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Get your Ticket to Antarctica! Your name will go on a journey to the frozen wilderness

*One week to go – sign up now for your Ticket to Antarctica before the UK’s polar ship RRS Sir David Attenborough departs the UK this Sunday 13 October on …

New funding to underpin long-term polar research

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is a beneficiary of a major investment in the UK’s network of leading environmental science research centres announced today (8 October). Funding of £8.4 million, from …

September 2024: Postcard from Rothera Research Station

Welcome to our first postcard from Rothera Research Station, giving you an update on progress as we modernise our largest station in Antarctica. A new building, called the Discovery Building, …

Satellite observations show accelerating greening of Antarctic Peninsula

New research released today in Nature Geoscience reveals that vegetation cover on the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold in the past four decades. Researchers from University of Exeter, University …

Regional data highlights emerging climate change signals

A greater understanding of how climate change impacts at a regional level is vital to developing effective climate policies that protect communities from escalating risks. A team, including researchers from …

Iceworld Podcast

Out now, ‘Ash Shinn is looking after your Antarctic research station’ – an interview with mechanical technician Ash Shinn from King Edward Point. Iceworld is available on your preferred podcast …