8 April, 2002

Date: 08 Apr 2002

Science writer Jean de Pomereu recently interviewed Dr Cynan Ellis Evans of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) for SciencePoles on the subject of Antarctic sub-glacial lakes. As a biogeochemist specializing in Polar lake environments, Dr Ellis-Evans was a founding member of the International steering committee for the Sub-glacial Antarctic Lake Exploration (SALE) research programme. Amongst other his various responsibilities, he is Head of the BAS Programme Office tasked with supporting and helping to coordinate BAS science, and is senior advisor to the International Programme Office of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008.
Read the full article at http://www.sciencepoles.org.