The Arctic heatwave of 2020
18 September, 2020 Michael Meredith
As the Arctic sea ice minimum approaches this month, we share a blog from Professor Mike Meredith at British Antarctic Survey about how the region is rapidly changing in our …
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Working Together to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion
3 September, 2020 Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley
BLOG. Director of Innovation and Impact aims to enhance innovation culture through diversity and inclusion.
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Supporting equality, diversity and inclusion in science
3 August, 2020 David Vaughan
BLOG. BAS Director of Science, Professor David Vaughan describes his ambition for more diversity in science.
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A potted history of Antarctic diversity
14 July, 2020 Jane Rumble
BLOG. Jane Rumble, Head of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Polar Regions Department talks about a new initiative to enhance diversity in UK Polar Science
PODCAST – Iceworld, Episode 6 – Underwater
14 July, 2020 Robert Taylor
Episode 6: Underwater Blue carbon capture, cold water gigantism, iceberg scouring, algal blooms…this episode covers a lot of ground! Rothera Field Guide Rob Taylor speaks with Aurelia Reichardt, Nadescha Zwerschke …
Carrying the PRIDE message to the Polar Regions
22 June, 2020 Huw Griffiths
BAS marine biogeographer Dr Huw Griffiths talks about the importance of diverse role models. He is hopeful that existing and future polar scientists will see that being yourself and being different are no barrier to working in the most extreme environments on Earth, and can be a real asset as a scientist.
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Isolated winter fieldwork on Bird Island
17 June, 2020 Alexandra Dodds
Albatross zoological field assistant Alexandra Dodds shares experiences of the isolated winter fieldwork at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Bird Island Research Station in South Georgia. The team are conducting important …
Isolation Stories from Antarctica
18 May, 2020 Emily Neville
There is a lot that’s unique about Antarctica. It’s the coldest, windiest and least populated of the world’s continents. It’s the highest continent on Earth and the world’s largest desert. …
Earth Day 2020: A new age of Arctic science discovery – the AI way
24 April, 2020 Scott Hosking
When we see news reports on climate change on our TV, they are often accompanied by footage of a polar bear walking over the icy Arctic landscape. But the Arctic …
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King Edward Point: A new wharf for the RRS Sir David Attenborough
17 April, 2020 Livia Oldland
Alan Roper works from Ramboll and is currently Site Supervisor for the new wharf at King Edward Point Research Station in South Georgia as part of the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation …
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PODCAST – Iceworld, Episode 5 – Seals from Space
9 April, 2020 Robert Taylor
Episode 5: Seals from Space In Episode 5 of Iceworld, Rob Taylor is joined by Prem Gill who has just completed two weeks of fieldwork as part of his PhD …
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PODCAST – Iceworld, Episode 4 – Atmosphere
25 March, 2020 Robert Taylor
Episode 4: Atmosphere In the latest episode of Iceworld, Josh Eveson joins Rob Taylor to talk about the atmosphere and weather research taking place at Halley Research Station. More than …
Guest Blog – Petrels on Round Island, Mauritius
13 March, 2020 Norman Ratcliffe
PhD student Kirsty Franklin reports on her fieldwork on Round Island, Mauritius, working in collaboration with British Antarctic Survey. In the blog below, Kirsty shares how she is going to …
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MOSAiC Blog: Approaching RV Polarstern
26 February, 2020 Markus Frey
Dr Markus Frey is on board Russian icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn, making the final approach through the Arctic sea ice to join the MOSAiC expedition on board RV Polarstern. German research icebreaker RV Polarstern is staying …
King Edward Point – Project Blog
25 February, 2020 Joe Corner
Joe Corner, BAS Islands Project Manager, is currently overseeing the redevelopment of King Edward Point wharf on South Georgia Island in the Sub-Antarctic. The project will enable the new UK …
PODCAST – Iceworld, Episode 3 – Ice Cores
19 February, 2020 Robert Taylor
In Episode 3, Isobel Rowell and Dieter Tetzner have just returned from several weeks in the field, drilling for ice alongside Dr Robert Mulvaney and field guides Sarah Crowsley and …
Blog: Blue whale comeback at South Georgia!
4 February, 2020 Jennifer Jackson
BAS biologist Dr Jennifer Jackson shares exciting updates from the wild water whales expedition. The BAS wild water whales team have spent 25 days surveying whales in South Georgia waters. …
MOSAiC Blog: Storm on the Barents Sea
3 February, 2020 Markus Frey
Dr Markus Frey is on board Russian icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn, waiting for a weather window to make the journey north to join the MOSAiC expedition on board RV Polarstern. German …
MOSAiC Blog: Sea ice rescue training
29 January, 2020 Markus Frey
Atmosphere and ice climate scientist Dr Markus Frey is on his way to join the MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) expedition. Markus will be using …
Blog: South Georgia whale expedition in full swing!
22 January, 2020 Jennifer Jackson
BAS biologist Dr Jennifer Jackson shares updates from the South Georgia southern right whale expedition currently in progress in the sub-Antarctic. During January 2020, the British Antarctic Survey’s wild water …
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Official launch of the BAS AI Lab!
4 December, 2019 Risa Ueno
Today we officially launched the BAS AI Lab – thank you everyone for coming!
PODCAST – Iceworld, Episode 2 – Meteorology
26 November, 2019 Robert Taylor
November, 2019 In his second Antarctic podcast field guide Rob Taylor talks to Catherine Maguire and John Law from the Rothera Research Station meteorology team. Listen Now Episode 2 Rob …
AI Lab presents at the First Artificial Intelligence for Copernicus Workshop
22 November, 2019 Anita Faul
Andrew Fleming and Anita Faul present their research at the First Artificial Intelligence for Copernicus Workshop
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MOSAiC Blog: Last preparations in Tromsø
18 September, 2019 Markus Frey
The BAS SSAASI-CLIM team arrived in Tromsø a few days ago to set up equipment onboard of RV Polarstern. On Friday 20 Sep 2019 the German ice breaker will embark …
Warming up the Antarctic: Harder than you think
29 July, 2019 Melody Clark
Professor Melody Clark, Project Leader, discusses the trials and tribulations of undertaking research in Antarctica. Her latest paper published in Nature Communications shows that rising sea temperatures of just 1-2 …
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Machine Learning for Environmental Sciences
21 July, 2019 Rachel Furner
Rachel Furner is a PhD student at British Antarctic Survey, which has recently opened up its new AI Lab, that aims to foster the application of various machine learning (and …
Not so grim! Studying guillemots on Grimsey Island
16 July, 2019 Norman Ratcliffe
As part of the Project LOMVIA, a small team of researchers headed to Grimsey Island, 40 kilometres off the north coast of Iceland. Fabrice Le Bouard tells us more about …
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Tracking Guillemots with Project LOMVIA
11 July, 2019 Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun
The Project LOMVIA team continue their work tracking guillemots of the remote cliff of Látrabjarg, Iceland. Post-doctoral researcher Dr Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun explains more. Tagging and tracking seabirds Our fieldwork is …
Carrying the PRIDE message to the ends of the earth
5 July, 2019 Huw Griffiths
BLOG. Biologist Huw Griffiths shares his personal experience of research as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Tracking seabird species in Iceland
27 June, 2019 Norman Ratcliffe
After the initial reconnaissance expedition in 2018, this June Project LOMVIA – part of the NERC Changing Arctic Ocean Programme begins in earnest (read more about last year’s work here). …
Data Study Group: Automated monitoring of seals via high-resolution satellite imagery
8 April, 2019 Premdeep Gill
Prem hosted at Data Study Group at the Alan Turing Institute Seals from space: automated Antarctic ecosystem monitoring via high-resolution satellite imagery Antarctic seal populations are potential indicators for the …
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A new drill site in the Amundsen Sea
27 March, 2019 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand is aboard the drill ship JOIDES Resolution as part of the 8-week International Ocean Discovery (IODP) Expedition 379. This is the final entry in a series of …
“Core on deck” – Analysis begins
18 March, 2019 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand tells us more about what happens once a sediment core has been recovered from the seafloor.
“Core on deck” – a welcome announcement
14 March, 2019 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand describes what it’s like drilling sediment cores on International Ocean Discovery (IODP) Expedition 379 in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica. Since the 31st of January we have …
Studying methane emissions in Bolivia
12 March, 2019 James France
Dr James France has just completed a week-long flying campaign using one of the BAS Twin Otters fitted with scientific instrumentation. Find out more about his experience.
Championing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
8 March, 2019 Geraldine Hough
Geraldine Hough, Human Resources Project Officer for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion tells us more about her average day at work
Equality, diversity and inclusion – a personal view
8 March, 2019 Mariella Giancola
As part of our celebration of International Women’s Day 2019 Mariella Giancola, Head of HR at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), gives us a personal insight into why she is passionate …
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Another research expedition but this time quite different
19 February, 2019 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand is a marine geologist at British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He is one of two UK scientists participating in International Ocean Discovery (IODP) Expedition 379 to the Amundsen …
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Persistence and brilliant engineering
15 February, 2019 Nadescha Zwerschke
Nadescha Zwerschke is a marine biologist, who was travelling on the RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) as part of the ICEBERGS 2 cruise in December 2018. Having left Burdwood Bank …
Drilling for success
29 January, 2019 Michael Dinn
In January 2019 a science and engineering team drilled over two kilometres through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using hot water. It was the first time they had done this …
Blog: A research cruise and my gateway to Antarctica
12 December, 2018 Nadescha Zwerschke
ICEBERGS2 – a research cruise and my gateway to Antarctica Nadescha Zwerschke is a marine biologist travelling on the RRS James Clark Ross to Antarctica I’ve only recently started my …
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Blog: The artistry of Antarctic logistics
6 December, 2018 Stephen Smith
Earth’s Final Frontier – the title given to the frozen continent by journalists and academics alike, and with good reason. Antarctica stands resolute and alone, separated from mainland South America …
Living my dream of working in Antarctica
9 November, 2018 Matthew Southworth
Plant operator and enthusiastic environmentalist Matt Southworth finds his dream of working in Antarctica coming true!
Training in Norway
8 November, 2018 Michael Gloistein
Ship Communication Officer tells us how the crew are preparing for their roles on board
Monitoring penguins in the South Atlantic
25 October, 2018 Norman Ratcliffe
Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird biologist at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), studies the biology of seabirds and how this is impacted by climate change. Read this blog to find out about …
Fur seals in the Falklands – Part 3
11 October, 2018 Kayleigh Jones
Kayleigh Jones, a seal biologist at British Antarctic Survey, travelled to the Falkland Islands to spend 6 weeks studying South American fur seals. This blog describes how the team studied …
Fur seals in the Falklands – Part 2
10 October, 2018 Kayleigh Jones
Kayleigh Jones, a seal biologist at British Antarctic Survey, travelled to the Falkland Islands to spend 6 weeks studying South American fur seals. Read on to find out about camp …
Fur seals in the Falklands – Part 1
9 October, 2018 Kayleigh Jones
Kayleigh Jones, a seal biologist at British Antarctic Survey, travelled to the Falkland Islands to spend 6 weeks studying South American fur seals. Read on to find out about her …
SCIENCE IN THE FIELD: Researching seabird species (2)
17 July, 2018 Norman Ratcliffe
Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird ecologist at British Antarctic Survey, studies the biology of seabirds and how this is impacted by climate change. His latest research – Project LOMVIA – is …
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ISOL-ICE Lab Blog: Continuous Flow Analysis of 1,000 yr old ice at BAS
17 July, 2018 Lisa Hauge
A new blog from ISOL-ICE project team member Lisa Hauge, who describes recent progress in the lab. Read the team’s earlier blog here. During the last 3 months the ISOL-ICE project has made …
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SCIENCE IN THE FIELD: Researching seabird species (1)
5 July, 2018 Norman Ratcliffe
Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird ecologist at British Antarctic Survey, studies the biology of seabirds and how this is impacted by climate change. His latest research – Project LOMVIA – is …
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Blog: A female engineer’s life at BAS
26 June, 2018 Nopi Exizidou
On National Women in Engineering Day, BAS energy engineer Parthena Exizidou explains what her job entails and why she loves engineering.
Blog. No more hammocks and baths once a week!
13 June, 2018 Michael Gloistein
Ship Communication Officer checks out construction progress
Unsupervised clustering of Southern Ocean Argo float temperature profiles
7 June, 2018 Dani Jones
What can machine learning tell us about the structure of the Southern Ocean? In this preprint*, we apply unsupervised clustering, a machine learning method, to Southern Ocean temperature data. * …
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Policy workshop summary: The impacts of machine learning on climate change modelling
7 June, 2018 Dani Jones
Summary available here: http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/news/article-climate-change-modelling/
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ISLAND SCIENCE: Living in Harmony
24 April, 2018 Victoria Warwick-Evans
Four people, two tents, a lot of smelly penguins and boil-in-the-bag army rations. That pretty much sums up life at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands during January and …
SCIENCE AT SEA: Surveys and Sediments
27 March, 2018 Matthew Chadwick
Matthew Chadwick is a member of the science team from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) currently aboard the RRS Discovery. Read on to gain an insight into what the team have …
SCIENCE AT SEA: Setting off for the Scotia Sea
15 March, 2018 Zoe Roseby
Zoë Roseby is a member of the science team from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) currently aboard the RRS Discovery. Read on to discover what the team will be investigating in …
ENGINEERING AT SEA: Supporting Marine Science
9 March, 2018 Carwyn Davies
Mechanical engineer Carwyn Davies, from British Antarctic Survey’s Antarctic Marine Engineering (AME) is working onboard the RRS James Clark Ross with our science team to investigate Larsen C Benthos. Find …
ENGINEERING AT SEA: An ocean of opportunity
8 March, 2018 Carrie-Anne Harris
On International Women’s Day, Carrie-Anne Harris, Second Engineer on the RRS Ernest Shackleton shares her journey so far and how she found her passion for engineering. How did you come …
STATION SCIENCE: Higher predator monitoring
5 March, 2018 Kieran Love
Kieran Love tells us what it is like to be the Zoological Field Assistant at King Edward Point Research Station (KEP) on South Georgia. So, what does being a zoological …
SCIENCE IN THE SEA: You study what?
28 February, 2018 Mel Mackenzie
Dr Mel Mackenzie, a Collection Manager of Marine Invertebrates at Museums Victoria in Melbourne, is living and working on board the BAS research ship RRS James Clark Ross for the …
SCIENCE IN THE SEA: The adventure begins
22 February, 2018 Rowan Whittle
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) palaeobiologist Dr Rowan Whittle is a member of the Larsen C Benthos research cruise onboard the RRS James Clark Ross. Rowan’s primary role is to assist …
SCIENCE IN THE SEA: Studying Southern Right Whales
13 February, 2018 Layla Batchellier
Find out what the South Georgia Right Whale Expedition team have been up to during their first few weeks sailing in the waters around South Georgia. Firstly, Susannah Calderan tells …
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Celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2018
11 February, 2018 Zoe Waring
To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th February), Zoe Waring, the Marine Assistant at Rothera Research Station, has written a blog about her work at British …
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SCIENCE IN THE SEA: Rolling, rolling, rolling
7 February, 2018 Jennifer Jackson
Whale ecologist Dr Jennifer Jackson, who is leading the first expedition to ‘health-check’ southern right whales since whaling stopped in the 1970s, describes how she and the team prepared for …
SCIENCE ON THE ICE: 20th visit to Antarctica
12 January, 2018 Jonathan Shanklin
It’s been over 30 years since British Antarctic Survey meteorologist Jonathan Shanklin first visited at Halley Research Station. He’s one of few who has spent 20 Antarctic seasons living and …
SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 4: Sea ice and science
28 December, 2017 Ryan Scott
Following the glider deployments our next destination was Rothera, the UK’s biggest Antarctic research station on Adelaide Island. Good progress was made until we hit the sea ice – 120 …
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SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 3: Gliders galore!
20 December, 2017 Ryan Scott
It was finally time to deploy the gliders and I couldn’t be more excited! Autonomous vehicles are regarded as the future of oceanography, and I feel extremely lucky to be …
SCIENCE ON THE ICE – Part 2: Setting up camp at Little Dome C
18 December, 2017 Robert Mulvaney
This Antarctic season BAS scientist Dr Robert Mulvaney is taking part in the ongoing hunt for the oldest ice record Beyond Epica. Using a variety of different techniques, he and …
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ISOL-ICE Lab Blog: Visiting IGE in Grenoble
15 December, 2017 Markus Frey
A new blog from the ISOL-ICE project team describes recent progress in the lab. Read the team’s earlier blog here. Holly Winton and Lisa Hauge have completed now with great success their …
SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 2: Busy biologists!
12 December, 2017 Ryan Scott
First thing I learn as I begin my trip aboard the RRS James Clark Ross is that, scientist on research cruises need to be able to adapt quickly! Within two …
SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 1: Journey to the JCR!
29 November, 2017 Ryan Scott
After 6 days, 9505 miles and 7 mm of beard growth, the cruise has officially started! Thursday 16th November and finally the time had come for me start my journey …
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SCIENCE ON THE ICE – Part 1: The search for the oldest ice continues
23 November, 2017 Robert Mulvaney
BAS glaciologist Dr Robert Mulvaney journeys deep into Antarctica where he and the team continue their search for the oldest ice record of atmosphere and climate – hopefully stretching back 1.5 million years.
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Guest blog: arriving at Bird Island
17 November, 2017 Daan Aldenberg
One misty day last week (November 2017), the RRS James Clark Ross arrived at Bird Island in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. On board was Daan Aldenberg, from BAM International, partner …
SCIENCE IN THE LAB: From the Polar Plateau to Cambridge
19 October, 2017 Holly Winton
A new blog from Polar Atmospheric Ice Chemist Dr Holly Winton, who is part of the ISOL-ice research project, explaining the process from fieldwork on the Polar Plateau to laboratory work …
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Guest blog: Fortune Leads to Aurora!
19 September, 2017 Pantea Lotfian
Soon after I started Camrosh Ltd, an innovation strategy consultancy, in late 2014, it became clear to me that despite having taken every effort to set up a comfortable office …
Automated clustering of storm tracks for interpreting ice core records
22 August, 2017 Scott Hosking
Accumulation in coastal West Antarctic ice core records and the role of cyclone activity Cyclones are an important component of Antarctic climate variability, yet quantifying their impact on the polar …
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SCIENCE IN THE SEA: Ocean sampling day at Rothera
27 July, 2017 Zoe Waring
Zoe Waring, the Rothera Marine Assistant provides us with an account of the recent Ocean Sampling Day at Rothera. Since 2012, the Rothera Marine Assistant has been collecting samples for World …
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Cooking up a storm at King Edward Point Research Station
25 July, 2017 Jerry Gillham
In this blog Jerry Gillham, station leader at King Edward Point Research Station, describes how his team have tackled an unusual cooking challenge. With no dedicated chef at King Edward …
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BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 4: mapping underwater mountains
30 June, 2017 Floyd Howard
A British Antarctic Survey team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part …
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BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 3: Fishing for plankton
30 June, 2017 Will Goodall-Copestake
A British Antarctic Survey team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part blog, …
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BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 5: Blue Carbon
30 June, 2017 David Barnes
A British Antarctic Survey team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part blog, …
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BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 2: Sharks
30 June, 2017 Ali Massey
A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part …
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BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 1: Setting off
30 June, 2017 Ali Massey
A British Antarctic Survey team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part blog, …
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Guest blog: exploring polar governance
18 May, 2017 Klaus Dodds
On March 27 2017, British Antarctic Survey played host to a lively and well attended workshop on polar governance. Throughout the day an array of scientists, social scientists, and humanities …
Guest blog. RRS Sir David Attenborough: The story so far
20 April, 2017 Paul Fox
Paul Fox, Senior Responsible Officer for RRS Sir David Attenborough, has written a guest blog for a behind-the-scenes look at NERC’s commission of a new polar research ship for Britain and the associated Antarctic infrastructure modernisation programme.
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Exploring South Georgia’s seafloor fauna with SQUID
21 March, 2017 Katrin Linse
I recently spent four-and-a-bit weeks aboard the German blue water research ship RV Meteor along with Oli Hogg, my PhD student. We took part in the “Methane South Georgia” research …
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Live from the Arctic!
16 March, 2017 Bianca Perren
This is not my average Arctic field season. Usually the months before departure are spent in a tiered state of preparation – getting field equipment ready and sending it North, …
A fishy business around South Georgia
9 March, 2017 Mark Belchier
In this blog Dr Mark Belchier from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains why a team of experts visits King Edward Point biennially to carry out a survey of the fish …
Guest blog: How to move an Antarctic research station #2
6 March, 2017 Ben Rowe
This is Part 2 of a guest blog written by Ramboll engineer Ben Rowe, who was embedded with the British Antarctic Survey for 11 weeks to advise and assist with …
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Guest blog: How to move an Antarctic research station #1
3 March, 2017 Ben Rowe
This is Part 1 of a guest blog written by Ramboll engineer Ben Rowe, who was embedded with the British Antarctic Survey for 11 weeks to advise and assist with …
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How can machine learning techniques improve our understanding of climate change risks in the future?
22 February, 2017 Emily Shuckburgh
Dr Emily Shuckburgh – Data Anaytics for Climate Decision Making – CSaP Lecture
Signy Island: Water and Ice
17 February, 2017 BAS Communications
I wish I could tell you how dramatically isolated we feel here – how the expanse of an ocean that swirls the entire circumference of the planet and stands between …
ANTARCTIC BLOG: Working on the Polar Plateau
7 February, 2017 Markus Frey
Ice core drilling is a large complex operation to firstly get the equipment out into the field, assemble it, drill intact columns of ice and then process the collected ice for analysis. Markus Frey explains.
Shedding light on lanternfish
25 January, 2017 Geraint Tarling
By Dr Geraint Tarling Lanternfish are found in many of the world’s oceans and get their name from the numerous photophores (light organs) that occur all over their bodies. Also …
ANTARCTIC BLOG: Arriving at the Polar plateau
23 January, 2017 Holly Winton
A new blog post from atmospheric and glaciochemist Markus Frey who’s just arrived on the Polar plateau as part of the ISOL-ice research project. Read the team’s earlier post here. …