Pentane	n-C₅H₁₂	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
n-Hexane	n-C₆H₁₄	2005-02-16	Terminated - 2017-01-23
isoprene	C₅H₈	2006-01-18	Terminated - 2017-01-23
Acetylene	C₂H₂	2007-01-31	Terminated - 2017-01-23