ANTARCTIC BLOG: Typical week at Bird Island Station
Tim Morley, Zoological Field Assistant at Bird Island, shares a typical week at Bird Island Research Station as he prepares for midwinter…. With many of our species finishing breeding for […]
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Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Typical week at Bird Island Station
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SHIP BLOG: Sea ice, science, and wildlife
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Sea ice, science, and wildlifeInvestigating the Southern Ocean Oceanographers Dan Jones and Erik MacKie are onboard the RRS James Clark Ross carrying out a hydrographic survey in the Southern Ocean as part of a […]
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SHIP BLOG: Heading for home
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Heading for homeThe ship’s science labs have all been packed up and cleaned, kit boxes stowed in the container, cargo paperwork finished and cruise reports written. The SO-AntEco team is ready to […]
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SHIP BLOG: Rhythm of the night
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Rhythm of the nightOh look it’s snowing/raining and getting dark… it must be time for the Night Shift. I’m Hilary, the night shift leader on the SO-AntEco scientific cruise to the South Orkney […]
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SHIP BLOG: Science Week questions answered from the Southern Ocean
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Science Week questions answered from the Southern OceanLast week was UK Science Week, and we asked schools and anyone else who had burning questions about the Antarctic deep sea to send them to us here on the […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: The many “hats” of a polar scientist
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: The many “hats” of a polar scientistLife on Signy Island has been pretty hectic for the last couple of weeks with multiple ship visits, saying goodbye to old colleagues, welcoming new base personnel and, in between, […]
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SHIP BLOG: Lost in a Sea of Biology
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Lost in a Sea of BiologyLost in a Sea of Biology! Dr Laura Robinson is interested in documenting and understanding the processes that govern climate on time scales ranging from the modern day back through hundreds of […]
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SHIP BLOG: New Buoy at Sea!
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: New Buoy at Sea!New ‘buoy’ at sea Oliver Ashford – a PhD student from Oxford University – is the youngest member of the SO-AntEco research cruise onboard the RRS James Clark Ross. He’s working with […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Ocean meets air #2
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Ocean meets air #2Thomas Barningham from University of East Anglia shares his voyage and time at Halley Since my last post, a lot has happened – we have arrived and begun work at […]
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Opening up Signy Research Station after a long winter!
Read more of: Opening up Signy Research Station after a long winter!Since 1996 Signy has been a summer-only station, operating for five to six months each year in support of the biological sciences. When we arrived on the RRS James Clark (JCR) Ross […]
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Search and Rescue on Bird Island
Read more of: Search and Rescue on Bird IslandBird Island Research Station has a small staff team; no more than 10 in summer and just four over winter. We have no doctor on station though all staff receives […]
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Life on the sub Antarctic island of South Georgia
Read more of: Life on the sub Antarctic island of South GeorgiaLife on the sub Antarctic Island of South Georgia working for BAS is an amazing experience. South Georgia has the perfect combination of spectacular landscape and incredible wildlife. We have millions […]
