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> Recently heard about an Antarctic base that lost heating for 36 hears after a Windows Update triggered a several GB download over the base's modem downlink.
by Someone1234 7y ago
> Recently heard about an Antarctic base that lost heating for 36 hears after a Windows Update triggered a several GB download over the base's modem downlink.
I've been researching this. There was an outage. It wasn't caused by Windows. What is your source for this claim?
- retSava 7y agoCurious and not refuting - what was the cause of the outage?
- Someone1234 7y agoAssuming they're talking about the 2014 outage at Halley Research Station: > Halley lost power on 30 July after the station’s generators overheated and shut down after a large coolant leak from the main arterial pipe in the station’s heating system. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/research-on-ice-at-british-antarctic-base/7647.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/research-on-ice-at-briti... I cannot find any other Antarctic outages.