British Antarctic Survey

Dr Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley at the 'Futures 2019: The role of Clean Growth, Innovation and Sustainability'
2019-07-10 | The Trinity Centre, 24 Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0FN, United Kingdom
Futures 2019: The Role of Clean Growth, Innovation and Sustainability
With the UK government declaring a climate emergency, the cleantech sector is poised to play a pivotal role in bringing innovation, clean growth and a sustainable future together. BAS Director of Innovation Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley will be giving a key note talk titled “How we can work together for a 1.5c future”.
Join us to hear world-renowned experts battle the all-important question – can we both ensure the 1.5 C target is achieved and enable a prosperous economy? During this day-long conference, you will hear from experts in the field about how clean technology can help to overcome global challenges to create a more sustainable, clean growth future.
Who is this for?
Businesses, entrepreneurs and academics interested in learning how clean innovation can help us achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
What’s in it for you?
A chance to meet and network with academics and entrepreneurs working in the field of clean technology, and to learn from renowned experts and businesses working to build sustainable solutions.
Keynote Speakers

Dr. Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley, British Antarctic Survey: How we can work together for a 1.5c future.
James Palmer, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: How can we support cleantech growth for UK Plc?
Dr Mark Watson, Head of Sustainable Development, John Swire and Sons: Sustainable Development Goals – the business case
Peter Childs, Dyson School of Design Engineering: How design engineering can overcome global challenges
Dr Adam Brookes, Anglian Water: How water utilities can use technology innovations to clean up processes
Lewis Herbert, Leader of Cambridge City Council: an Eco Plan for north east Cambridge

Plus:

Achieving a Carbon Neutral Water Sector in the UK
Global opportunities for the cleantech cluster in North America, China and the UAE
Next steps for a cleantech innovation strategy

Read the full agenda here. For more information on the event and registration please follow this link.

FRISP 2019: Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes
2019-09-15 17:00 - 2019-09-18 13:00 (Europe/London) | The Queen’s College, Oxford, High St, Oxford, OX1 4AW
Final information for participants
Conference programme
Map of The Queen’s College
About FRISP
FRISP is an annual meeting to share research related to ice shelves, and their interactions with the ice sheet, ocean, and atmosphere. It is an Expert Group of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and has organised regular meetings in Europe since 1984. FRISP is an appropriate meeting to present work in progress and discuss emerging research ideas, and is well-suited to early career researchers as well as senior scientists.
FRISP 2019
FRISP 2019 will begin on the evening of 15 September (Sunday) with an icebreaker and dinner, and will conclude with lunch on 18 September (Wednesday). Please aim to arrive in Oxford no later than 5pm on Sunday.
The conference will be followed by the annual meeting of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday evening. This meeting is intended for those already involved in the ITGC project; however, FRISP-only attendees are welcome to stay for the Wednesday afternoon sessions, subject to space in the auditorium. Similarly, ITGC-only attendees who arrive early may attend the Wednesday morning sessions of FRISP if there is space. Since there will be a number of participants attending both conferences, we encourage you to register early and secure your spot.
Venue
Photo: with special thanks to the Provost and Fellows of The Queen’s College
This year, FRISP will be held at The Queen’s College at the University of Oxford. Oxford is frequently named one of the most beautiful cities in the UK, with medieval buildings and riverside parks, as well as a rich scientific and literary history. We are hoping to organise a walking tour of Oxford on the Sunday evening of the conference, so that attendees can appreciate the sights.
The Queen’s College was founded in 1341 and is centrally located on the High Street. Conference sessions, meals, and accommodation will all be provided within the college grounds. Most rooms are single ensuite, while a small number of shared rooms will be reserved for students due to their reduced price. In the evenings, the on-site Beer Cellar pub is available for the exclusive use of FRISP attendees.
Registration & fees
Registration for FRISP is via Eventbrite and is combined with registration for the ITGC meeting. The registration fee for FRISP includes conference attendance, accommodation, and meals, and has two ticket types:

standard registration is £500 plus booking fees;
reduced registration for students who choose shared accommodation is £450 plus booking fees.

Students are also eligible to apply for a partial scholarship from SCAR. Each scholarship will be approximately $100-$200 (£75-£150 at the current exchange rate) and will be paid directly from SCAR to the student. Scholarship applications are within the registration form; you must pay the registration fee to secure your place, and will be reimbursed later if your application is successful.
If you are also attending the ITGC meeting, you can register for both conferences at the same time.
Abstract submission
We encourage all attendees to present at FRISP (either a poster or an oral presentation), but it is not required. Abstract submission itself will be done through a separate form, and does not have to be completed at the same time as registration.
Transport
Participants must make their own way to Oxford. We can suggest the following services:
From Heathrow Airport:

The Airline express coach: approx. 1.5 hours, £30 return

From Gatwick Airport:

The Airline express coach: 2-2.5 hours, £37 return

From central London:

X90 express coach: approx. 1h 40min, £14 return
Oxford Tube express coach: approx. 1h 40min, £15 return
Train from Paddington Station: approx. 1 hour, ticket prices vary
Train from Marylebone Station: 1-1.5 hours, ticket prices vary

All coaches stop on High Street directly opposite the entrance to the college. The Oxford train station is a 20 minute walk from the college, with public transport options available. Parking is extremely limited in central Oxford, so we do not recommend that you drive.
Contact
2019 organising committee: Peter Davis, Kaitlin Naughten, Christopher Bull
Contact email: frisp2019@bas.ac.uk
If there is anything preventing you from attending FRISP, such as childcare responsibilities, please let us know and we’ll see if there’s anything we can do to help.

Sounds of Space
2019-10-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Storey’s Field Centre
‘Sounds of Space’ – an art-science collaboration

Join British Antarctic Survey space weather scientist Nigel Meredith, artist-engineer Diana Scarborough and dancers Becky Byers and Felix Denton on a science-inspired journey of off-world sounds at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas

This FREE event includes an introduction to the ‘sounds of space’, an immersive new performance blending animation, space ‘sounds’, music and contemporary dance, and a panel discussion with Q&A.

The performance will take place on Friday 25th October at 7:00 pm at Storey’s Field Centre, Eddington. Tickets are free, but reservations are required – so if you’d like to come along please book here: https://www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/events/sounds-space.

A variety of radio emissions are produced naturally on Earth and on other bodies throughout the solar system and beyond. These cannot be heard directly, but conversion to sound reveals a series of weird and wonderful noises known as the ‘sounds of space’. Our performance is designed to celebrate the beauty, wonder and context of these amazing, natural sounds.
Join us and embark on a visual and audio journey from Halley, Antarctica to beyond the galaxy!
About the presenters
Dr Nigel Meredith is a space weather scientist at British Antarctic Survey. He uses satellite data to develop global models of plasma waves in near Earth space for input into radiation belt codes and, ultimately, to forecast space weather.
Diana Scarborough is an artist-engineer whose multimedia practice is cross-discipline and collaborative. She takes inspiration from research that embraces concepts of data, code, sound, archival history, technology and environmental concerns and rephrases them from an art perspective.

Bright spots at the science-policy-practice interface – what makes a success story?
2019-11-18 14:00 - 16:30 | The David Attenborough Building, Pembrooke St, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
This workshop is the 3rd in a series of workshops the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) are convening on Science-Policy Challenges in Polar Conservation and Management.

Workshop 3: Bright spots at the science-policy-practice interface – what makes a success story?

Date: Monday 18th November 2019 from 2.00pm to 4.30pm
Venue: The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, Main Seminar Room
The workshop will bring together experts and practitioners from the NGO, science and policy sectors to highlight “bright spots” in conservation (i.e. examples where science has demonstrably influenced policy and practice) and to explore what made them a success.
An expert panel will include:

Dr Simon Brockington (Defra) – Panel Chair – ‘Connecting Science to Policy – a civil service perspective’
Gayle Burgess (TRAFFIC, Society for Environment and Institution of Environmental Sciences) – ‘Behaviour change for Biodiversity conservation’
Stephanie Good (University of Exeter) – ‘Best Practice in Managing Seabird Bycatch: Regulatory and Incentive-based Approaches’
Dr Susie Grant (British Antarctic Survey) – ‘The South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area – using science to inform conservation and management’
Edward Pollard (The Biodiversity Consultancy) – ‘Impacts and metrics. Use of science to drive positive biodiversity outcomes in the extractive industries’

There will be opportunities for discussion and networking with the aim of linking experts within the Cambridge academic and conservation communities.

This event is free to attend but registration is essential due to the capacity of the room – please register here to participate.

For further information on the workshop series please contact:
Rachel Cavanagh (rcav@bas.ac.uk) or Susie Grant (suan@bas.ac.uk).

CCfCS event: Panel discussion on IPCC special reports
2019-11-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Aurora Cambridge, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OET
“Over the last decades, global warming has led to widespread shrinking of the cryosphere, with mass loss from ice sheets and glaciers (very high confidence), reductions in snow cover (high confidence) and Arctic sea ice extent and thickness (very high confidence), and increased permafrost temperature (very high confidence).”
“Land provides the principal basis for human livelihoods and well-being including the supply of food, freshwater and multiple other ecosystem services, as well as biodiversity. Human use directly affects more than 70% (likely 69-76%) of the global, ice-free land surface (high confidence). Land also plays an important role in the climate system.”
If you would like to hear more about the recent IPCC special reports on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate and Climate change and Land Use, come to our panel discussion on Thursday 28 November. You will hear short summaries of the reports and join in the debate.
You can find the report on Climate Change and Land here, and the report on the Ocean and Cryosphere here.
Schedule:
1:00—2.45 pm: Summaries and panel discussion. Bring your questions!
2.45 pm: Cake and refreshments
Panel members:
Pete Smith: Coordinating lead author on the land report.
Speaker tbc : Land report
Eric Wolff: Royal Society Research Professor working on ice cores and past Climate
Mike Meredith: Coordinating lead author of Oceans and Cryosphere report.
Sanna Markkanen: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership working on climate policy and financing sustainable infrastructure.
This is a free event, but due to space limitations registration is essential. Registration is available through the CCfCS website.

Antarctica Week 2019 - For UK schools
2019-12-02 10:00 - 2019-12-06 12:00
Calling all teachers! There is an amazing opportunity for your school (if you’re in the UK) to link up with polar experts during ‘Antarctica Week’, 2-6 December 2019.
What British Antarctic Survey is offering:
An opportunity to talk to a member of BAS staff or the UK Polar research community on weekdays from 2-6 December to celebrate Antarctica Day on 1st December. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty, which dedicates the continent for peace and science.
This year we are excited to announce that in addition to BAS staff we are offering UK schools the opportunity to speak to scientists participating in the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. This new UK-US collaboration will study Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica (which is the size of the UK) to reduce the uncertainty in how it is contributing to global sea-level rise.
If you’re keen to engage your students in why polar research matters and what it’s like living and working in Antarctica then please book a slot. We are offering the following event which comprises:

A phone call with a researcher or member of staff who’s in Antarctica at one of the British Antarctic Survey stations or who has experience working in Antarctica (Skype may be possible with UK researchers)
45-minute slots available daily at 10.00am and 11.00am GMT
Photos of the Antarctic stations and wildlife plus biographies of the people your pupils have a chance to chat to and ask questions to
Format includes: a short 10 minute introduction from your ‘Antarctic educator’ then time for questions – please get your pupils involved in advance! Lots of great content on this website and on www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk

If you’d like to participate please follow these instructions:
Fill in the registration form here by Friday 15 November at 17:00 GMT.
The following details will be required:

Teacher or contact name
Name of the school
Age of the pupils
Number of pupils who would attend the talk
Telephone number to call on the day

We know this opportunity is likely to be over-subscribed so please try to have a minimum of 30 pupils for your slot so we can reach as many young people as possible! We encourage you to merge classes or get the whole school involved.
Please note: as this event is likely to be over-subscribed we will be prioritising schools who have not participated before.
Antarctica Day was inaugurated in 2010 to celebrate the 1st December 1959 signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which was adopted “with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind.” Antarctica Day was initiated by the Foundation for the Good Governance of International Spaces as an annual event to build global awareness of this landmark institution, celebrating this milestone of peace in our civilization with hope and inspiration for future generations.

BAS AURORA Presents: Satuccino Extra Shot - Satellite applications event
2020-02-05 14:00 - 17:00 | Aurora Cambridge, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OET
Join us at the February 2020 Satuccino: Extra Shot in Cambridge, hosted by the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) AURORA Innovation Centre.
We have an exciting programme for you including networking, pitches, and a video link with the main Satuccino event in Harwell.
Agenda

14:15 Registration open
14:45 Welcome by Satuccino host
14:50 Link up between both venues 60 second updates & Company pitches from Harwell

Three Catapult update speakers
Up to 5 Company Pitches from Harwell

15:00 60 second updates & Company pitches from BAS
15:05 Closing remarks from Harwell
Back to individual Events
15:10 BAS internal Programme
– OceanMind: Fisheries Analyst, Tia Hobson: “Empowering Fisheries compliance”
– UK Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation: Mick Johnson,
– British Antarctic Survey: Marine Mammal Scientist, Hannah Cubaynes: “Wildlife from space: opportunities and challenges for whales”
– Cambridge Zero: Erik Mackie, “Remote sensing global sea-level rise”
16:10 Networking

Confirmed agenda and speaker abstracts to follow in January.
This event is free, but registration is essential as space is limited. Registration for this event is open: please register here!
For any questions regarding this event or early registration. please contact Pilvi Muschitiello at pilchi@bas.ac.uk.

Accessibility information:
The BAS Aurora Innovation Centre, where this event is held, has two accessible parking bays right outside its main entrance. There is step-free access to the building, and the public areas of the building are wheelchair accessible. There are also wheelchair accessible toilets on both floors, and a lift to access all floors. For any other queries or more specific accessibility information please contact us at information@bas.ac.uk.

Recent disturbance and recovery of terrestrial arctic and boreal ecosystems
2020-02-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Aurora Cambridge, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OET
The organising committee is pleased to announce a one-day workshop to be held in Cambridge on Friday 14 February 2020. This event is intended for research colleagues, and not open for the wider public.
The theme of the workshop is ‘recent disturbance and recovery of terrestrial arctic and boreal ecosystems’, where ‘disturbance’ can be at any spatial or temporal scale, i.e. including but not restricted to climate-induced changes. It arises from an ongoing collaboration between UK and Russian scientists who are studying the response of Russian boreal forest to 21st century climate change, and is conceived as a networking event. Come and find new colleagues! We will be especially pleased to have contributions that focus on the use of remote sensing methods.
We expect the format to include longer presentations of 20 minutes, a ‘quick-fire’ session with single slides presented in 3-5 minutes (please bring on USB or HDMI compatible device), a poster session (please print in A1 Potrait style), and a round-table. Please specify which format presentation you would prefer when registering, together with a title.
Lunch will be provided. Some limited support for early-career scientists is possible: please indicate your interest in this by emailing Debbie Heptonstall (dh355@cam.ac.uk).
Of course it will be possible to attend without making a presentation, but we still need to know if you’re coming so that we can manage numbers. Please register via think link. Last registration date is 7th of February 2020.

Please note that there is limited parking at BAS itself, so if coming by car then please park at Madingley Road Park and Ride (enter CB3 0EU to your sat-nav), which is a 5-minute walk away. If coming by train then take the ‘U-bus’ from Cambridge railway station alighting at ‘Philippa Fawcett Drive’. The ride takes about 30 minutes and a return is £3 (cash only).
Register here!
Organisers:
Gareth Rees (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge). Email: wgr2@cam.ac.uk
Olga Tutubalina (Geography Faculty, Moscow State University). Email: olgatut@mail.ru
Gareth Marshall (British Antarctic Survey). Email: gjma@bas.ac.uk

Accessibility information:
The BAS Aurora Innovation Centre, where this event is held, has two accessible parking bays right outside its main entrance. There is step-free access to the building, and the public areas of the building are wheelchair accessible. There are also wheelchair accessible toilets on both floors, and a lift to access all floors. For any other queries or more specific accessibility information please contact us at information@bas.ac.uk.

3rd Venture School: People, Plastics & Our Planet
2020-03-02 12:00 - 2020-03-06 14:00 | Aurora Cambridge, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OET
Aurora Innovation Centre, BAS Cambridge, 2-6 March 2020

Are you passionate about the issues that surround plastics in our environment? Would you like to contribute to finding solutions to current key challenges? Do you already have an idea for innovation that can reduce/re-use/recycle plastic? Would you like to find ways to change people’s behaviour around plastic?
People, Plastics and our Planet offers the unique opportunity for early career researchers and entrepreneurial individuals from the business community to come together to develop and test ideas around solving the challenges posed by plastics in our environment.
The venture school, co-sponsored by University of Cambridge’s EPSRC CirPlas Hub, British Antarctic Survey and Value in Enterprise, will be a highly interactive/hands-on course delivered over 5 days. Interdisciplinary teams will work together to propose and develop solutions to plastic challenges that they identify as of particular interest. Each team will work towards defining a business model that is suitable to take their idea forward – supported by expert mentors. That could be a business venture, a social venture, an impact project, or a new collaboration.
During the programme, participants will:

Define a complex problem
Explore possible solutions and choose the most appropriate one(s)
Articulate a value proposition
Identify key partners
Evaluate routes to market
Propose a business model
Design and deliver a winning pitch to secure resources

A participant in a previous Venture School commented: “I loved the diverse topic, starting with plastics and our environment, but then learning about entrepreneurial and business aspects. It was really interesting to get advice from “real” business people. Let’s do more!”
Cost: The contribution to the course costs for successful applicants is £200. Should covering these costs provide a substantial problem, please contact the organisers. Fees are covered centrally for Cambridge University staff and students, and members of all EPSRC-funded Circular Plastics Hubs.
Application process: Apply online at through this link including a copy of your CV and either a short video (up to 3 minutes long) or written responses addressing the following questions:

What is the biggest challenge we face with regard to plastics in our society now and in the future?
Why would you like to join this workshop?
What are you expecting to learn/take away from the programme?
Why should you be chosen to take part in the programme?

The deadline for early bird applications was 17 December 2019, 23:59 GMT—Deadline for all applications is February 9th, 23:59 GMT.
The best final pitch will have the opportunity to pitch to industry and investors in Cambridge and London in partnership with Cambridge Cleantech.
If you have any questions please email aurora@bas.ac.uk.
Accessibility information:
The BAS Aurora Innovation Centre, where this event is held, has two accessible parking bays right outside its main entrance. There is step-free access to the building, and the public areas of the building are wheelchair accessible. There are also wheelchair accessible toilets on both floors, and a lift to access all floors. For any other queries or more specific accessibility information please contact us at information@bas.ac.uk.

POSTPONED - Chat to your friendly neighbourhood climate scientists
2020-03-17 18:00 - 19:30
POSTPONED IN RESPONSE TO CANCELLATION OF CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE FESTIVAL IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS

Join some of your local climate experts who work at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) for a climate science conversation. This event was originally due to take place at the BAS offices, but will now take place online. Please join us by clicking on the link below.
Hear about the wide range of science taking place at BAS, including plans for the new RRS Sir David Attenborough – one of the most advanced polar research vessels in the world. Participants can ask questions on the day. Find out more about climate science and the polar regions!
Our panelists:

Dan Jones, Oceanographer [Host]
Andrew Meijers, Oceanographer and research cruise leader
Ella Gilbert, PhD student studying ice shelf melt
Anita Faul, Data scientist studying iceberg detection
Erik Mackie, Scientist [Cambridge Zero]

This event is suitable for ages 15 + and can accommodate up to 300 participants.

Join on 17 March at 6.00pm by clicking on this Zoom link: [The event has been postponed until further notice]

Online event: EARTH DAY 2020 - SONG OF THE ICE by Steve Garrett
2020-04-22 18:00 - 18:40
To celebrate Earth Day 2020, scientist and musician Steve Garrett will share his newest collaborative science-music piece in a public online event.
YOUTUBE LIVE EVENT https://youtu.be/Fp25o2vajEg
22nd April 2020 6 pm BST 40 minutes
7pm CEST / 2pm ROTT / 12noon CT / 11am MT / 10am PT

Steve performs music inspired by landscape and exploration, culminating in his newest work ‘Song of the Ice’. Working together with several BAS scientists, Steve has built on his Antarctic, science, technology and music experience to bring an innovative collaborative project to life. The new music, accompanied by video and imagery, is in three parts reflecting the life of the ice sheet:
1. ‘Left Isolated’: the last 150 million years – other continents move away, ending with Antarctica left alone, surrounded by the circumpolar current with the ice sheet forming.
2. ‘The Song of the Ice’: the last 30 million years — the ice sheet forms and moves, accompanied by the sounds of the ice from microseismic data and sound recordings gathered by BAS.
3. ’Breath’: the last 0.8 million years — the rise and fall of C02 in ice cores converted from parts per million to sound frequency and a musical theme, with a ‘spike’ at the end reflecting recent conditions.
About Steve: Guitarist re-imagining jazz, folk, rock and classical music. Born in London, he has lived and travelled across the UK, Antarctica and North America, and now calls Scotland home. As an earth scientist with the British Antarctic Survey from 1981-87, he led three seasons of airborne ﬁeldwork investigating the crustal structure of the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica, leading to a PhD and several publications in major international journals, marking a transition of the work from ‘survey’ to ‘science’. More recently, he has released solo guitar albums ‘Even Song’ (2015) and ‘Discover and Endure’ (2019), along with the acoustic duo EP ‘In Arden’ (2019), all of which have been received well by UK jazz, folk and roots online magazines and radio stations.
Find out more on his website.

‘Emperor Penguin: Super Bird’ - Online Talk
2020-05-05 14:00 - 15:00
Homeschoolers and penguin fans! Join British Antarctic Survey penguin expert Dr Peter Fretwell this Tuesday 5 May at 2:00pm (UK time) for free online talk ‘Emperor Penguin: Super Bird’.

Peter will be teaching us about the six ‘superpowers’ unique to emperor penguins that allow them to survive the harshest environment on earth.
No registration or download required, just visit www.bas.ac.uk/LIVE at 2:00pm Tuesday 5 May to take part!
The talk will last approximately 30 minutes, with an opportunity to send in questions via our live Q&A at www.bas.ac.uk/LIVE immediately after.

Antarctica: Mystery of the ice
2020-06-18 14:00 - 15:00 | https://stemlive.co.uk/lessons/journey-to-the-antarctic/
Join climate scientist and #SciComm expert Ella Gilbert online for ‘Antarctica: Mystery of the ice’ at BAS Live, 2:00pm, Thursday 18 June 2020.

Antarctica, the world’s most southerly continent, contains 90% of the world’s ice. It’s of great interest to scientists as the edges are melting as our planet warms. Giant rivers of ice have formed enormous floating ice shelves, hundreds of metres thick. But how is climate change affecting these tongues of ice – and why do we care? In this talk with British Antarctic Survey scientist Ella Gilbert, you can find out:
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· Why an ice shelf is like a sandwich
· The unexpected ways that ice shelves affect sea-level rise
· What it’s like to fly along the edge of an ice shelf

See you there!
BAS Live, 2:00pm, Thursday 18 June 2020
(Note – Refresh your browser at 2:00pm if the event video does not show on your screen!)

Diversity, Leadership and how to bring people on the journey with you - even to Antarctica
2020-06-26 10:00 - 10:45 | https://ukri.zoom.us/j/91861377933
Diversity in UK Polar Science is an initiative funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, hosted at British Antarctic Survey, with the aim of improving minority representation and diversity in UK Polar science. Diversity in UK Polar Science will be hosting a series of online public talks to explore the challenges and achievements of people from underrepresented groups in roles linked to Polar Science, and to look at activities to facilitate greater representation in future.
Ben Merrick, Her Majesty’s Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory and Director of the Overseas Territories Directorate at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, is registered blind. He acts as Deputy Disability Champion for the UK Civil Service, and he is one of the UK’s leading disability role models.
You can watch the recording of his talk below, where Ben shares from his rich experiences and discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, as well as mechanisms to both address and overcome barriers.

About Ben Merrick:
Ben Merrick has been the Director of the Overseas Territories Directorate (OTD) at the FCO since August 2017, as well as Her Majesty’s Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory. He joined the FCO in July 2015, on secondment from the Ministry of Defence (MOD), as Deputy Director for OTD, and oversaw the Falklands and Southern Oceans Department, Child Safeguarding Unit and programme delivery team as well as line-managing the Governors of Montserrat and St Helena.
Prior to this role, he was the Head of Arms Control and Counter Proliferation Policy in the MOD from January 2012, interim Head of the Defence Reform Unit September 2011 – January 2012, and Head of the Defence Acquisition Reform Programme from 2009-2011. He also acted as one of MOD’s policy skills champions, after co-founding its Policy, Strategy and Parliamentary profession in 2012.
Before this time Ben had a series of roles in Defence policy and equipment acquisition, and also worked on secondment to the Social Exclusion Unit.
Ben is registered blind, so cannot read hard copy unless hugely magnified (he uses a voice synthesiser to absorb material on the computer), recognise people, or drive (though he did drive at 130 mph during a special driving session for his 21st birthday). He has made a considerable contribution to championing disability issues in the Civil Service, and currently acts as FCO’s main disability role model.
Ben gained a First at Oxford (the first blind person to do so) in French and Latin, and while at MOD gained the highest mark worldwide in the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants year-long Diploma in Financial Management. He also completed an executive MSc at the LSE in Diplomacy and International Strategy in 2014.
He lives in South West London with his wife Liz, daughter Hannah (9) and son Max (6) and enjoys showing them the world. He still enjoys long walks, reading, travel and cooking (he was featured on Radio 4’s In Touch cooking Thai Green chicken curry). He worked for 6 years in his spare time from 2001-7 as a volunteer counsellor at Childline, speaking to several thousand children over that period 1-1 on a wide range of issues, and in later years also training a large number of new counsellors (he appeared on Blue Peter after training one of their presenters). He worked as a community governor at a local primary school for three years, and has been a parent governor with responsibility for child safeguarding at his children’s school for the last three years.

Westminster Energy Forum webinar - UK climate policy
2020-07-16 09:30 - 12:30 | Unnamed Venue, The Pavilion on Marine Parade, Seafront, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JF
Webinar – UK climate policy, diplomacy, and the role of a green recovery; adaptation and resilience challenges; key developments in climate science.
16th July 2020, 0930-1230
With:
DEFRA Minister of State, Foreign Secretary’s Special Climate Representative, Financial Conduct Authority Director, Committee on Climate Change Adaptation Lead, MetOffice Head of Climate Services, British Antarctic Survey Executive Director.
This is a webinar by invitation from Chris Lambert, Director of the WEF, for partner organisations and senior practitioner from policy, regulation, industry, investment and NGOs. It is part of the WEF Outreach Series, developed as a pro bono initiative in the national interest to help maintain continuity during the COVID-19 hiatus for a cross-sectoral community who together are responsible for the development, operation and strategic delivery of the UK’s long term Climate, Energy, & Sustainability objectives in the run up to COP26 and beyond.
AGENDA

0930-1000 Political challenges and opportunities ahead regarding our climate goals. Rebecca Pow MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DEFRA
1000-1025 Green finance and recovery, incl. the role of climate-related disclosure in leveraging investment
Richard Monks, Director of Strategy, Financial Conduct Authority
1025-1050 Climate diplomacy in the countdown to COP26 – challenges and opportunities. Nick Bridge, Special Representative on Climate Change, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1100-1125 UK Climate change adaptation and resilience update. Kathryn Brown, Head of Adaptation, Committee on Climate Change
1130-1155 Key developments in climate modelling and their implications. Prof. Jason Lowe, Head of Climate Services, MetOffice
1155-1220 Polar climate science – annual update and wider implications. Dame Jane Francis, Executive Director, British Antarctic Survey

REGISTRATION LINK:

NEW FILM RELEASE – The Fungi of Antarctica, with Claudia Havranek
2020-10-03 08:00 - 2020-10-04 23:00
Happy UK Fungus Day 2020! British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff tell us all about the fungi of Antarctica in this fantastic new family-friendly film released today.
Beginning with a lecture by Claudia Havranek, Scientific Data Manager in UK Polar Data Centre, the film features interviews with Mari Whitelaw from the BAS Herbarium, Alysa Hulbert from BAS Archives and BAS Ecologist Kevin Newsham. To quote Claudia, making this film has been a lot of fun(gi)!
Watch below or on BAS Youtube!

A journey through UK science as a researcher and lead investigator – a talk by Dr Karen Salt
2020-10-07 11:00 - 12:00 | https://ukri.zoom.us/j/96524359168, Online
The Diversity in UK Polar Science team are delighted to welcome Dr Karen Salt as speaker in their next public webinar on Wednesday 7 October 2020.

Speaker Biography
Dr Karen Salt has over 26 years’ worth of experience working in and with communities, organisations, charities and governmental bodies, including running non-profits and engaging in community development work. An expert on sovereignty, power, collective activism and systems of governance, she has led and collaborated on a number of research projects, many of which explore participatory democracy, trust and collective governance. She is a former member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Advisory Board and continues to contribute to UK and international conversations about transformational social justice and institutional change.
Dr Karen Salt will share her experiences and expertise in ‘A journey through UK science as a researcher and lead investigator’ Zoom webinar at 11:00am BST, 7 October 2020. Followed by a Q&A session to enable further discussion.
Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative
Diversity in UK Polar Science (#DiversityinPolarScience on social media) is an initiative funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, hosted at British Antarctic Survey, to promote and enhance polar research opportunities in the UK for all currently under-represented groups, including women, BAME, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities. Diversity in UK Polar Science will be hosting a series of online public talks to explore the challenges and achievements of people from underrepresented groups in roles linked to Polar Science, and looking for ways to facilitate greater representation in future.
Event Flyer

We hope you can join us on 7 October 2020, 11:00am BST, at the following link: https://ukri.zoom.us/j/96524359168
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Previous Talk ‘Diversity, Leadership and how to bring people on the journey with you – even to Antarctica’
You can re-watch the previous Diversity in UK Polar Science public talk ‘Diversity, Leadership and how to bring people on the journey with you – even to Antarctica’ delivered by Ben Merrick, Her Majesty’s Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory and Director of the Overseas Territories Directorate at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, at the following link: https://youtu.be/No555HNUPCA
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Diversity in UK Polar Science Resource Page: https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/diversity-in-uk-polar-science-initiative/diversity-in-uk-polar-science-resources/
Diversity in UK Polar Science Blogs: https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/diversity-in-uk-polar-science-initiative/#blog

A Tour of Earth from Space!
2020-10-10 14:00 - 14:45 | Online
A Tour of Earth from Space!
Saturday 10th October, 2 – 2:45pm
Rothera Research Station viewed from space. Image: Google Earth
Take a guided tour of your planet from space with scientists from the University of Leeds and British Antarctic Survey.
Mapping specialist Dr Peter Fretwell from British Antarctic Survey will take us on a tour of the Antarctic (you may remember, Dr Fretwell recently discovered new emperor penguin colonies from space using satellite imagery!)
Using Google Earth, we’ll show you where the continents are colliding and being pulled apart, and how to identify this from satellite imagery. Using images from the past you can witness glacier calving events and deforestation. Finally, take part in the SENSE challenge, to identify these incredible places on Earth. Suitable for all the family.

Register for your free ticket

This event is hosted by the University of Leeds as part of BE CURIOUS online festival, 10 – 23 October 2020.

Locked into ice: My scientific journey across the Arctic
2020-10-23 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
What does it feel like to be locked in ice, drifting across the Central Arctic Ocean in the middle of the polar night? Why is it both fascinating and challenging to do scientific research from a frozen icebreaker? How do you build an ice camp on a moving Arctic floe? What mysteries does the Central Arctic Ocean hold, and in what way are Arctic researchers helping to solve them?
Dr Markus Frey, on the MOSAiC expedition in the Arctic in 2020. Credit: Markus Frey
Join the British Embassy Moscow and UK Science and Innovation Network in Russia (SIN Russia) for a live-link with Dr Markus Frey from British Antarctic Survey who has just returned from the MOSAiC expedition, the largest year-round multinational expedition in the Central Arctic Ocean. Get an insider view into the life and work of an Arctic researcher! The live-link is part of the ‘Different Ever After’ Digital Festival organised by British Embassy Moscow. (Link to the Russian-language Festival website is here: https://dea.theoryandpractice.ru/)
UK in the Arctic
The Multi-Disciplinary drifting Observatory for the study of Arctic Climate programme (MOSAiC) is the first year-round expedition to study the Arctic climate system from within the central Arctic Ocean. Led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, in close cooperation with the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in Russia, 7 UK research teams have joined the international effort to understand climate change in the Arctic, and how it might affect us all.
With funding from Natural Environment Research Council and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, UK projects range from looking at the role of sea ice microbiology in the sulphur cycle (MOSAiC – SIMbRICS) to observing Arctic sea ice breakup and floe size (MOSAiCFSD) and are supported by the NERC Arctic Office. Dr Markus Frey is Principal Investigator for the MOSAIC – SSAASI-CLIM project, which investigates the interaction between sea ice and atmospheric particles with a purpose–built container laboratory on board the MOSAiC expedition ship RV Polarstern.
Dr Markus Frey
Atmospheric and ice chemist Dr Markus Frey joined British Antarctic Survey in 2008. Dr Frey investigates snow-ice-atmosphere interactions, enabling an understanding of air quality above snow covered surfaces, reconstruction of past climate and improved predictions for how the polar regions will respond to future climate change.
Dr Frey is a seasoned field scientist, having led 15 field projects in Antarctica, the Arctic and the Bolivian Andes to carry out atmospheric measurements and collect snow and ice samples. His most recent expedition took place this year from January – June 2020, where Dr Frey joined the international MOSAiC team on board RV Polarstern in the central Arctic Ocean to operate the SSAASI-CLIM laboratory during a field season disrupted by COVID-19.
In his international research career, Dr Frey obtained an MSc in Hydrology from the University of Freiburg, Germany (1999) followed by a PhD in Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences from University of Arizona, USA (2005) and worked in a French polar research laboratory of the National Centre for Scientific Research (2006-08) prior to joining British Antarctic Survey.
How to join
Join the event live online, 23 October 2020, 17:00-18:00 UK time at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85010418004?pwd=T3NZNStCL0doNlRKcU5vdjU3dzNCQT09
Hosted in collaboration with British Antarctic Survey and NERC Arctic Office.

Celebrating Black History month: Dr Melissa Burt
2020-10-27 16:00 - 17:00 | https://ukri.zoom.us/j/94484111010
Successful woman in STEM, BAME researcher and diversity champion Dr Melissa Burt will share her journey in Atmospheric science and Diversity in our upcoming Diversity in Polar Science webinar Tuesday, 27th October at 16:00.
​This talk is part of our​ activities to celebrate of Black History month​.

​Biography
Dr. Melissa Burt is the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering at Colorado State University. In this position, Dr. Burt, oversees and leads the strategic and implementation efforts for diversity, inclusion, and equity goals across the College. The Office of the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion focuses on recruitment, retention, and engagement of faculty/staff, and supports the college-wide recruitment and retention efforts of undergraduate and graduate students from historically underrepresented groups. Her research focuses on the interactions of Arctic clouds, radiation, and sea ice, with interests ranging from cloud-radiation feedbacks, hydrological and energy cycles in climate, and climate change feedbacks. Outside of CSU, she is the Vice President for the non-profit 501(c)3 organization, the Earth Science Women’s Network. Dr. Burt has served on a variety of boards and councils and currently serves as a Council member of the American Meteorological Society and the inaugural chair of the AMS Culture and Inclusion Cabinet. Dr. Burt has a B.S. degree in Meteorology from Millersville University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from Colorado State University.

Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative

Diversity in UK Polar Science​ (#DiversityinPolarScience on social media) is an initiative funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, hosted at British Antarctic Survey, to promote and enhance polar research opportunities in the UK for all currently under-represented groups, including women, BAME, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities. Diversity in UK Polar Science will be hosting a series of online public talks to explore the challenges and achievements of people from underrepresented groups in roles linked to Polar Science, and looking for ways to facilitate greater representation in future.​

Knowledge Snack webinar: The challenge of decarbonising energy systems in remote areas
2020-11-02 15:30 - 16:30 | Zoom
Join us for this Knowledge Snack webinar with Cardiff University Professor Liana M. Cipcigan and BAS Energy and Carbon Reduction Manager Parthena (Nopi) Exizidou, Monday 2nd of November, 15:30-16:30 on Zoom.
Please register for this free event on our Eventbrite page.
This Knowledge Snack will give an introduction to the BAS Net Zero Carbon Strategy focusing on the opportunities and challenges of decarbonisation, and the importance of developing industry and academia collaborations to facilitate the low carbon transition. Liana will give us an insight into her work within the Decarbonising Transport through Electrification Network+, and our collaborative projects on decarbonisation of transport through electrification in a whole system approach.
15:30 Parthena (Nopi) Exizidou—BAS Net Zero Carbon Strategy and the importance of developing industry and academia collaborations
15:40 Liana M. Cipcigan—Decarbonisation of transport through electrification in a whole system approach
15:55 Cardiff Student projects—Energy Provision for Antarctic Infrastructure
16:00 Q&A and discussion
Following the Q&A session, there will be an opportunity to continue the conversation on a zoom call—the Zoom details will be shared at the webinar.
Speaker biographies:
Parthena (Nopi) Exizidou is the Energy and Carbon Reduction Manager at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) since 2017. Her role focuses on driving the low carbon transition for all areas of BAS operations. Currently she is leading on the development of the Net Zero Carbon strategy for BAS with a focus on Infrastructure, Transport & Logistics and Supply Chain. She is an engineer by background with several years of experience in research projects on energy efficiency in the built environment.

Liana M. Cipcigan is a Professor at Cardiff University’s School of Engineering leading Sustainable Transport cross-cutting theme and Director of the Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence. She was at the forefront of the shift to electrified transport for over a decade being recognised nationally and internationally as an expert in Electric Vehicles and Smart Grids leading the £1M project “Decarbonising Transport through Electrification (DTE)”. She has collaborated widely with industry, more recently during her secondment at National Grid under Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship, working in the Energy Insights department responsible for the Future Energy Scenarios. She has held as PI and Co-I grants in the excess of £6.5M from EPSRC, Royal Academy of Engineering, Innovate UK, UKERC, Welsh European Funding Office, EU FP7/H2020 and industry. She is a member of BSI technical committee ESL/120 Electrical Energy Storage, European IEC/TC120/WG1 Electrical Energy Storage and Wales Smart Energy System Group.
She gave evidence to Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee “EV charging in Wales” at Welsh Assembly (2018) and to Committee on Climate Change as a member of the “Reducing emissions from transport” panel in open meeting, November 2019.
Register here
If you have any questions about the event or concerns about accessibility, please contact the event organisers via email.

Knowledge Snack: Digital Twins of infrastructure and the environment
2020-11-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
The idea of an Intelligent Digital Avatar conjures up many images from a complete virtual world that one can safely define, develop and play in to rogue robots running amok and destroying mankind. The reality is much less dramatic but no less far reaching and exciting. —Professor Mark Girolami
Professor Mark Girolami will discuss Digital Twins and chart their history to present day technological capability and present some of the advances being made and the opportunities along with the open challenges faced to realise the potential of Digital Twins. Mark’s talk will be followed by BAS AI researcher Scott Hosking, who will touch upon how developing Digital Twins of natural environments can help us intelligently focus our measurement sampling, which would be a game-changer over remote and hostile environments such as the polar regions where battery power and accessibility is challenging. His team at BAS is already developing and deploying new AI-based methods to bring together the diverse scientific and engineering expertise and data held at BAS, and from 2021 will start to align and integrate those efforts with those of the European Green Deal, i.e., to develop a Digital Twin of the Earth by 2030.
16:00 Opening welcome by BAS Director of Innovation and Impact, Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley
16:03 Mark Girolami
16:18 Scott Hosking
16:33 Q&A & discussion, moderated by BAS Impact Facilitator, Pilvi Muschitiello
To join the talk please fill in the registration form at the bottom of the page—A calendar invitation with Zoom details will be sent to you following registration.

Speaker biographies:

Mark Girolami holds the Sir Kirby Laing Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge where he also holds the Lloyds Register Foundation-Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Data Centric Engineering in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge. Mark was one of the founding executive directors of the Alan Turing Institute the UK national institute for Data Science and AI. He is Programme Director at the Turing where he leads the £60M Lloyds Register Foundation Data Centric Engineering programme. He has a background in the Statistical Sciences and held the Chair of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London before his election to the Sir Kirby Laing Chair at Cambridge. In January 2020 he delivered the IET/BCS Turing Lectures in London, Manchester and Belfast on ‘Digital Twins the next phase of the AI revolution’. You can access a recording of the talk here.
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Scott Hosking is the Head of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) environmental research institute, and a Senior Research Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute the UK national institute for data science and AI. Scott is also a Co-Director for the University of Cambridge Centre for Doctoral Training in the Application of Artificial Intelligence to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER), a £6m UKRI funded programme to train over 50 top students to become future global leaders in environmental science. His research group focuses on AI and data science methods to identify and understand the physical mechanisms that drive high-impact climate events with the aim to reduce uncertainties in future predictions and help inform environmental policy.

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Extreme Antarctica & The footprint of past ice
2020-11-30 | Online
Calling all schools, home-schoolers and anyone interested in polar science!
We are delighted to bring you the Antarctica Week Festival 2020 giving you an opportunity to hear the stories of those working at British Antarctic Survey and on the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration talk about what it’s like to live and work in Antarctica.

Day 1: Extreme Antarctica & The footprint of past ice

Registration: https://thwaitesglacier.org/
Full programme of talks: https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/antarctica-week-festival-2020/
Don’t worry if the times don’t work for your location, we will record all talks and post them on thwaitesglacier.org afterwards for you to watch at your leisure!

Antarctica Week Festival 2020
2020-11-30 08:00 - 2020-12-04 17:00
Calling all schools, home-schoolers and anyone interested in polar science!
We are delighted to bring you the Antarctica Week Festival 2020 giving you an opportunity to hear the stories of those working at British Antarctic Survey and on the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration talk about what it’s like to live and work in Antarctica.

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Two engaging and informative talks daily (10 total) from Monday 30 November to Friday 4 December will celebrate Antarctica Day – designated to when the Antarctic Treaty was ratified on 1 December 1959.
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Please register at thwaitesglacier.org and if you have a question you would like answered after a specific talk please submit it during registration. Our speakers will try to answer them live!

Don’t worry if the times don’t work for your location, we will record all talks and post them on thwaitesglacier.org afterwards for you to watch at your leisure!

What lies under the ice in the polar regions? & Research using explosives and radar
2020-12-01 | Online
Calling all schools, home-schoolers and anyone interested in polar science!
We are delighted to bring you the Antarctica Week Festival 2020 giving you an opportunity to hear the stories of those working at British Antarctic Survey and on the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration talk about what it’s like to live and work in Antarctica.

Day 2: What lies under the ice in the polar regions? & Research using explosives and radar

Registration: https://thwaitesglacier.org/
Full programme of talks: https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/antarctica-week-festival-2020/
Don’t worry if the times don’t work for your location, we will record all talks and post them on thwaitesglacier.org afterwards for you to watch at your leisure!

Wildlife and robots in Antarctica!
2020-12-02 | Online
Calling all schools, home-schoolers and anyone interested in polar science!
We are delighted to bring you the Antarctica Week Festival 2020 giving you an opportunity to hear the stories of those working at British Antarctic Survey and on the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration talk about what it’s like to live and work in Antarctica.

Day 3: Wildlife and robots in Antarctica!

Registration: https://thwaitesglacier.org/
Full programme of talks: https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/antarctica-week-festival-2020/
Don’t worry if the times don’t work for your location, we will record all talks and post them on thwaitesglacier.org afterwards for you to watch at your leisure!

Mapping under Thwaites Glacier & How to become a polar scientist
2020-12-03 | Online
Calling all schools, home-schoolers and anyone interested in polar science!
We are delighted to bring you the Antarctica Week Festival 2020 giving you an opportunity to hear the stories of those working at British Antarctic Survey and on the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration talk about what it’s like to live and work in Antarctica.

Day 4: Mapping under Thwaites Glacier & How to become a polar scientist

Registration: https://thwaitesglacier.org/
Full programme of talks: https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/antarctica-week-festival-2020/
Don’t worry if the times don’t work for your location, we will record all talks and post them on thwaitesglacier.org afterwards for you to watch at your leisure!

Ice Tractors & Running an Antarctic camp
2020-12-04 | Online
Calling all schools, home-schoolers and anyone interested in polar science!
We are delighted to bring you the Antarctica Week Festival 2020 giving you an opportunity to hear the stories of those working at British Antarctic Survey and on the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration talk about what it’s like to live and work in Antarctica.

Day 5: Ice Tractors & Running an Antarctic camp

Registration: https://thwaitesglacier.org/
Full programme of talks: https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/antarctica-week-festival-2020/
Don’t worry if the times don’t work for your location, we will record all talks and post them on thwaitesglacier.org afterwards for you to watch at your leisure!

Armchair Aurora
2021-03-13 18:00 - 19:30 | https://www.aerobility.com/armchairaurora
Ever wanted to view the Aurora? Well you can now watch this beautiful phenomenon from the comfort of your armchair.
Disability charity Aerobility are running a live-stream aurora event on Saturday 13 March at 6pm with a host of astronomers, scientists, aviators and artists.
The event will livestream via armchairaurora.com and will take viewers on a journey of wonder from their armchairs and into the skies. Bringing together spectacular Aurora footage, interviews and Q&A with scientists, there will be insights on polar aviation and the workings of the Aurora, all beamed to living rooms around the UK and worldwide.
Speakers from British Antarctic Survey at the event include:
Rod Arnold, Head of Air Unit
Rod tells us about the challenges of flying in the Antarctic, one of the coldest places on the planet, and why it is different to doing it anywhere else.
Nigel Meredith, Space Weather Research Scientist
Nigel will describe the natural radio “sounds” of our planet as recorded at Halley Research Station, Antarctica and how they have been combined with original music on a grand piano to create novel ambient soundscapes, which resulted in the production of a new album, Aurora Musicalis, last year. He will also play the music video from Aurora Musicalis which contains sonic highlights of the natural radio ‘sounds’ from the album, set to the music of the first track and featuring images from the BAS image collection.
The Team at Rothera Research Station
A live call with Rothera Research Station, enquiring about their mission, daily operations, recent discoveries, successes and wintering at Rothera.
Watch the event live on the Aerobility website: https://www.aerobility.com/armchairaurora

UK Antarctic Science Conference 2021
2021-03-22 13:00 - 2021-03-25 17:00 | Zoom
The University of Edinburgh and the British Antarctic Survey are delighted to host the 2021 UK Online Antarctic Science Conference over Monday 22 to Thursday 25 March 2021. This is a replacement meeting for the cancelled 2020 meeting at the University of Edinburgh, and hence the first opportunity in 2.5 years for our UK Antarctic community to gather together and disseminate our latest research findings and intentions.
The main conference will run over four afternoons, incorporating oral and virtual poster presentations. We will intersperse the meeting with regular breakout rooms to facilitate as much interaction as possible in this virtual world!
We will also host side meetings during this week, either in the mornings or afternoons depending on numbers of speakers in the main conference. The side meetings will include a UK Polar Network session, and a session on Scoping for Future Antarctic Science Priorities run by the UK Arctic and Antarctic Partnership. For anyone concerned about zoom fatigue, we will assemble the schedule to allow some sensible dipping in and out of the meeting over the week.
We welcome contributions on any aspect of Antarctic Science, and look forward to seeing you all in late March.
For organisational enquiries please contact Robert Bingham.
Abstract Submission deadline: Friday 5 March 2021
Registration deadline: Monday 15 March 2021
