article_snippet: Performing the same investigations at Halley will allow researchers to cross one factor off the list that might influence data: air pressure.
article_snippet: The Halley VI centre, a dismantlable research station created for the .
article_snippet: But thanks to its strikingly futuristic appearance, the Halley VI centre has been causing quite a stir in architectural circles, and the Halley VI centre has now been nominated for a prestigious global award.
article_snippet: the Halley VI centre consists of series of four-legged pods which stand on moving ice and can be raised to keep them above the snow which builds up .
article_snippet: The dismantlable research station, . which few fans of design will ever get to see unless few fans of design venture to the .
article_snippet: Halley VI is the sixth facility to occupy the site on the Brunt Ice Shelf - a floating sheet of ice about 10 miles (16 kilometres) from the edge of the South Atlantic.
article_snippet: Most of the previous stations were crushed under the weight of the polar snow, while Halley V had to be abandoned due to fears that the station would be lost if the ice sheet split apart, said survey spokesman Paul Seagrove.
highlights_snippet: Image contains the futuristic-looking Halley VI centre designed by British architect firm Hugh Broughton .
  