GMD Site Description: HBA
Halley Station, Antarctica, United Kingdom [HBA]

Location

  • Country: United Kingdom Country Flag
  • Latitude: 75.605° South
  • Longitude: 26.21° West
  • Elevation: 30.00 masl
  • Time Zone: Local Time + 2.0 hour(s) = UTC

Data

Cooperating Agencies

Description
Halley is on a floating ice shelf which moves roughly 500m per year. In winter there is darkness for 105 days. Supplies are landed by ship onto the ice shelf and then towed on sledges to Halley, some 12 km distant from the ice edge. Ozone has been measured at Halley since 1956. The present station (the fifth near this location) contains a mix of building technologies. Three buildings are located on platforms on steel legs, which are raised annually to keep them clear of the accumulated snowfall. The station operates throughout the year with a maximum population of 65 in the summer and an average of 15 over winter.

GMD Projects at Halley Station, Antarctica

Carbon Cycle Surface Flasks

Parameter Formula First Sample Date Status
Carbon Dioxide CO2 1983-01-17 Ongoing
Methane CH4 1983-01-17 Ongoing
Carbon Monoxide CO 1990-01-27 Ongoing
Molecular Hydrogen H2 1990-01-27 Ongoing
Nitrous Oxide N2O 1996-02-15 Ongoing
Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6 1996-02-15 Ongoing
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide d13C (CO2) 1995-03-28 Ongoing
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide d18O (CO2) 1995-03-28 Ongoing
Methyl Chloride CH3Cl 2005-02-16 Ongoing
Benzene C6H6 2006-01-18 Ongoing
toluene C7H8 2006-01-18 Ongoing
ethane C2H6 2005-02-16 Ongoing
ethene C2H4 2005-02-16 Ongoing
propane C3H8 2005-02-16 Ongoing
propene C3H6 2005-02-16 Ongoing
i-butane i-C4H10 2005-02-16 Ongoing
n-butane n-C4H10 2005-02-16 Ongoing
i-pentane i-C5H12 2005-02-16 Ongoing
n-pentane n-C5H12 2005-02-16 Ongoing
n-hexane n-C6H14 2005-02-16 Ongoing
Wind Speed ws 1992-01-18 Ongoing
Wind Direction wd 1992-01-18 Ongoing
isoprene C5H8 2006-01-18 Ongoing
Acetylene C2H2 2010-02-17 Ongoing