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Innovative Research Sprints Tackle Challenges in Biodiversity and Exposure

Over the last decade, digital technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, developed rapidly as did our capability to monitor our home planet from space with Earth Observation satellites. How can we most …

BAS staff recognised with Royal Society Fellowships

We are delighted to announce that today (6 May 2021) Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director of British Antarctic Survey, and Professor Richard Horne, Head of Space Weather and Atmosphere team, …

Join British Antarctic Survey at Climate Exp0 for COP26

Online, free and open to all, Climate Exp0 is the first virtual conference from the COP26 Universities Network and the Italian University Network for Sustainable Development (RUS). We are pleased …

Black-browed Albatross Juvenile Tracking

Until the last decade, South Georgia held the third largest population of black-browed albatrosses at any island group (Phillips et al. 2016) [4]. However, assuming trends at surveyed sites are …

Solitude and Survival in the South

Doctor James Bowyer has just returned to the UK after providing medical cover for Rothera Research Station staff from 2019 – 2021. James shares his experiences of life and work …

Guest blog: Anti-racism must be at the heart of climate action

Professor Martin Siegert from Imperial College London has just become one of the three new co-chairs of the Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative Steering committee. In this guest blog, …

Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative

The Diversity in UK Polar Science initiative aims to increase representation of people from under-represented groups engaged in Polar Science.

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6 June
2021
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13 June
2021
Mobile Plant Mechanic
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30 May
2021
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Cambridge, the job may occasionally require travel to the Antarctic. It is essential that the individual appointed to the job is flexible, physically fit and able to work in an often-challenging environment. Tours of duty in the Antarctic can vary but normally last from 4 to 12 weeks.
16 May
2021
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Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

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Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago
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