British Antarctic Survey - Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

The big breakup: why do scientists love enormous icebergs?

Who doesn’t love a giant iceberg? There’s something deeply compelling about these frozen monsters that tear free from Antarctica’s coastline and wander across the Southern Ocean. News editors know it …

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Major earthquakes don’t run to timetable, 6,000-year study reveals

New findings challenge ‘overdue earthquake’ myth and urge Himalayan policymakers to treat seismic risk as constant. A new study published in Science Advances has overturned a common assumption about earthquake prediction: that …

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Scientists use AI to track icebergs from birth to break up for the first time

Researchers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have developed a new artificial intelligence tool that can, for the first time, automatically track the lifecycles of icebergs as they drift, melt …

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Update from Thwaites Glacier: when science doesn’t go your way

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and South Korea (KOPRI) have concluded a highly ambitious field operation at Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, after instruments deployed during hot-water drilling became …

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Postcard from Rothera Research Station: January 2026

Welcome to a bumper edition of our postcard update! Rothera Research Station has been a hive of activity since our last postcard with science and operations underway, VIP and …

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RRS Sir David Attenborough webcam

RRS Sir David Attenborough webcam

RRS Sir David Attenborough
UK Arctic Research Station webcam

Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

UK Arctic Research Station

Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago
King Edward Point Research Station webcam

King Edward Point, Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia

King Edward Point Research Station

King Edward Point, Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia
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Bird Island, South Georgia

Bird Island Research Station

Bird Island, South Georgia
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Rothera Point, Adelaide Island

Rothera Research Station

Rothera Point, Adelaide Island
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Halley VI, Brunt Ice Shelf, Caird Coast

Halley VI Research Station

Halley VI, Brunt Ice Shelf, Caird Coast

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UK Arctic Research Station, Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

King Edward Point Research Station, King Edward Point, Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia

Bird Island Research Station, Bird Island, South Georgia

Rothera Research Station, Rothera Point, Adelaide Island

Halley VI Research Station, Halley VI, Brunt Ice Shelf, Caird Coast