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Discovery Building comes to life in a milestone new season for British Antarctic Survey

The 2025 – 2026 Antarctic season is a landmark for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and its Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Project (AIMP), as the new Discovery Building begins to take …

Hidden giant granite discovered beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica, have revealed the presence of a vast buried granite body – almost 100 km …

Artificial Intelligence supercharges science on the Antarctic seafloor

New advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transforming the way scientists explore and understand some of the most remote parts of the ocean around Antarctica and the strange creatures that …

British Antarctic Survey Innovation Director Receives Honorary MBE

Dr Beatrix (Bea) Schlarb-Ridley, Director of Innovation and Impact at the British Antarctic Survey, has been awarded an Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services …

A new Antarctic season begins for 2025/26

RRS Sir David Attenborough departs from Plymouth on 17 October to begin five-week voyage to Antarctica, marking the start of the new Antarctic field season. Cambridge, UK – British Antarctic …

Giving whaling the hump: a story of whale recovery in South Georgia

The beautiful sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia has long been a wildlife haven, home to colonies of elephant seals, wandering albatross, gentoo, macaroni and king penguins. The Marine Protected Area …

Iceworld Podcast

Out now, Training for Antarctica – secrets of the pre-deployment programme, with Michaela Boak. So, you’re going to Antarctica. But what skills and training do you need to live and …