TV Horizon - Season 53 Episode 8 : Ice Station Antarctica Horizon - Season 53 Episode 8 : Ice Station Antarctica 7.516/10 by 32 users Antarctica is the last great wilderness. It's the coldest, windiest, driest and most isolated place on Earth. And every winter, for over three months of the year, the sun never rises. But it's also home to the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station. A veteran of living and working at Halley in the early eighties, BBC weatherman Peter Gibbs makes an emotional return to the place he once called home. A place that, during his time, was key to the discovery of the ozone hole. The journey starts with an arduous 12-day, 3000-mile voyage onboard the RRS Ernest Shackleton. Once on the ice shelf, Peter is delighted to finally arrive at the futuristic research station and marvels at the cutting edge science being done at Halley today. From vital discoveries about how our lives are vulnerable to the sun's activities, to studying interplanetary travel and the threat of man-made climate change. But Peter's journey is also something of a rescue mission. The research station's home is a floating ice shelf that constantly moves and cracks, and the ice shelf has developed a chasm that could cast Halley adrift on a massive iceberg. Details Casts Posters Images Title Horizon - Season 53 Episode 8 : Ice Station Antarctica Alternative Titles BBC Horizon First Air Date 1964-02-04 Last Air Date 2024-07-22 Number of Episodes 1169 Number of Seasons 60 Genres Documentary, Networks BBC Two, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Horizon Season 53 :Episode 1 The Immortalist The Immortalist 2016-03-16 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 2 Project Greenglow - The Quest for Gravity Control Project Greenglow - The Quest for Gravity Control 2016-03-23 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 3 The Mystery of Dark Energy The Mystery of Dark Energy 2016-03-30 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 4 Oceans of the Solar System Oceans of the Solar System 2016-04-06 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 5 The End of the Solar System The End of the Solar System 2016-04-13 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 6 Should We Close Our Zoos? Should We Close Our Zoos? 2016-04-17 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 7 How to Find Love Online How to Find Love Online 2016-04-25 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 8 Ice Station Antarctica Ice Station Antarctica 2016-05-04 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 9 Curing Alzheimer's Curing Alzheimer's 2016-05-11 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 10 E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace? E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace? 2016-05-22 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 11 Why Are We Getting So Fat? Why Are We Getting So Fat? 2016-06-07 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 12 Sports Doping - Winning At Any Cost? Sports Doping - Winning At Any Cost? 2016-07-19 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 13 Inside CERN Inside CERN 2016-08-10 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 14 My Amazing Twin My Amazing Twin 2016-08-25 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 15 The Lost Tribes of Humanity The Lost Tribes of Humanity 2016-10-12 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 53 :Episode 16 The Wildest Weather in the Universe The Wildest Weather in the Universe 2016-10-23 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.