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26 November, 2019 Robert Taylor
November, 2019 In his second Antarctic podcast field guide Rob Taylor talks to Catherine Maguire and John Law from the Rothera Research Station meteorology team. Listen Now Episode 2 Rob …
22 November, 2019 Anita Faul
Andrew Fleming and Anita Faul present their research at the First Artificial Intelligence for Copernicus Workshop
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18 September, 2019 Markus Frey
The BAS SSAASI-CLIM team arrived in Tromsø a few days ago to set up equipment onboard of RV Polarstern. On Friday 20 Sep 2019 the German ice breaker will embark …
29 July, 2019 Melody Clark
Professor Melody Clark, Project Leader, discusses the trials and tribulations of undertaking research in Antarctica. Her latest paper published in Nature Communications shows that rising sea temperatures of just 1-2 …
Read more on Warming up the Antarctic: Harder than you think
21 July, 2019 Rachel Furner
Rachel Furner is a PhD student at British Antarctic Survey, which has recently opened up its new AI Lab, that aims to foster the application of various machine learning (and …
16 July, 2019 Norman Ratcliffe
As part of the Project LOMVIA, a small team of researchers headed to Grimsey Island, 40 kilometres off the north coast of Iceland. Fabrice Le Bouard tells us more about …
Read more on Not so grim! Studying guillemots on Grimsey Island
11 July, 2019 Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun
The Project LOMVIA team continue their work tracking guillemots of the remote cliff of Látrabjarg, Iceland. Post-doctoral researcher Dr Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun explains more. Tagging and tracking seabirds Our fieldwork is …
5 July, 2019 Huw Griffiths
BLOG. Biologist Huw Griffiths shares his personal experience of research as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Read more on Carrying the PRIDE message to the ends of the earth
27 June, 2019 Norman Ratcliffe
After the initial reconnaissance expedition in 2018, this June Project LOMVIA – part of the NERC Changing Arctic Ocean Programme begins in earnest (read more about last year’s work here). …
8 April, 2019 Premdeep Gill
Prem hosted at Data Study Group at the Alan Turing Institute Seals from space: automated Antarctic ecosystem monitoring via high-resolution satellite imagery Antarctic seal populations are potential indicators for the …
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27 March, 2019 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand is aboard the drill ship JOIDES Resolution as part of the 8-week International Ocean Discovery (IODP) Expedition 379. This is the final entry in a series of …
18 March, 2019 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand tells us more about what happens once a sediment core has been recovered from the seafloor.
14 March, 2019 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand describes what it’s like drilling sediment cores on International Ocean Discovery (IODP) Expedition 379 in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica. Since the 31st of January we have …
12 March, 2019 James France
Dr James France has just completed a week-long flying campaign using one of the BAS Twin Otters fitted with scientific instrumentation. Find out more about his experience.
8 March, 2019 Geraldine Hough
Geraldine Hough, Human Resources Project Officer for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion tells us more about her average day at work
8 March, 2019 Mariella Giancola
As part of our celebration of International Women’s Day 2019 Mariella Giancola, Head of HR at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), gives us a personal insight into why she is passionate …
Read more on Equality, diversity and inclusion – a personal view
19 February, 2019 Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Dr Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand is a marine geologist at British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He is one of two UK scientists participating in International Ocean Discovery (IODP) Expedition 379 to the Amundsen …
Read more on Another research expedition but this time quite different
15 February, 2019 Nadescha Zwerschke
Nadescha Zwerschke is a marine biologist, who was travelling on the RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) as part of the ICEBERGS 2 cruise in December 2018. Having left Burdwood Bank …
29 January, 2019 Michael Dinn
In January 2019 a science and engineering team drilled over two kilometres through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using hot water. It was the first time they had done this …
12 December, 2018 Nadescha Zwerschke
ICEBERGS2 – a research cruise and my gateway to Antarctica Nadescha Zwerschke is a marine biologist travelling on the RRS James Clark Ross to Antarctica I’ve only recently started my …
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6 December, 2018 Stephen Smith
Earth’s Final Frontier – the title given to the frozen continent by journalists and academics alike, and with good reason. Antarctica stands resolute and alone, separated from mainland South America …
9 November, 2018 Matthew Southworth
Plant operator and enthusiastic environmentalist Matt Southworth finds his dream of working in Antarctica coming true!
8 November, 2018 Michael Gloistein
Ship Communication Officer tells us how the crew are preparing for their roles on board
25 October, 2018 Norman Ratcliffe
Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird biologist at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), studies the biology of seabirds and how this is impacted by climate change. Read this blog to find out about …
11 October, 2018 Kayleigh Jones
Kayleigh Jones, a seal biologist at British Antarctic Survey, travelled to the Falkland Islands to spend 6 weeks studying South American fur seals. This blog describes how the team studied …
10 October, 2018 Kayleigh Jones
Kayleigh Jones, a seal biologist at British Antarctic Survey, travelled to the Falkland Islands to spend 6 weeks studying South American fur seals. Read on to find out about camp …
9 October, 2018 Kayleigh Jones
Kayleigh Jones, a seal biologist at British Antarctic Survey, travelled to the Falkland Islands to spend 6 weeks studying South American fur seals. Read on to find out about her …
17 July, 2018 Norman Ratcliffe
Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird ecologist at British Antarctic Survey, studies the biology of seabirds and how this is impacted by climate change. His latest research – Project LOMVIA – is …
Read more on SCIENCE IN THE FIELD: Researching seabird species (2)
17 July, 2018 Lisa Hauge
A new blog from ISOL-ICE project team member Lisa Hauge, who describes recent progress in the lab. Read the team’s earlier blog here. During the last 3 months the ISOL-ICE project has made …
Read more on ISOL-ICE Lab Blog: Continuous Flow Analysis of 1,000 yr old ice at BAS
5 July, 2018 Norman Ratcliffe
Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird ecologist at British Antarctic Survey, studies the biology of seabirds and how this is impacted by climate change. His latest research – Project LOMVIA – is …
Read more on SCIENCE IN THE FIELD: Researching seabird species (1)
26 June, 2018 Nopi Exizidou
On National Women in Engineering Day, BAS energy engineer Parthena Exizidou explains what her job entails and why she loves engineering.
13 June, 2018 Michael Gloistein
Ship Communication Officer checks out construction progress
7 June, 2018 Dani Jones
What can machine learning tell us about the structure of the Southern Ocean? In this preprint*, we apply unsupervised clustering, a machine learning method, to Southern Ocean temperature data. * …
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7 June, 2018 Dani Jones
Summary available here: http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/news/article-climate-change-modelling/
Read more on Policy workshop summary: The impacts of machine learning on climate change modelling
24 April, 2018 Victoria Warwick-Evans
Four people, two tents, a lot of smelly penguins and boil-in-the-bag army rations. That pretty much sums up life at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands during January and …
27 March, 2018 Matthew Chadwick
Matthew Chadwick is a member of the science team from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) currently aboard the RRS Discovery. Read on to gain an insight into what the team have …
15 March, 2018 Zoe Roseby
Zoë Roseby is a member of the science team from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) currently aboard the RRS Discovery. Read on to discover what the team will be investigating in …
9 March, 2018 Carwyn Davies
Mechanical engineer Carwyn Davies, from British Antarctic Survey’s Antarctic Marine Engineering (AME) is working onboard the RRS James Clark Ross with our science team to investigate Larsen C Benthos. Find …
8 March, 2018 Carrie-Anne Harris
On International Women’s Day, Carrie-Anne Harris, Second Engineer on the RRS Ernest Shackleton shares her journey so far and how she found her passion for engineering. How did you come …
5 March, 2018 Kieran Love
Kieran Love tells us what it is like to be the Zoological Field Assistant at King Edward Point Research Station (KEP) on South Georgia. So, what does being a zoological …
28 February, 2018 Mel Mackenzie
Dr Mel Mackenzie, a Collection Manager of Marine Invertebrates at Museums Victoria in Melbourne, is living and working on board the BAS research ship RRS James Clark Ross for the …
22 February, 2018 Rowan Whittle
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) palaeobiologist Dr Rowan Whittle is a member of the Larsen C Benthos research cruise onboard the RRS James Clark Ross. Rowan’s primary role is to assist …
13 February, 2018 Layla Batchellier
Find out what the South Georgia Right Whale Expedition team have been up to during their first few weeks sailing in the waters around South Georgia. Firstly, Susannah Calderan tells …
Read more on SCIENCE IN THE SEA: Studying Southern Right Whales
11 February, 2018 Zoe Waring
To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th February), Zoe Waring, the Marine Assistant at Rothera Research Station, has written a blog about her work at British …
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7 February, 2018 Jennifer Jackson
Whale ecologist Dr Jennifer Jackson, who is leading the first expedition to ‘health-check’ southern right whales since whaling stopped in the 1970s, describes how she and the team prepared for …
12 January, 2018 Jonathan Shanklin
It’s been over 30 years since British Antarctic Survey meteorologist Jonathan Shanklin first visited at Halley Research Station. He’s one of few who has spent 20 Antarctic seasons living and …
28 December, 2017 Ryan Scott
Following the glider deployments our next destination was Rothera, the UK’s biggest Antarctic research station on Adelaide Island. Good progress was made until we hit the sea ice – 120 …
Read more on SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 4: Sea ice and science
20 December, 2017 Ryan Scott
It was finally time to deploy the gliders and I couldn’t be more excited! Autonomous vehicles are regarded as the future of oceanography, and I feel extremely lucky to be …
18 December, 2017 Robert Mulvaney
This Antarctic season BAS scientist Dr Robert Mulvaney is taking part in the ongoing hunt for the oldest ice record Beyond Epica. Using a variety of different techniques, he and …
Read more on SCIENCE ON THE ICE – Part 2: Setting up camp at Little Dome C
15 December, 2017 Markus Frey
A new blog from the ISOL-ICE project team describes recent progress in the lab. Read the team’s earlier blog here. Holly Winton and Lisa Hauge have completed now with great success their …
12 December, 2017 Ryan Scott
First thing I learn as I begin my trip aboard the RRS James Clark Ross is that, scientist on research cruises need to be able to adapt quickly! Within two …
29 November, 2017 Ryan Scott
After 6 days, 9505 miles and 7 mm of beard growth, the cruise has officially started! Thursday 16th November and finally the time had come for me start my journey …
Read more on SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 1: Journey to the JCR!
23 November, 2017 Robert Mulvaney
BAS glaciologist Dr Robert Mulvaney journeys deep into Antarctica where he and the team continue their search for the oldest ice record of atmosphere and climate – hopefully stretching back 1.5 million years.
Read more on SCIENCE ON THE ICE – Part 1: The search for the oldest ice continues
17 November, 2017 Daan Aldenberg
One misty day last week (November 2017), the RRS James Clark Ross arrived at Bird Island in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. On board was Daan Aldenberg, from BAM International, partner …
19 October, 2017 Holly Winton
A new blog from Polar Atmospheric Ice Chemist Dr Holly Winton, who is part of the ISOL-ice research project, explaining the process from fieldwork on the Polar Plateau to laboratory work …
Read more on SCIENCE IN THE LAB: From the Polar Plateau to Cambridge
19 September, 2017 Pantea Lotfian
Soon after I started Camrosh Ltd, an innovation strategy consultancy, in late 2014, it became clear to me that despite having taken every effort to set up a comfortable office …
22 August, 2017 Scott Hosking
Accumulation in coastal West Antarctic ice core records and the role of cyclone activity Cyclones are an important component of Antarctic climate variability, yet quantifying their impact on the polar …
Read more on Automated clustering of storm tracks for interpreting ice core records
27 July, 2017 Zoe Waring
Zoe Waring, the Rothera Marine Assistant provides us with an account of the recent Ocean Sampling Day at Rothera. Since 2012, the Rothera Marine Assistant has been collecting samples for World …
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25 July, 2017 Jerry Gillham
In this blog Jerry Gillham, station leader at King Edward Point Research Station, describes how his team have tackled an unusual cooking challenge. With no dedicated chef at King Edward …
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30 June, 2017 Floyd Howard
A British Antarctic Survey team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part …
Read more on BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 4: mapping underwater mountains
30 June, 2017 Will Goodall-Copestake
A British Antarctic Survey team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part blog, …
Read more on BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 3: Fishing for plankton
30 June, 2017 David Barnes
A British Antarctic Survey team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part blog, …
Read more on BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 5: Blue Carbon
30 June, 2017 Ali Massey
A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part …
Read more on BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 2: Sharks
30 June, 2017 Ali Massey
A British Antarctic Survey team has just returned from a three-week science cruise with National Geographic on board the RRS James Clark Ross around Ascension Island’s seamounts. This five-part blog, …
Read more on BLOG: All aboard the National Geographic Cruise – Part 1: Setting off
18 May, 2017 Klaus Dodds
On March 27 2017, British Antarctic Survey played host to a lively and well attended workshop on polar governance. Throughout the day an array of scientists, social scientists, and humanities …
20 April, 2017 Paul Fox
Paul Fox, Senior Responsible Officer for RRS Sir David Attenborough, has written a guest blog for a behind-the-scenes look at NERC’s commission of a new polar research ship for Britain and the associated Antarctic infrastructure modernisation programme.
Read more on Guest blog. RRS Sir David Attenborough: The story so far
21 March, 2017 Katrin Linse
I recently spent four-and-a-bit weeks aboard the German blue water research ship RV Meteor along with Oli Hogg, my PhD student. We took part in the “Methane South Georgia” research …
Read more on Exploring South Georgia’s seafloor fauna with SQUID
16 March, 2017 Bianca Perren
This is not my average Arctic field season. Usually the months before departure are spent in a tiered state of preparation – getting field equipment ready and sending it North, …
9 March, 2017 Mark Belchier
In this blog Dr Mark Belchier from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains why a team of experts visits King Edward Point biennially to carry out a survey of the fish …
6 March, 2017 Ben Rowe
This is Part 2 of a guest blog written by Ramboll engineer Ben Rowe, who was embedded with the British Antarctic Survey for 11 weeks to advise and assist with …
Read more on Guest blog: How to move an Antarctic research station #2
3 March, 2017 Ben Rowe
This is Part 1 of a guest blog written by Ramboll engineer Ben Rowe, who was embedded with the British Antarctic Survey for 11 weeks to advise and assist with …
Read more on Guest blog: How to move an Antarctic research station #1
22 February, 2017 Emily Shuckburgh
Dr Emily Shuckburgh – Data Anaytics for Climate Decision Making – CSaP Lecture
17 February, 2017 BAS Communications
I wish I could tell you how dramatically isolated we feel here – how the expanse of an ocean that swirls the entire circumference of the planet and stands between …
7 February, 2017 Markus Frey
Ice core drilling is a large complex operation to firstly get the equipment out into the field, assemble it, drill intact columns of ice and then process the collected ice for analysis. Markus Frey explains.
25 January, 2017 Geraint Tarling
By Dr Geraint Tarling Lanternfish are found in many of the world’s oceans and get their name from the numerous photophores (light organs) that occur all over their bodies. Also …
23 January, 2017 Holly Winton
A new blog post from atmospheric and glaciochemist Markus Frey who’s just arrived on the Polar plateau as part of the ISOL-ice research project. Read the team’s earlier post here. …
11 January, 2017 BAS Communications
A new blog post from ecologist Jes Bartlett, who is working at Signy research station for the Austral summer, about her journey South. Read her previous post about pre-deployment training here. …
20 December, 2016 Holly Winton
Our journey to the Antarctic Polar Plateau, where we will be spending the next few weeks as part of the ISOL-ICE research project, began on 7 December. We boarded a …
24 November, 2016 Yvonne Firing
Follow ORCHESTRA project scientist Yvonne Firing’s amazing fieldwork blog from the Southern Ocean here. On the 2016/2017 Drake Passage cruise on the RRS James Clark Ross, we sail south from …
16 November, 2016 Helen Jones
New blog from ship’s doctor Helen Jones as RRS James Clark Ross arrives at Signy research station in the South Orkney Islands Well, and what a wonderful couple of days …
13 October, 2016 BAS Communications
New blog from ecologist Jes Bartlett who will be spending the Austral summer working at Signy Island Research station. Here she describes her pre-deployment training. Shortly after the sigh of …
Read more on Polar ecologist prepares for the ice – Blog No 2
5 August, 2016 Richard Inman
As the winterers at Halley VI look forward to seeing the sun come up above the horizon again, electrical services technician, Richard Inman describes how they’ve been coping with the …
28 July, 2016 Melody Clark
Dr Melody Clark gets excited about sea snails as part of an innovative research programme to investigate how Antarctica’s animals will adapt to life in a warmer world. Penguins or …
10 June, 2016 Timothy Morley
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 …
Read more on ANTARCTIC BLOG: Typical week at Bird Island Station
10 April, 2016 Dani Jones
Investigating 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 …
31 March, 2016 Susie Grant
The 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 …
25 March, 2016 Hilary Blagbrough
Oh 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 …
23 March, 2016 Susie Grant
Last 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 …
Read more on SHIP BLOG: Science Week questions answered from the Southern Ocean
17 March, 2016 Harriet Clewlow
Life 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, …
Read more on ANTARCTIC BLOG: The many “hats” of a polar scientist
16 March, 2016 Laura Robinson
Lost 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 …
5 March, 2016 Oliver Ashford
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 …
4 March, 2016 Thomas Barningham
Thomas 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 …
25 February, 2016 Alex Taylor
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 …
Read more on Opening up Signy Research Station after a long winter!
23 February, 2016 Jerry Gillham
Bird 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 …
19 February, 2016 Jamie Coleman
Life 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 …
Read more on Life on the sub Antarctic island of South Georgia
15 February, 2016 Huw Griffiths
As 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 …
12 February, 2016 Alex Taylor
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 …