Halley Research Station, Antarctica: calving risks and monitoring strategies

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Anderson, R., Jones, D. H., Gudmundsson, G. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Brunt Ice Shelf; Halley Research Station; Stancomb-Wills Glacier; Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503747/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503747/1/nhess-14-917-2014.pdf

The British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station is located on the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, where it is potentially vulnerable to calving events. Existing historical records show that the Brunt Ice Shelf is currently extended further into the Weddell Sea than it was before its last la...