Science of the Arctic
Find out more about our Arctic science
The Arctic
Find out how what role Britain has to play in an area of the planet experiencing unprecedented change, and what the potential impact this change will have on the UK and the rest of the world.
Science strategy
Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet
Operational strategy
Supporting science and managing our assets
Britain in the Arctic
Understand how Britain plays a role in the Arctic
UK Arctic Research Station
Visit Ny-Ålesund in the high Arctic, Svalbard
Business of the Arctic
Science to shape a sustainable Arctic
Arctic geography, wildlife and tourism
Discover the beauty of the Arctic
Discovering the Arctic
For secondary: interactive online, curriculum based, education resources
Latest news
- Review suggests polar geoengineering ideas could do more harm than good
- BAS staff awarded the Polar Medal 2025
- Happy World Walrus Day 2024
- Rocket launch discovers long-sought global electric field on Earth
- Expedition to Greenland will piece together movements of ancient civilisation
- Drones validate walrus counts in satellite images from space
- Disturbing the seabed could make climate change worse
- British Antarctic Survey on Radio & TV this Autumn
- Retreating sea ice keeps zooplankton in the depths
- Increasing ship traffic in Inuit Nunangat
- New map reflects ice loss and name changes
- Calling for ‘Walrus Detectives’ on World Walrus Day
- BAS scientists support NASA rocket mission
- Britain’s Arctic Research Station celebrates 30 years of science and monitoring climate change
- Artificial intelligence to help predict Arctic sea ice loss
- RRS Sir David Attenborough departs Cammell Laird for technical sea trials
- Past evidence supports complete loss of Arctic sea-ice by 2035
- New briefing paper on Arctic change
- Arctic under spotlight at World Economic Forum
- Opportunities for Antarctic research 2020 – Apply now
- BBC Radio 4 Today Programme in the Arctic
- State of the Polar Oceans report published
- Call for Arctic ship-based research proposals
- Working together to make the Arctic more accessible for science
- Sea butterflies repair shell damage from ocean acidification
- Scientists gather in Davos to highlight Arctic climate change
- New map reveals landscape beneath Greenland’s ice sheet
- Milestone in construction of RRS Sir David Attenborough
- Arctic sea ice at minimum extent for 2017
- Most advanced space weather radar to be built in Arctic
- UK scientists to explore Changing Arctic Ocean
- Scientists gather for urgent meeting on Arctic change
- Arctic Basecamp will move to Davos
- New polar ship reaches first construction milestone
- Arctic sea ice heading towards second lowest on record
- UK’s £200m Polar Research Ship named in honour of Sir David Attenborough
- On the ice opportunity for PhD students and Early Career Researchers
- PRESS RELEASE: COP21 Side Event, ‘Climate Change in the Arctic’
- NEWS STORY: Arctic sea ice 2015
- NEWS STORY: Ocean life triggers ice formation in clouds
- NEWS STORY: NERC to invest £16m in Arctic Ocean change research
- PRESS RELEASE: New network for polar science
- NEWS STORY: Live link to the Arctic
- NEWS STORY: New training course
- NEWS STORY: Frozen in to the Arctic winter
- NEWS STORY: BAS to host workshop
- NEWS STORY: New maps show unseen world
- NEWS STORY: Sea ice minimum explained
- NEWS STORY: Funding announced for new ship
- NEWS STORY: Arctic sea ice trends
- NEWS STORY: UK policy document on Arctic
- NEWS STORY: Greenland ice shows past trends
- NEWS STORY: Sea level rise calculated
- NEWS STORY: Surfaces of glaciers studied
- PRESS RELEASE: Greenland drilling progress
- PRESS RELEASE: Ice thinning captured by satellites
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