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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Read more of: Opening up Signy Research Station after a long winter!
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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 […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: preparation is everything
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: preparation is everythingAs the days count down towards departure the dreams about forgetting my passport at the airport become more frequent. My office in Cambridge is a long way from the Antarctic […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Signy season gets underway!
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Signy season gets underway!Despite being one of BAS’s smallest stations, I would argue that Signy is one of the most remote. Situated in the South Orkney Islands, at a relatively northerly 60 degrees […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #11
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #11After our extended period of lie-up, I now have the slightly surreal pleasure of sitting at Rothera writing this, contemplating flying home tomorrow. We flew back from the field on […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: meet Ali – Rothera’s lab manager
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: meet Ali – Rothera’s lab managerI am sat gazing with child-like wonder through my office window at the huge snow-flakes falling outside and, despite the fact that the snowstorm is obscuring my usual spectacular view […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: BBC arrives at Halley #3
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: BBC arrives at Halley #3“I feel like I’m home” says BBC weather forecaster Peter Gibbs as he sets foot on the Brunt Ice Shelf. It’s an emotional moment for him; the last time he […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #10
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #10One of the aims of the ANiSEED project is to find and map evidence that, in the past, ice has covered the mountains here in Marie Byrd Land. To do […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Exploring an island abundant with wildlife
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Exploring an island abundant with wildlifeBird Island has undergone several changes since the last diary entry in November. The summer breeding season is in full swing, and in some cases is starting to quieten down […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #9
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #9January the twenty sixth. My pre-deployment brief suggested that I should currently be partaking of all the luxuries Rothera Research Station has to offer. Enjoying that period of self-satisfaction which […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #8
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #8Reflections from the ANiSEED team in Marie Byrd Land Field Guide Al Docherty recounts his most memorable day of the field season so far: “7am the alarm goes off. I look […]
