article_snippet: The centre is designed to house between 16 and 52 members of staff, depending on the time of year.
article_snippet: They are about to be 'locked in' - and will have to survive six months of complete isolation.
article_snippet: The centre is designed to house between 16 and 52 members of staff, depending on the time of year.
article_snippet: The inside of The centre has been . been specially designed to support crew numbers ranging from 52 in the . summer to 16 during the three months of total darkness in winter, when . temperatures at the base drop as low as -56C.
article_snippet: A skeleton crew of up to 15 to keep the base running and fend for A skeleton crew of up to 15 to keep the base running and fend for themselves for nine months for nine months.
highlights_snippet: During winter a skeleton crew of 15 remain on the station, and must fend for themselves as aircraft cannot visit .