something of an epic move of the british antarctic survey, and the reason was, they just british antarcticthat is opening up. it is a risky business operating out there in the antarctic. you can always talk to as on twitter. thank you for being with us. dojoin as next thank you for being with us. do join as next week. thursday brought rain to pretty much all of the uk but the winds were of the story. severe gales in the irish sea cost power outages. the potential for more severe conditions on friday. possibly different areas. for the weekend it could quieten down. still a little bit of rain and strong winds alone. colder mornings and more sunshine but not for long. back to the wind and the rain early next week. from the middle of next week on words we might start to return to that colder and more settled weather that we had just last week before things turned more u nsettled. last week before things turned more unsettled. that is still looking on the cards looked at the moment the weather fronts, bands of cloud are lined up from iberia to the use course in the united states. further bands

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a research station was dragged 14 miles across the british antarctic survey released this video of their research station being dragged 14 miles across an ice shelf to avoid a dangerous crack in the ice. it took 13 weeks to complete this move and it was made possible because the shelter is built as a series of modules resting on giant skis really. now crews will abandon the shelter until the fall amid fears that a second crack is growing. >> what a great shot. >>> well, we know about self-driving cars. now uber wants to bring flying cars to the world's most congested cities, and they have hired one of the brightest minds in the field to make it happen. talented nasa aircraft engineer mark moore has joined uber to make a commercially available flying car. moore says it will take one to three years before concept car takes flight. uber has called their flying car plan uber elevate. they say summoning a car with the capability of a helicopter will cut travel times and absolutely revolutionize commuting. >>> there is a new longest flight in the world, longest time anyway, and it belongs to q