Airborne science and technology
Discover the UK's national capability to support science from the air
Technology, tools and methods
Innovative technologies and techniques enable scientists to make huge advances in knowledge and understanding. We observe the Earth from space, from beneath the ice and deep in the ocean. Our specialist engineers develop instruments that work in the most extreme environment on Earth; and our climate modelers partner with research teams around the world to apply super-computing power to answering big questions about our future.
See also
Hot Water Drilling
Accessing subglacial environments
Geological mapping
The Earth beneath our feet
Seabed mapping
Mapping the seabed
Low Power Magnetometer (LPM)
The LPMs operate unmanned all year round, including the long winter
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Global Positioning System (GPS) data gives us accurate positions for ground features, which are required for compiling our maps
Telecommunications in Antarctica
In Antarctica adequate communications can be a matter of life and death
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) took delivery of four Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) late in 2006
Remote Sensing
Remote sensing techniques provide observations of the physical environment from instruments mounted on aircraft or satellites