Cabo Frio fieldwork, June-July 2024
The third leg of the fieldwork took place offshore of Cabo Frio, Brazil from 4th June to 7th July 2024, recording the body condition of humpback whales at the start […]
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BLOG: Looking into the world’s most studied ice shelf
Read more of: BLOG: Looking into the world’s most studied ice shelfUnderstanding what is going on inside an ice shelf is important for many reasons. But mostly, it allows us to better understand their contribution to sea level rise, and to […]
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Katie’s Journey to Antarctica
Read more of: Katie’s Journey to AntarcticaAs the Antarctic winter season fast approaches, we’ll be following the journey of one of the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme’s (AIMP) Assistant Project Managers, Katie Handford as she gears up to spend winter at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica.
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Thriving with ADHD: exploring what works
Read more of: Thriving with ADHD: exploring what worksClaudette Lopez writes for Neurodiversity Celebration Week (18-22 March), a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences, on her experience of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and […]
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Surveying seabirds on South Georgia to support conservation
Read more of: Surveying seabirds on South Georgia to support conservationIn this blog, science data manager Sarah Manthorpe describes her recent fieldwork survey of seabirds in the Southern Ocean. As I’m sitting here counting albatrosses from my desk, it feels […]
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Guest blog: celebrating Polar Pride in Parliament
Read more of: Guest blog: celebrating Polar Pride in ParliamentOur colleagues Millicent Harding and Louise Mercer from the UK Polar Network and as part of the Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative (DiPSI) share their experience of a very […]
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2023 in 10 stories from British Antarctic Survey
Read more of: 2023 in 10 stories from British Antarctic SurveyEvery year at British Antarctic Survey is a huge team effort. What we do couldn’t happen without every one our talented staff – whether they are doing the legwork of […]
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Interview with Professor Dame Jane Francis
Read more of: Interview with Professor Dame Jane FrancisHow does a woman born in 1950s England go on to earn a PhD in geology, spend weeks at a time researching in Antarctica, become the director of the British […]
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South Georgia fieldwork, Dec 2023 – March 2024
Read more of: South Georgia fieldwork, Dec 2023 – March 2024The next stage of the project was fieldwork using drones to study whales from land at Cumberland Bay, South Georgia during December 2023-January 2024. This had not been tried before […]
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Guest blog: Why Pride matters for doing better polar research
Read more of: Guest blog: Why Pride matters for doing better polar researchPolar research often conjures images of scientists operating in remote, arduous conditions at the ends of the world reminiscent of the likes of Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen during the ‘Heroic Age’ of polar exploration at the turn of the 20th century. However, 21st century polar research is so much more than this.
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Estimating humpback whale ages, November 2023
Read more of: Estimating humpback whale ages, November 2023During November/December 2023, BAS PhD student Henry Slesser visited the laboratory of project collaborator Dr Emma Carroll, to learn how to estimate the ages of the humpback whales that have […]
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Benefits of 3D printing on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough
Read more of: Benefits of 3D printing on board the RRS Sir David AttenboroughTraditionally when working in a remote environment, we fall back on wood and glue to repair and modify parts onboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough. Quite often, the plastic components […]
