polar science Archives - British Antarctic Survey

A close up of a long, cone-shaped species which is coloured white at its tip, tapering down to a beige, then fleshy pink colour at its middle, and returning to a translucent beige at the widest part of its cone. It is pictured in the deep sea, and so the background is pitch black

New deep-sea mollusc species co-habits with anemone

3 December, 2024

A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusc, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists from British Antarctic Survey and the Senckenberg Society for Nature …

A seabird flying through the air on a snow covered mountain

Antarctica’s sea ice could impact seabirds’ food supply

13 September, 2024

Antarctica’s rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent. New research led by the …

British Antarctic Survey at the National Museum of the Royal Navy

Find out what it takes to carry out vital climate research in some of the toughest conditions in the world. British Antarctic Survey scientists will be bringing both our expertise and …

Here we go again…

14 March, 2023 Christopher Robert Lloyd

Christopher Robert Lloyd, Associate Project Manager at Ramboll is currently working at Rothera Research Station on the construction of the Discovery Building for the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme (AIMP). In …

Extreme Antarctica: Science, Engineering and Construction

British Antarctic Survey is delighted to be hosting a series of online events and premiering on-demand videos for the Cambridge Festival 2021 between 26 March – 4 April 2021. There …

A boat sitting on top of a snow covered mountain.

BAS wins National Capability Funding

12 September, 2018

The British Antarctic Survey has been awarded National Capability funds for polar science which will strengthen UK national security, resilience, economic growth and societal benefit

Research outputs

New deep-sea mollusc species co-habits with anemone

Antarctica’s sea ice could impact seabirds’ food supply

Here we go again…

BAS wins National Capability Funding