British Antarctic research station to be moved due to deep crack in the ice

Dormant chasm has opened up and risks cutting the station off from the rest of the ice shelf

Britain is preparing to move its research station in the Antarctic 23km further inland because it is under threat from a growing crack in the ice.

The British Antarctic Survey's Halley VI research station has recorded data relevant to space weather, climate change, and atmospheric phenomena from its site on the Brunt Ice Shelf shelf since 2012.