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SUMMARY:AUTOMATING AN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION\, OR HOW TO DO SOMETHING 
 HARD\, REALLY HARD!  - Mike Rose\, British Antarctic Survey
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DESCRIPTION:The difficulties of operating the most southerly UK Antarctic 
 research station\, Halley\, are considerable.  Halley is built on a floati
 ng\, moving iceshelf\, that continuously accumulates snow and ice.   Struc
 tures have no firm foundations and getting cargo and people to the station
  is only possible in the brief summer months.  Even medical evacuation in 
 winter is close to impossible.   In 2017\, cracks in the Brunt iceshelf\, 
  led the British Antarctic Survey to take the decision not to winter staff
  at Halley due to the glaciological risk.   Just two years later\,  and wi
 th only one cargo call from a ship\, Halley is collecting significant amou
 nts of scientific data in a fully automated manner.   This talk will discu
 ss how and what the next steps will be and how the site is powered during 
 the winter months.\n\nMike Rose is Head of Science Engineering at the Brit
 ish Antarctic Survey.  He wintered at Halley 4 station in 1989 and 1990 as
  an electronics maintenance engineer looking after upper atmospheric scien
 ce experiments including large radars and optical instruments and HF recei
 vers.  He continued with these interests and diversified into environmenta
 l power and autonomous systems.   During the construction of Halley VI\, M
 ike was the deputy project manager with particular responsibilities for th
 e science facilities and programme.  He is currently responsible for all e
 lectronic engineering activities within the survey with a particular inter
 est in project and risk management.\n\nAll welcome.  Full details at https
 ://communities.theiet.org/communities/events/item/229/77/23603  To make a 
 booking\, please go to https://localevents.theiet.org/5349d3\n
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