PODCAST – Iceworld, Episode 3 – Ice Cores

In Episode 3, Isobel Rowell and Dieter Tetzner have just returned from several weeks in the field, drilling for ice alongside Dr Robert Mulvaney and field guides Sarah Crowsley and …

BAS Advanced Training Short Course

Find out more about our 8-day training course focussing on working safely and effectively in the polar regions. Deadline 13th March 2020.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is organised by UNESCO and UN-Women to promote full and equal access and participation in science for women and girls. The United …

Blog: Blue whale comeback at South Georgia!

BAS biologist Dr Jennifer Jackson shares exciting updates from the wild water whales expedition. The BAS wild water whales team have spent 25 days surveying whales in South Georgia waters. …

Summertime cloud phase strongly influences surface melting on the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica

New building at Rothera breaks ground

In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica by the British naval officer Edward Bransfield on this date in 1820, a new building to facilitate the …

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