Antarctica Station Housing 13 People Loses Power in Dead of Winter

Antarctica is currently in the depth of its long winter season, with temperatures plunging to nearly minus-67 degrees Fahrenheit, hurricane-force winds and lack of sunlight. This is precisely the wrong time of year for an Antarctic outpost to lose electrical and heating power, but that worrisome scenario playing out at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Halley Station on the edge of the south Atlantic Ocean, where 13 people are currently stationed

BAS spokewoman Linda Capper told Mashable that all 13 station staff — including a chef, a doctor, mechanics, an electrician and several electronics engineers — are "safe and in good health." However, she said the station is not yet operating at normal capacity Read more...

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