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Look into the different research stations at the end of the world. Giz share this article.
There are at least 30 stations on the icy continent, but for a long time, permanent structures were impossible to keep up. It was common for buildings to disappear under the snow and ice up until the late 1980s, in fact. But a new breed of antarctic architecture is popping up along its edges, and a new exhibition called Ice Lab: New Architecture and Science in Antarctica gives us a look at the best.
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Haley VI
Halley VI Research Station floats on an ice shelf on the edge of Antarctica, where UK scientists first observed the hole in the ozone layer. The station has been around since the 1950s, and its six unique architectural incarnations perfectly illustrate the travails of building in the extreme south. Halley’s current iteration, VI, goes one step further: Not only do its seven interconnected capsules sit on stilts that are raised to accommodate snowfall, those stilts are attached to gigantic metal skis.
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Princess Elisabeth Antartic
Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth station is way greener than 99 percent of buildings in normal climates. It’s the first zero-emissions building on the continent, which means it generates all of its own power, using a combination of photovoltaics and wind turbines.
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Bharati Research Station
India’s presence on Antarctica was built by bof Architekten, a German firm that works largely with prefabrication. The year-old station is build from 134 shipping containers, all wrapped in a metal shell that protects the structure from extreme wind loads.
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Jang Bogo
Korea’s 60-person station is still under construction, but it’ll be one of Antarctica’s largest stations when it opens next year in Terra Nova Bay (near Italy’s station)
