All language subtitles for Impossible Engineering s03e04 Ice Base.eng

Narrator: TODAY
ON "IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING"...

THE HALLEY VI RESEARCH STATION,

THE MOST ADVANCED POLAR-BUILT

RESEARCH FACILITY
ON THE PLANET...

Martin:
WE HAVE THIS FABULOUS STATION

THAT ENABLES US TO OPERATE
IN A YEAR-ROUND WAY.

Narrator: ...LOCATED
IN THE WORLD'S HARSHEST

CONTINENT -- ANTARCTICA.

WE ARE ACTUALLY JUST COMING
TO A BIT OF A STICKY SPOT.

Narrator: IT TOOK
REVOLUTIONARY ENGINEERING

AND HELP FROM THE INNOVATIVE
PIONEERS OF THE PAST...

WHAT A MACHINE!
IT IS AMAZING! WHOO!

...TO MAKE
THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.

ANTARCTICA...

PLANET EARTH'S FINAL FRONTIER.

SURROUNDED
BY THE SOUTHERN OCEAN,

COVERING FIVE MILLION
SQUARE MILES,

ITS MASS OF ICE

MAKES UP MORE THAN HALF
OF THE PLANET'S FRESH WATER.

FOR 60 YEARS,

THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
HAS CARRIED OUT

GROUNDBREAKING
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

IN THIS HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.

AND IT'S A WORKPLACE
THAT ENGINEER CHRIS MARTIN

MUST BRACE FOR EVERY DAY.

Martin: AT THE END OF THE DAY,
YOU ARE HERE ON YOUR OWN.

IT COULD BE MINUS 50 AND BLOWING
ABOUT 50 KNOTS AS WELL.

Narrator: STATION LEADER
JESSICA WALKUP

MUST PREPARE THE TEAM

FOR THE MOST EXTREME
WINTER STORMS ON THE PLANET,

AND THE FLOATING ICE
SHELF BENEATH THEM

CONSTANTLY THREATENS
THEIR EFFORTS.

Walkup: YOU COULD HAVE BREAKAGES
OF THE ICE SHELF,

MEANING THAT YOU COULD BE
MAROONED ON AN ICEBERG.

Narrator: SINCE THE ORIGINAL
HALLEY STATION

WAS BUILT IN 1956,

ALL FIVE BASES HAVE SUCCUMBED

TO THESE
REMORSELESS CONDITIONS.

AFTER A FEW SEASONS,
THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE

ON TOP OF THEM ACTUALLY CRUSH
THEM AND MADE THEM UNUSABLE.

Narrator: TO WITHSTAND THE
PLANET'S HARSHEST ENVIRONMENT,

ENGINEERS DEVELOP HALLEY VI.

IT MAY LOOK LIKE

THE SPACE STATIONS
OF SCIENCE FICTION,

BUT THIS IS, IN FACT,
THE WORLD'S

MOST CUTTING-EDGE ICE STATION.

LOCATED IN ANTARCTICA
ON THE BRUNT ICE SHELF,

THIS 16,000-SQUARE-FOOT
MODULAR STRUCTURE

IS MADE UP OF EIGHT
PREFABRICATED UNITS.

TWO BEDROOM PODS
SLEEP UP TO 52 PEOPLE,

THE SOCIAL MODULE CONTAINS
A KITCHEN, DINING ROOM,

AND A FULLY EQUIPPED GYM.

TO PROTECT ITS OCCUPANTS,

EXPANDABLE HYDRAULIC LEGS
NEUTRALIZE SNOW DRIFTS

WHILE 13-FOOT-LONG SKIS ALLOW
THE 110-TON STRUCTURES

TO BE TOWED ACROSS THE ICE,

MAKING IT ANTARCTICA'S

FIRST RELOCATABLE
RESEARCH FACILITY.

BUT BEFORE ITS DESIGNERS

CAN EVEN CONTEMPLATE
CONSTRUCTION,

THEY MUST FACE A SEEMINGLY
IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEM.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, I THINK,
ON THE BRUNT ICE SHELF

IS THE ISOLATION.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO

SHIP DOWN EVERY NUT
AND BOLT DOWN

TO THE VERY LAST THING
THAT WILL BE NEEDED.

Narrator: TO BRING IN
THOSE VITAL SUPPLIES,

CAPTAIN JOHN HARPER

MUST NAVIGATE THROUGH 3,000
NAUTICAL MILES OF ICE FIELDS.

Harper: ANTARCTICA IS A
DIFFICULT PLACE TO GET TO.

CONVENTIONAL SHIPS WOULD GET
DAMAGED VERY EASILY IN THE ICE.

THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED TO HIT
ANYTHING APART FROM WATER,

SO IT WOULD VERY EASILY
BECOME DAMAGED

AND WOULD NOT LAST
FOR VERY LONG.

Narrator: SO, HOW DO YOU
COMPLETE A JOURNEY

ACROSS A SEEMINGLY
IMPENETRABLE SEA?

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE

WITHOUT ONE OF HISTORY'S
MOST BRILLIANT INNOVATORS.

THROUGHOUT TIME, ICE HAS OFTEN
BEEN ABOUT HAVING FUN.

TA-DA! YAY!

Narrator:
5,000 YEARS AGO, SCANDINAVIANS

STRAPPED ANIMAL BONES

TO THEIR FEET TO SKATE
AROUND THEIR FROZEN LAKES.

DURING THE EARLY 1900s,

ICE WAS USED TO RACE
BY ANY MEANS...

HEY, WATCH IT, YA BUM!

...WHILE SAW-DRIVEN
ICE HARVESTERS

HELP DEVELOP LUXURIOUS TASTES.

NO,
I WANTED STRAWBERRY.

BUT DESPITE ITS APPEAL,

GETTING A SHIP THROUGH THE ICE
WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM...

HONEY, I'M HOME!
WHAT?

...AND ENGINEERS HAD
TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

OH, DARLING.

DR. RHYS MORGAN IS RIDING THE
RIVER ELBE IN HAMBURG, GERMANY.

FURTHER NORTH THAN
CONTINENTAL AMERICA,

HAMBURG'S FRESH WATER
OFTEN FREEZES OVER IN WINTER.

Dr. Morgan: IN 1871,
THE HARBOR FROZE OVER --

NOT JUST FOR DAYS,
NOT EVEN FOR WEEKS,

BUT FOR MONTHS.

Narrator: SHIPPING CAME TO
A COMPLETE STANDSTILL,

AND BUSINESSES WERE SOON
FACING BANKRUPTCY.

Dr. Morgan: THE RESIDENTS
OF HAMBURG WERE SO WORRIED

THAT THEY CAME OUT IN GANGS

WITH PICK-AXES AND SHOVELS

TO TRY AND BREAK
THROUGH THE ICE,

BUT IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE.

Narrator: LOCAL ENGINEER
CARL FERDINAND STEINHAUS

BEGAN LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION.

FOCUSING
ON THE SHIPS THEMSELVES,

HE RECOGNIZED THEIR SHAPE
WAS THE PROBLEM.

IMAGINE THIS SHARP,
POINTED EDGE OF MY SLEDGEHAMMER

IS THE BOW OF MY BOAT.

IT'S PERFECT FOR CUTTING
THROUGH THE WATER AND THE WAVES.

BUT LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN IT ENCOUNTERS THE ICE.

IT DIDN'T CLEAVE ITS WAY
THROUGH THE ICE.

Narrator: BUT STEINHAUS REALIZED
THAT APPROACHING THE ICE

FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
PRODUCED A MUCH BETTER RESULT.

WOW! [ LAUGHING ]

THAT WAS AMAZING.

AND COMING FROM ABOVE
MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

Narrator: SO STEINHAUS SET OUT
TO CREATE A SPOON-SHAPED HULL

THAT COULD CRASH DOWN
ON THE ICE.

THE WIDER, SHALLOW BOW
ALLOWED A SHIP

TO SLIDE UP THE EDGE OF THE ICE

BEFORE GRAVITY
FORCED IT DOWN ON TOP.

THE SHIP'S WEIGHT
PRODUCED A HUGE SHEERING FORCE

AND REDUCED
THE ICE'S RESISTANCE.

TO TEST IT, ENGINEERS TOW
A SCALED MODEL

WITH STEINHAUS' SPOON-SHAPED BOW

AT AROUND 3 1/2 MILES PER HOUR,

SIMULATING AN ICE
BREAKER'S SPEED.

Dr. Morgan: THE MODEL'S FILLED
WITH INSTRUMENTATION

SO THEY CAN SEE EXACTLY
WHAT'S HAPPENING,

HOW THE HULL DESIGN
IS BREAKING UP THE ICE.

Narrator: WITH THE RATIO,
THE ICE IT'S CUTTING THROUGH

IS APPROXIMATELY
3 FEET THICK.

IN 1871, STEINHAUS LAUNCHED
ICEBREAKER I INTO THE SEAS.

ITS SPOON-SHAPED BOW
DESIGN PAVED THE WAY FOR VESSELS

TO REACH THE PLANET'S
MOST INACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS.

TO GET TO HALLEY VI
IN ANTARCTICA,

CAPTAIN JOHN HARPER
AND HIS CREW SAIL

A STEINHAUS-INSPIRED
ENGINEERING COLOSSUS --

THE ERNEST SHACKLETON.

THIS 260-FOOT MARVEL TACKLES

THOUSANDS OF MILES
OF FROZEN WATER

IN THE TREACHEROUS WEDDELL SEA.

Man: WE ARE ACTUALLY JUST COMING
TO A BIT OF A STICKY SPOT.

I WAS GONNA HEAD DOWN THERE
TO THOSE POOLS,

BUT IT'S GONNA BE A BIT
CRASHING AND BANGING.

Narrator: THE ROUNDED BOW
OF THIS 440-TON SHIP

UNDULATES OVER THE ICE.

BUT TO AVOID ANY RIPPING,

ITS POLAR-GRADE
STEEL HULL IS STREAMLINED

WITHOUT STABILIZER FINS.

A REINFORCED STEEL BAND
KNOWN AS THE ICE BELT

RUNS DOWN ITS LENGTH

TO AVOID CRUSHING
FROM BUILT-UP ICE.

BUT THESE ARE
EXTREME CONDITIONS.

Harper: THE BIT THAT WE ARE
ABOUT TO GO THROUGH

IS PROBABLY 2-
TO 3-FEET THICK.

Narrator: POWER IS ALSO KEY.

TO KEEP THE ICE AT BAY,

2 DIESEL ENGINES
PRODUCE 7,200 SHAFT HORSEPOWER.

SO, THE SECRET IS,
IS TO ACTUALLY

JUST KEEP THE SHIP MOVING,

AND THAT'S WHY
YOU'RE CONTINUALLY LOOKING

FOR THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.

Narrator: BUT AS ITS CHALLENGING
VOYAGE DRAWS TO A CLOSE,

THRUSTERS ALLOW THE SHACKLETON
TO DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.

MANEUVERING THE SHAPED BOW,

IT CARVES AN EDGE IN THE ICE

CREATING A USABLE
PONTOON READY TO UNLOAD.

HOWEVER, REACHING ANTARCTICA
IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

TO CREATE THE REGION'S

MOST TECHNICALLY ADVANCED
RESEARCH STATION,

THE HALLEY VI TEAM MUST DRAW

ON THE INSPIRATIONAL PIONEERS
OF THE PAST...

Man: WHOA-HO. THESE FIBERS --
THEY'RE SO COOL.

Narrator: ...TO CREATE MORE
IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING.

Narrator: HALLEY VI --

THE MOST ADVANCED
RESEARCH STATION

EVER BUILT IN THE POLAR REGIONS.

ENGINEERED BY AECOM,
SCIENTISTS AND SUPPORT STAFF

OPERATE THIS MODULAR STRUCTURE,
WHICH INCORPORATES

A METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY,
FOUR LABORATORIES,

AND AN AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL
FACILITY.

BUT CONSTRUCTING
THIS AMBITIOUS PROJECT

POSES SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS.

NOT ONLY MUST EVERY PIECE
OF EQUIPMENT BE IMPORTED,

HALLEY VI'S DESIGNERS

MUST BUILD IT DURING
THE SHORT SUMMER WINDOW

BEFORE ANTARCTICA'S
BRUTAL CONDITIONS RETURN.

THE SEASONS HERE
ARE VERY SHORT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 12 WEEKS
MAXIMUM, REALLY,

BETWEEN WHEN YOU CAN START
GETTING EQUIPMENT

AND PEOPLE ONTO SITE
TO START BUILDING.

Narrator: AND WITH EIGHT MODULES
TO COMPLETE,

INCLUDING A 5,100-SQUARE-FOOT
CENTRAL POD,

BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
ENGINEER CHRIS MARTIN

MUST HELP TAKE ON
SOMETHING DAUNTING --

NAVIGATING MATERIALS
FROM THE SHIPS TO HALLEY VI.

THE LARGEST PIECE
OF INFRASTRUCTURE

HAD TO BE TRANSPORTABLE.

OUR EXISTING SLEDS HAD TO BE
ABLE TO CARRY EVERYTHING.

Narrator: SO HOW DO YOU BUILD

SUCH A TECHNICALLY
ADVANCED STRICTURE

AT LIGHTNING SPEED

IN THE WORLD'S
MOST INHOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT?

ACHIEVING THIS WOULD
HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE

WITHOUT ANOTHER GREAT
INNOVATOR FROM THE PAST.

WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING,

HUMANITY HAS OFTEN BEEN
IN A HURRY.

ME FINISHED.

NOMADIC MONGOLIANS
ERECTED THEIR YURTS

IN AN INSTANT USING
CONCERTINA AND WOOD.

THEY WERE SO SPEEDY
TO PUT TOGETHER...

HELLO?
CAN I BORROW SOME SUGAR?

[ SCREAMS ]

...EVEN GENGHIS KHAN WAS A FAN.

INVADING ENGLAND,
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR

RELIED ON BUILDING
LOTS OF CASTLES VERY QUICKLY.

LEGEND HAS IT HE EVEN

BROUGHT THEM READYMADE
ON HIS SHIPS.

STEADY, STEADY!

BUT ONLY DURING THE 20th CENTURY
DID HUMANITY MASTER BUILDING

AT TRULY BREAK-NECK SPEED.

OH, HAROLD.

[ MAN WHISTLING ]

DR. RHYS MORGAN IS EXPLORING
LETCHWORTH, NORTH OF LONDON.

IT'S THE UNLIKELY HOME
OF A TECHNIQUE

THAT REVOLUTIONIZED
DOMESTIC CONSTRUCTION.

Dr. Morgan: IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE
A SLEEPY ENGLISH TOWN

WITH ITS WELL-KEPT GARDENS
AND NEAT AND TRIMMED HEDGES,

BUT ACTUALLY, THIS PLACE
WAS A RADICAL EXPERIMENT.

Narrator: IN 1905,
A COMPETITION WAS LAUNCHED

TO BUILD A HOUSE
IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

FOR JUST $185

IN ORDER TO HELP LOW-PAID
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS.

ONE OF THE MAJOR COSTS
OF BUILDING HOUSES IS TIME.

TRADITIONALLY IN BRITAIN,
HOUSES ARE BUILT USING BRICKS

ON A LAYER-BY-LAYER BASIS.

BUT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS TIME

MEANT THAT PRICES
OF HOUSES IN THE COUNTRY

WERE WAY BEYOND THE REACH
OF THE AVERAGE FARM WORKER.

Narrator: TO SOLVE
THIS HOUSING CRISIS

MEANT BUILDING
AT AN UNPRECEDENTED PACE.

THIS HOUSE IS REVOLUTIONARY.

NOT JUST THAT ITS LOOKS --

THE MAIN PART OF THIS HOUSE

JUST TOOK 36 HOURS TO BUILD.

Narrator:
THIS DESIGN WAS THE BRAINCHILD

OF ENGLISH ENGINEER JOHN BRODIE

WHO DID AWAY WITH
TRADITIONAL MASONRY TECHNIQUES

TO BUILD AT LIGHTNING SPEED.

THE SECRET OF BRODIE'S SUCCESS

WAS HIS INSPIRED USE
OF STEEL-REINFORCED CONCRETE.

HE USED PRE-MANUFACTURED PANELS,

WHICH WERE BOTH INEXPENSIVE
TO FABRICATE

AND QUICK TO INSTALL.

HERE IN ONE OF THE BEDROOMS --

THIS CEILING,
THE ROOF IN ACTUAL FACT,

IS A SINGLE SLAB
OF SOLID CONCRETE

BROUGHT DOWN ON
TO THE WALLS AT AN ANGLE.

AS WE LOOK AT THE TOP,

WE CAN JUST MAKE OUT
THE TIE-RODS.

THESE WERE THE BOLTS
THAT PULLED THE WALLS TOGETHER

AND MADE
THE WHOLE STRUCTURE SOUND.

IT'S JUST BRILLIANT.

Narrator: TO BUILD HALLEY VI,

ENGINEERS ARE DRAWING
ON BRODIE'S

REVOLUTIONARY
PREFABRICATION METHODS.

SHIPPING THE ENTIRE STATION

TO ANTARCTICA INVOLVES HUGE
QUANTITIES OF COMPONENTS.

BUT AS BRITISH
ANTARCTIC SURVEY'S

ENGINEER CHRIS MARTIN REVEALS,

THIS FIRST STAGE
OF CONSTRUCTION STARTS

10,000 MILES AWAY.

Martin: THE TRIAL ERECTION'S
CARRIED OUT IN SOUTH AFRICA

TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
WENT TOGETHER,

'CAUSE IT'S QUITE IMPORTANT
TO MAKE SURE

THAT WE HAVE A VIABLE CONCEPT
BEFORE WE ARRIVE HERE.

Narrator:
470 CRANE LIFTS UNLOAD AROUND

10,000 CUBIC TONS OF MATERIAL

BEFORE THEY'RE ORGANIZED
AND TRANSPORTED ON GIANT SLEDS.

ONCE DELIVERED,
THEY FORM AN ASTONISHING

2 1/2-MILE-LONG LINE OF PARTS.

WITH JUST A THREE-MONTH
WEATHER WINDOW,

THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM
MUST BUILD AND FAST.

STRUCTURAL ADVISER BEN ROWE

IS WORKING TO SUPPORT
THE STATION'S HEART --

THE 1,800-SQUARE-FOOT LAB.

THE STEELWORK THAT YOU SEE
AROUND YOU IS A SPACE FRAME,

WHICH IS LIKE
THE CHASSIS IN A CAR.

IT PROVIDES THE STRENGTH

FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE FLOORS
AND THE STRUCTURE ABOVE.

BUT IMPORTANTLY,
IT CONNECTS THE FOUR LEGS

IN THIS PARTICULAR
MODULE TOGETHER.

Narrator: AS TEMPORARY SUPPORTS
ARE REMOVED,

IT TAKES LESS THAN ONE HOUR
TO RAISE EACH FRAME UP

ON ITS 13-FOOT-LONG LEGS,

THEN SPECIFIC INTERIORS
CAN BE INSTALLED.

Fallon: AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S
THE PREFABRICATED BEDROOMS,

PLANT ROOM, AND W.C.

THE NEXT STAGE FOR THIS

IS THE STRUCTURAL
STEELWORK ERECTED AROUND IT.

Narrator: CRANES LIFT
EACH SUPERSTRUCTURE INTO PLACE.

Man:
TAKE IT DOWN, MARK.

TAKE HIM DOWN
TO ABOUT 10 1/2,

SEE HOW IT SITS, OKAY?

ONCE LOWERED, A TYPICAL POD

IS READY FOR ITS
CRITICAL OUTER SKIN.

BUT WITH BRUTAL WINTER
SNOWSTORMS

AND TEMPERATURES AS LOW
AS MINUS 58 DEGREES,

ENGINEERS MUST USE A MATERIAL
THAT'S BOTH LIGHTWEIGHT

AND WHICH CAN WITHSTAND
ANTARCTICA'S BRUTAL CLIMATE.

TO DO THIS,
HALLEY VI'S ENGINEERS

MUST TURN TO A BREAKTHROUGH
INVENTION FROM THE PAST.

Dr. Steele: YOU CAN SEE

THAT AS THE GLASS COMES
THROUGH THOSE HOLES,

IT MAKES THESE
INCREDIBLY FINE FIBERS.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

Narrator:
TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.

Narrator:
IN ANTARCTICA, HALLEY VI

IS THE MOST TECHNICALLY
ADVANCED RESEARCH STATION

EVER BUILT IN THE POLAR REGIONS.

BUT TO CREATE A LIGHTWEIGHT
MATERIAL CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING

ANTARCTICA'S
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT,

ENGINEERS MUST TURN TO

A BREAKTHROUGH
INNOVATION OF THE PAST.

PHYSICIST ANDREW STEELE IS

AT SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY
IN ENGLAND.

AT THE GLASS LABORATORY,
HE'S TRACKING DOWN

ONE OF HISTORY'S GREAT
BREAKTHROUGH MATERIALS.

Dr. Steele:
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

AND FUNDAMENTAL DISCOVERIES

HAVE BEEN MADE
COMPLETELY BY ACCIDENT.

BUT FROM PENICILLIN TO TEFLON,

THEY'VE NONETHELESS GONE
ON TO REVOLUTIONIZE

THE WAY THAT WE LIVE OUR LIVES.

IN 1932, THERE WAS
JUST SUCH A DISCOVERY.

Narrator: IN ILLINOIS,
UNDER THE GUIDANCE

OF ENGINEER
RUSSELL GAMES SLAYTER,

RESEARCHER DALE KLEIST HAD BEEN

APPLYING MOLTEN GLASS
THROUGH A SPRAY GUN

TESTING ITS SUITABILITY
AS AN ADHESIVE

WHEN HE STUMBLED ON
TO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.

SO, THIS METAL SHEET REPRESENTS
THE NOZZLES IN KLEIST'S GUN.

THAT'S THE MOLTEN GLASS, AND
WE'RE GONNA CATCH THE RESULTS

IN THIS BUCKET OF COLD WATER.

WHOA!

YOU CAN SEE THAT

AS THE GLASS COMES
THROUGH THOSE HOLES,

IT MAKES THESE
INCREDIBLY FINE FIBERS.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

Narrator:
ONCE COOLED IN THE COLD WATER,

THE GLASS TAKES AN UNUSUAL FORM.

Dr. Steele: AND HERE WE GO --

YOU CAN SEE WE'VE MADE
SOME PRIMITIVE GLASS FIBERS.

THIS PROCESS WAS THE FIRST STEP
ON THE ROAD TO THE MATERIAL

THAT WE KNOW THESE DAYS
AS FIBERGLASS.

Narrator: FURTHER DEVELOPED INTO
FINE, SINGLE FIBERS,

THIS REVOLUTIONARY MATERIAL
HAS A SURPRISING QUALITY.

Dr. Steele: YOU WOULDN'T THINK
THESE THINGS

WOULD BE STRONG AT ALL,

AND YET EVEN WITH THIS
RELATIVELY SMALL BUNDLE OF THEM,

THEY'RE STRONG ENOUGH THAT...

EVEN IF TRIED QUITE HARD,

THERE'S NO CHANCE
OF ME BREAKING IT.

NOW, THAT THEN EVOLVED
INTO SOMETHING

THAT LOOKED A LITTLE BIT
MORE LIKE THIS.

IT'S KIND OF A MATERIAL WOVEN
OUT OF THOSE GLASS FIBERS.

Narrator: AND BY THE '40s,
GAMES SLAYTER

AND DALE KLEIST STIFFENED
THIS WEAVE WITH RESIN,

CREATING WHAT'S KNOWN
TODAY AS FIBERGLASS.

BUT JUST HOW STRONG
IS FIBERGLASS?

SO, THIS IS OUR TEST RIG.

THESE TWO HUGE JAWS ARE GONNA

PULL AT THAT FIBERGLASS YOU GOT
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE THERE,

AND THEY CAN APPLY UP
TO 30 TONS OF FORCE.

LET'S START THE TEST.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON HERE
THE GRAPH OF THE FORCE

INCREASING AS WE GO
THROUGH THE EXPERIMENT.

THIS IS VERY TENSE.

OHH!
AND THERE WE GO --

YOU CAN SEE A PRETTY
CLEAR LINE OF FAILURE THERE,

AND IF WE LOOK
ON THE GRAPH HERE,

WE CAN READ OFF -- WOW!

THAT FAILED AT
52,000 NEWTONS,

WHICH IS 5.2 TONS.

THAT'S LIKE FIVE FAMILY CARS.

THAT PIECE OF FIBERGLASS
WAS STRONG ENOUGH

TO HOLD THAT MUCH WEIGHT.

Narrator:
THIS CHANCE DISCOVERY MADE FOR A ROBUST ALTERNATIVE

TO WOOD AND SHEET METAL.

TOUGH, MOLDABLE,
AND SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT,

FIBERGLASS CAN STAND UP

TO THE MOST
DEMANDING CONDITIONS.

TO TACKLE THE WORLD'S
MOST INHOSPITABLE CLIMATE,

ENGINEERS ARE TAKING FIBERGLASS
TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL --

TO ENVELOPE
ANTARCTICA'S HALLEY VI.

Martin: THESE PANELS
ARE MADE OF SPECIAL

LOW-TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES
WITH A FOAM-FILLED LINER.

THE MASSIVELY PROOF
AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT

THAT WE LIVE IN HERE.

Narrator: CRYOGENICALLY
TESTED TO MINUS 40 DEGREES,

THE OUTER SKIN
IS JUST 8 INCHES THICK.

NOT ONLY IS THE GLASS-REINFORCED
PLASTIC SUPER STRONG,

IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY
LIGHTWEIGHT...

Rowe:
THE GLASS-REINFORCED PLASTIC

KEEPS THE CONSTRUCTION
VERY LIGHTWEIGHT

AND THEREFORE MINIMIZES
THE LOAD ONTO THE LEGS,

WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT
ON ICE AS YOUR FOUNDATIONS.

Narrator:
...EVEN WITH THE LARGEST PANEL

MEASURING 375 SQUARE FEET.

Prickett:
THE LAST PANEL -- ON IT GOES.

BUTTON UP. HOPEFULLY IT'LL LINE
UP, BUT, UH, PROBABLY NOT.

[ CHUCKLES ]

Narrator: ENGINEERS COVER ALL
EIGHT MODULES

IN JUST ONE WEEK.

THAT'S GOOD.
WE'RE THERE.

[ CHATTER ]

CREATING
A LIFE-SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENT

IN ANTARCTICA
IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT.

BUT FOR HALLEY VI TO REMAIN

STANDING IN THESE
ICY CONDITIONS,

ENGINEERS SEEK INSPIRATION

FROM HISTORY'S
REVOLUTIONARY INNOVATORS...

Dr. Sheehy: AAH!

Narrator: ...TO PRODUCE
MORE IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING.

Narrator: ENGINEERS HAVE
DEVELOPED ONE OF THE WORLD'S

MOST PIONEERING
MODULAR STRUCTURES.

HALLEY VI DEFIES
ANTARCTICA'S BRUTAL CLIMATE,

ALLOWING SCIENTISTS
TO CARRY OUT CRUCIAL RESEARCH

AND STILL SURVIVE
IN TOTAL ISOLATION.

WE HAVE THIS FABULOUS STATION
THAT ENABLES US

TO OPERATE
IN A YEAR-ROUND WAY.

Walkup:
THE STATION CAN SUPPORT LIFE

THROUGHOUT AN INCREDIBLY
HARSH WINTER.

BUT IT'S ALSO
PROVIDING A HOME.

Narrator: AN ENTIRELY
SELF-SUFFICIENT STRUCTURE,

TWO ENERGY MODULES CONTAIN WATER

AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS,

A MEDICAL FACILITY
INCLUDES AREAS

FOR OPERATIONS
AND DENTISTRY,

AND THERE ARE PLENTY
OF CREATURE COMFORTS

FOR THIS HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

Walkup: MOST PLACES OF WORK
ARE NOT ALSO

WHERE YOU'RE LIVING,
SOCIALIZING, EATING.

IT'S GOT TO NOT
ONLY BE A FUNCTIONAL,

BUT ALSO A REALLY
COMFORTABLE BUILDING.

Martin: IT'S A VERY
WELL-INSULATED STATION.

IT HAS VERY GOOD
CONTROL SYSTEMS IN IT,

WHICH ALLOW US
TO TRACK TEMPERATURES,

MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT
OVERHEATING OR UNDERHEATING,

AND WE CAN OBSERVE
THE WHOLE STATION

FROM A COMPUTER TERMINAL INSIDE.

Narrator: HALLEY VI'S STRUCTURE
SUSTAINS LIFE IN TEMPERATURES

BELOW MINUS 58 DEGREES.

BUT IF THIS
ENGINEERING PHENOMENON

IS TO REACH
ITS 20-YEAR LIFE SPAN,

IT MUST DEAL
WITH ANOTHER FORCE OF NATURE.

SO, WE GET SO MUCH SNOW
FALLING EVERY YEAR HERE.

ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT HERE
JUST GETS BURIED VERY RAPIDLY.

Narrator:
HALLEY VI'S FIVE PREDECESSORS

HAVE BEEN ENGULFED
BY THESE RELENTLESS CONDITIONS,

BECOMING PART OF
THE ICE SHELF ITSELF.

SO HOW CAN ENGINEERS RISE ABOVE

THIS SEEMINGLY
IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEM?

ENGINEERS MUST TURN TO ANOTHER
OF HISTORY'S GENIUS INNOVATIONS.

AT A CEMETERY IN LONDON,
SCIENTIST SUZIE SHEEHY

IS SEEKING OUT THE BURIAL
GROUNDS OF A VITAL DISCOVERY.

15 FEET BELOW ME IS A UNIQUE
PIECE OF ENGINEERING HISTORY,

BUT IT'S IN A SETTING THAT'S NOT
FOR THE FAINT HEARTED.

THIS PLACE IS AMAZING!

Narrator: DIRECTLY BENEATH
THE SITE OF A FORMER CHAPEL

LIES A NETWORK
OF SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGEWAYS.

THE 180-YEAR-OLD
WEST NORWOOD CATACOMBS

WERE ONCE THE FINAL
RESTING PLACE FOR WEALTHY

AND ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES.

Dr. Sheehy:
DURING THE VICTORIAN PERIOD,

MOURNING THE DEAD
WAS A SERIOUS BUSINESS,

AND INSTEAD OF BURYING
YOUR LOVED ONES

IN THE GROUND,
THE PREFERRED OPTION,

IF YOU COULD AFFORD IT,
WAS TO BRING THEM HERE.

THERE ARE ABOUT 3,000
COFFINS HERE LINING THE WALLS,

BUT GETTING
EACH OF THESE COFFINS

INTO THEIR PAID-FOR

AND ALLOCATED SPACE
WAS NO EASY TASK.

Narrator:
TO CONTAIN THE POTENTIALLY

DEADLY BACTERIA PRODUCED
BY THE DECEASED,

THE COFFINS HAD TO BE MADE
COMPLETELY AIR TIGHT

BY A HEAVY INNER LAYER.

Dr. Sheehy:
WHEN IT'S LINED WITH LEAD,

IT CAN WEIGH OVER 200 KILOGRAMS.

AND GETTING SOMETHING THAT HEAVY
AROUND 15 FEET UNDERGROUND

REQUIRED A PRETTY
CLEVER PIECE OF ENGINEERING.

Narrator: IN 1795, ENGLISH
INVENTOR JOSEPH BRAMAH

TOOK THE ENGINEERING WORLD
BY STORM

PATENTING THE HYDRAULIC PRESS.

BUT TURNING HIS
REVOLUTIONARY INVENTION

ON ITS HEAD OFFERED
THE PERFECT SOLUTION

FOR LOWERING AND RAISING

NORWOOD CATACOMBS
COFFINS TO THE CHAPEL ABOVE.

THIS IS A CATAFALQUE LIFT.

SO THE COFFIN WOULD SIT ON HERE,

AND THEN IT WOULD TAKE
ABOUT 45 SECONDS TO BE

BROUGHT ALL THE WAY DOWN,

AND THIS CATAFALQUE
NEEDED TO BE LIFTED

ALL THE WAY BACK UP AGAIN.

AND THAT'S WHERE BRAMAH'S
HYDRAULIC PRESS PRINCIPLE

COMES IN

AND ALL CENTERS ON THIS
CLEVER PUMP SYSTEM HERE.

SO, IN OPERATION THIS HANDLE
WOULD HAVE BEEN LIFTED

ALL THE WAY UP
AND A HYDRAULIC FLUID

WOULD HAVE RUSHED IN
TO THE CYLINDER.

AND THEN WHEN THE HANDLE
GETS LOWERED BACK DOWN AGAIN,

THE PRESSURE WOULD BE
FORCED THROUGH THERE

TO ANOTHER LARGER PISTON,

WHICH THEN LIFTS THE CATAFALQUE.

Narrator:
IN THIS WATER-FILLED SYSTEM,

THE LARGE STROKES EXERTED
ON THE SMALL PISTON TRANSFER

TO THE LARGE PISTON
UNDERNEATH THE COFFIN,

PRODUCING SMALL BUT
POWERFUL MOVEMENTS.

INCHING UPWARD, IT TOOK
180 STROKES

FOR A 440-POUND CASKET

TO REACH THE CHAPEL ABOVE.

SO, I CAN DEMONSTRATE
THE PRINCIPLE

OF A HYDRAULIC PRESS USING THIS,

WHICH IS LIKE THE ONE
WE HAD INSIDE BUT UPSIDE DOWN.

SO ALL I HAVE TO DO IS EXERT

A SMALL FORCE OVER THIS SIDE
OVER A LARGE DISTANCE,

AND THAT'S TRANSFERRED BY
OUR CONSTANT PRESSURE

TO THIS RAM,

WHICH IS GONNA EXERT
A LARGE FORCE

OVER A SMALL DISTANCE,

AND THE FORCE
SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT

TO BREAK THIS BRICK.

AAH!

WOW, THAT WAS SURPRISINGLY EASY.

TOOK ME JUST A COUPLE OF STROKES
OF THIS TO EXERT SO MUCH FORCE

THAT THE BRICKS
LITERALLY SHATTERED.

BRAMAH'S HYDRAULIC PRESS

WAS SO SUCCESSFUL
THAT THE SAME PRINCIPLE

IS USED IN ALMOST EVERY
MODERN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.

IT WAS A BRILLIANT
PIECE OF ENGINEERING.

Dr. Sheehy: AAH!

Narrator: FACED
WITH EXTREME DRIFTING SNOW,

BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
ENGINEER CHRIS MARTIN

CAN DRAW ON BRAMAH'S
HYDRAULIC INNOVATION

TO KEEP THE 1,100-TON HALLEY
VI ABOVE GROUND.

Martin: WE HAVE THIS FABULOUS
STATION, WHICH IS SUPPORTED ON

THE 34 COMPUTER-CONTROLLED
HYDRAULIC LEGS.

Narrator: EACH TELESCOPIC LEG

IS MADE UP
OF TWO 18-INCH CYLINDERS

CLEVERLY CONTROLLED FROM
WITHIN THE SPACE FRAME.

WE HAVE THIS
BLUE HYDRAULIC RAM,

AND THAT ALLOWS
THE TWO CYLINDERS

TO MOVE APART AND,
IN DOING SO,

ALLOWS THE BUILDING'S
LEGS TO BE RAISED.

Narrator: EVERY YEAR WHEN
THE WINTER STORMS ROLL IN,

THE EIGHT MODULES GO
THROUGH A METAMORPHOSIS.

EXTENDING LEG ONE.

Martin: WE SIMPLY START AT ONE
END OF THE PLATFORM,

AND WE LIFT UP
EACH LEG INDIVIDUALLY,

AND WE PACK SNOW
UNDERNEATH IT.

Narrator: EACH LIFT RAISES
THE LEG 5 FEET

TO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE'S COLLAR.

ONCE THE ENTIRE
650-FOOT-LONG STATION

REACHES THIS BACK-FILLED LEVEL,

HALLEY VI CAN THEN BE
LIFTED ONCE MORE,

CONTINUALLY STEPPING OVER
THE RISING WINTER SNOW.

Martin: WE CAN ACTUALLY
CHECK INCLINATION,

WE CAN SPOT MOVEMENT,

AND WE CAN ADVISE
THE GUYS ON THE GROUND

IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE
TO ACCOMMODATE MOVEMENT

IN THE SNOW.

Narrator: THIS CREATIVE SOLUTION
HAS CONQUERED ONE

OF ANTARCTICA'S HARSHEST
METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES.

BUT ANOTHER HUGE
HURDLE REMAINS,

AND HALLEY VI'S ENGINEERS
MUST CALL ON ANOTHER

OF HISTORY'S GREAT INNOVATORS...

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!

WHAT A MACHINE!

...TO PRODUCE MORE
IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING.

Narrator:
HALLEY VI, ANTARCTICA --

SITUATED THOUSANDS OF MILES
FROM CIVILIZATION,

THIS RESEARCH STATION CAN

WITHSTAND EARTH'S MOST
EXTREME CONDITIONS,

ALLOWING THE BRITISH
ANTARCTIC SURVEY

TO CARRY OUT VITAL RESEARCH.

WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING DATA
IN THIS AREA FOR OVER 60 YEARS,

SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE

THE SCIENTISTS IN SAFETY
AND COMFORT.

Narrator:
HOWEVER, HALLEY VI MUST FACE

ANOTHER DEVASTATING
FORCE OF NATURE.

ITS LOCATION,
THE BRUNT ICE SHELF,

IS CONSTANTLY MOVING
AND COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE.

THE STRESSES IN THE ICE SHELF
HAVE OPENED UP A CREVASSE

THAT WE CALL CHASM I.

THIS CHASM I HAS STARTED
TO GROW IN THE DIRECTION

OF OUR HALLEY VI
RESEARCH STATION.

IF WE LEAVE THE STATION
WHERE IT IS AT THE MOMENT,

THEN IT MIGHT MEAN
THAT HALLEY VI

WILL BE ON AN ICEBERG.

Narrator: TO AVOID FLOATING OFF
INTO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN,

HALLEY VI MUST BE
ABLE TO RELOCATE.

BUT HOW DO YOU MOVE
AN 1,100-TON,

650-FOOT-LONG GIANT?

ACHIEVING THIS WOULD
HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE

WITHOUT THE ENGINEERING
BREAKTHROUGHS OF THE PAST.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER
DANIEL DICKRELL IS IN FLORIDA

TO UNLEASH A TRULY MIND-BLOWING
FEAT OF ENGINEERING.

REACHING AN ASTONISHING
55 MILES PER HOUR,

THE HELLCAT'S TOP
SPEED AND MANEUVERABILITY

EARNED IT A LEGENDARY STATUS
ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

IT'S DRIVEN BY A 16-LITER
GASOLINE-POWERED RADIAL ENGINE

PUTTING OUT 450 HORSEPOWER.

NOW, THE SECRET
TO THE HELLCAT'S SUCCESS

IS NOT THAT HORSEPOWER ITSELF --

IT'S HOW THAT HORSEPOWER
GETS FROM THE ENGINE

TO THOSE TRACKS.

Narrator: THIS IS POSSIBLE

THROUGH THE HELLCAT'S
INNOVATIVE TRANSMISSION.

UP TO THE LATE 1930s,

ARMORED VEHICLES LIKE
THE SHERMAN

USED STANDARD MANUAL
TRANSMISSION

SIMILAR TO YOUR EVERYDAY CAR
TO TRANSFER

THE ENGINE'S POWER
TO ITS TRACKS.

MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS RELY
ON MOVING MECHANICAL POWER

FROM THE ENGINE
TO THE TRANSMISSION

THROUGH A SERIES
OF INTERLOCKING METAL GEARS.

YOU GET THAT WRONG, AND YOU HAVE
A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE

THAT WE ALL CAN RECOGNIZE.

Narrator: BUT IN 1939,
A TEAM AT GENERAL MOTORS,

INCLUDING YOUNG
ENGINEER OLIVER KELLEY,

DEVELOPED A MORE EFFICIENT
SOLUTION FOR THE AUTOMOBILE.

UNLIKE MANUAL TRANSMISSION,

THE HYDRAMATIC TRANSFERRED

AN ENGINE'S POWER
AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH A FLUID

VIA TWO FAN-LIKE COMPONENTS
IN A SEALED UNIT.

AND IT WORKS LIKE THIS...

WE HAVE TWO FANS.

ONE WE'RE GONNA
CALL THE IMPELLER,

ONE WE'RE GONNA
CALL THE TURBINE.

THE IMPELLER'S CONNECTED
TO THE ENGINE SIDE,

SO WHAT THAT MEANS
IS WE HAVE ALWAYS HAVE

OUR IMPELLER SIDE MOVING.

Narrator: THE SECOND FAN
REPRESENTS THE TURBINE,

WHICH DRIVES A VEHICLE'S WHEELS.

IT HAS NO DIRECT POWER SOURCE

AND TAKES ITS ENERGY DIRECTLY
FROM THE IMPELLER'S FLOW.

IT'S NOT MOVING, ALL RIGHT?

SO, LET'S SAY
I WANT TO PULL AWAY.

I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.

WE NOTICE THE TURBINE
SLOWLY BEGINS TO TURN.

Narrator:
DURING WORLD WAR II,

KELLEY APPLIED HIS EXPERTISE
TO ARMORED VEHICLES,

BUT SOON REALIZED
A TRANSMISSION POWER DELAY

COULD PREVENT THE HELLCAT
FROM GETTING A FAST START.

Dickrell: THE SLOW START
WAS GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE
A LARGE TANK ON A BATTLEFIELD,

IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY FATAL.

Narrator: SO KELLEY'S TEAM

COMPLEMENTED
THEIR AUTO TRANSMISSION

WITH ANOTHER PIECE
OF ENGINEERING

TO CREATE WHAT'S CALLED
A TORQUE CONVERTER.

INSIDE THE HELLCAT,
TOOTHED STATERS ARE POSITIONED

IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE FLUID COUPLING,

REDIRECTING THE OIL FLOW
FROM THE IMPELLER,

INCREASING TORQUE AND ALLOWING
THE TURBINE DRIVING THE WHEELS

TO GET TO SPEED
ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY,

CREATING AN EXPLOSIVE
STANDING START.

YOU CAN SEE JUST WHAT
A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES

WHEN WE RUN THE HELLCAT AGAINST

ONE OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL VEHICLES

OF WORLD WAR II, THE JEEP.

Narrator: DANIEL IS RE-CREATING
AN ACTUAL CHALLENGE

CARRIED OUT DURING THE 1940s,

ONE THAT IS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE --

A RACE BETWEEN A 20-TON HELLCAT

AND THE NIMBLE,
LIGHTWEIGHT 4x4.

[ ENGINE STARTS ]

FIRST UP IN THIS BATTLE
OF TRANSMISSIONS,

THE MANUALLY OPERATED JEEP
IS TIMED FROM A STANDING START

AT A 300-FOOT DISTANCE.

GO!

OKAY, 17 SECONDS --
NOT TOO BAD.

BUT REMEMBER, HE'S GOT
MECHANICAL GEAR CHAINS,

A MANUAL TRANSMISSION --

LOTS OF THINGS
THAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG.

Narrator: THE HELLCAT IS 18
TIMES HEAVIER THAN THE JEEP.

Dickrell:
HELLCAT, ARE YOU READY?

Man:
WE ARE READY, OVER.

Narrator:
BUT IT'S EQUIPPED WITH KELLEY'S

GROUNDBREAKING AUTO TECHNOLOGY.

GO!

WOW, THAT WAS
INCREDIBLE -- 15.9!

WHOO-HOO-HOO!

THE HELLCAT ACTUALLY IS FASTER
FROM A STANDING START.

Narrator: BUILDING A TORQUE
CONVERTER FOR A 20-TON TANK

IS ONE THING,
BUT ADAPTING IT

TO MOVE AN 1,100-TON ICE BASE

THROUGH PLANET EARTH'S
HARSHEST ENVIRONMENT

IS ANOTHER.

THE GUYS
ARE PROBABLY WONDERING

WHAT THEY'VE
LET THEMSELVES IN FOR.

Narrator: TO AVOID CHASM I,
THE ENGINEERS FOR HALLEY VI

MUST ADAPT THIS
GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY

TO MAKE
THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.

Narrator: THE HALLEY VI
RESEARCH STATION --

SITUATED IN THE HARSH
WILDS OF ANTARCTICA,

THIS GROUNDBREAKING BASE
IS THE WORLD'S FIRST

RELOCATABLE RESEARCH FACILITY.

BUT AS THE CHASM I CREVASSE

CREEPS DANGEROUSLY
TOWARDS HALLEY VI,

STRUCTURAL ADVISER BEN ROWE

AND HIS TEAM MUST USE
TORQUE CONVERTERS DEVELOPED

IN THE 1930s TO SHIFT
THEIR STRUCTURE,

WHICH IS AROUND SIX TIMES
THE WEIGHT OF THE HELLCAT.

WE ARE RELOCATING HALLEY
VI 23 KILOMETERS

FURTHER UP THE ICE SHELF.

IT MEANS THAT
WE'RE MOVING OVER

1,000 TONS OF BUILDING HERE.

IT'S QUITE A BIG
ENGINEERING TASK.

THE CONCEPT IS THAT
THE STATION IS MODULAR,

SO IT BREAKS DOWN INTO EIGHT

DIFFERENT MODULES
INDIVIDUALLY TOWED.

Narrator: TO BREAK THIS
CENTRAL MODULE, DUBBED

"BIG RED," FROM THE ICE...

Man: WE'RE NOT READY
IN HERE.

...REQUIRES A STAGGERING
66 TONS OF START-UP FORCE.

THREE, TWO, ONE, ENGAGE.

A FLEET OF BULLDOZERS
AND TRACTORS EQUIPPED

WITH TORQUE CONVERTERS
GENERATING 1,000 HORSEPOWER

TAKE ON THIS MAMMOTH TASK.

THIS SUBSTANTIAL PULLING POWER
IS ONLY POSSIBLE

BECAUSE OF ANOTHER
CLEVER PIECE OF ENGINEERING.

Rowe: THE SKIS ARE MADE
FROM STEELWORK,

ABOUT FOUR METERS
BY ONE METER WIDE,

AND THE BOTTOM OF EACH SKI
HAS A PLASTIC-LIKE SHEETING,

WHICH ACTUALLY HELPS
WITH THE SLIP RESISTANCE.

Narrator: THE COMBINATION
OF BRUTE FORCE

AND CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS
COMPLETE HALLEY VI'S

SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE MOVE
IN JUST 75 DAYS.

THIS INCONCEIVABLE
STRUCTURAL MASTERPIECE

WAS CREATED IN FOUR YEARS.

COMPLETED IN 2012,

GENIUS-LEVEL DESIGN
AND ENGINEERING

CONTINUED TO KEEP THE WORLD'S

MOST INHOSPITABLE
CONDITIONS AT BAY.

ON A DAY LIKE THIS,
THE GUYS WHO'VE JUST COME DOWN

TO FACE
THE NEXT WINTER'S CHALLENGES

WILL BE WONDERING WHAT THEY'VE
LET THEMSELVES IN FOR.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE THESE VERY
CLEVER MODULES TO HALLEY VI.

Narrator: BY LEARNING FROM
THE PIONEERS OF THE PAST...

OH!

Narrator: ...ADAPTING
AND MAKING INNOVATIONS

OF THEIR OWN,

ENGINEERS HAVE SET
A NEW MILESTONE.

THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MAKING
THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.

I THINK THE HALLEY THAT WE HAVE
NOW IS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE,

Walkup: AND IF YOU ARE LUCKY
ENOUGH TO SPEND A WINTER HERE,

AND YOU GET TO SEE
THE SILHOUETTES --

THE MODULES AGAINST
THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS --

THAT'S A REALLY
SPECIAL EXPERIENCE.

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