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New research base opens in Antarctica

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    A look at what is happening at station

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Well a brand new state of the art research station is officially open for business now in the Antarctic it's called howling six.

Cost more than forty million US dollars took four years to build.

Not only does allow the crew to conduct cutting edge experiments but it is built on hydraulic lay eggs.

With gigantic schemes that make it -- first fully movable research station in the world.

Agnieszka for -- -- is the base commander of tallied six she joins us live on the phone from the -- ice shelf.

In Antarctica this is my first -- with an Arctic I believe -- how's the weather today.

Did come by the way those sound lovely to -- about minus twelve to -- some.

The good sunshine and very little -- side Patrick guide me go outside and -- It's the Antarctic summer is that what I understand.

It is -- company's common side who we're lucky with Chinese -- with some -- and usually fairly mild with -- for -- the allocate to our.

And what kind of work will you be doing today.

Allowed to die of knowledge Spain basically catching out on -- -- by unfortunately -- -- spotlight but.

They've been out to people outside.

Working on them that they clients can bases that we hands.

I carry out to create chemistry that they are -- a on that would cause them that they died thinking outside -- the vehicles and getting things Brady for the winter.

That is really tragic that on a beautiful minus twelve degree day you're stuck indoors doing paperwork that's -- -- the life.

Of the base commander -- so this this -- Base -- we're looking at video of an on screen right now you put it up on skis and you made it mobile because it's my understanding.

The last several of them got crushed by ice.

-- yeah a Lil -- having a bit on shelves so it's amazing continuously.

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-- -- commentary yes.

-- can imagine it lays.

Did lady anything we put all that -- they stayed late to the -- of an old -- put on us now accumulations that may cut and a half.

Now he is really if you put anything on the very best it will eventually -- And then -- obviously -- -- side.

Without -- this time late night is validate.

We can -- that I've been there in the end and that take it away from the age of the auction off.

You've spent the last six and a half years of your life down there I understand.

What what are we learning from what you -- your team are finding in Antarctica.

You but I amongst with god gave a different nations in the end time to it was a British intact -- variant.

We will not be looking at link states -- climate -- -- -- -- -- from biology to.

It chemistry out of atmospheric sciences Ahmed was looking at the global picture.

That the polar regions play.

-- -- -- climate and on an understanding.

Day you know integration.

I think you meant really.

Well we know you've got a lot of paperwork to do.

We'll let you get -- -- you can get out there and enjoy that minus twelve degree day I guess it's ten degrees Fahrenheit about approximately where she is right -- the Antarctic summer so.

-- -- -- -- Thank you gonna go for a -- -- you know why not as I have the right gear.

I think you'll be okay thank you don't wanna go walking in the Antarctic winter -- ago summertime summer sounds good when you're --

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