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1. Seals to act as sentinels of remote Antarctic glacier

   Scientists will use two species of seals to investigate a huge glacier in West Antarctica that is at risk of collapse. A team of over 20 polar scientists from the […]

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2. International research expedition heads to West Antarctica

   An international team of scientists is travelling to the Amundsen Sea – one of the most vulnerable sectors of the Antarctic Ice Sheet – to answer vital scientific questions about […]

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3. Scientists highlight Arctic at World Economic Forum

   A team of Arctic scientists – including British Antarctic Survey (BAS) climate scientist Dr Jeremy Wilkinson – are hosting their Arctic Basecamp in Davos this week (23 January) at the […]

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4. New funding uses seabirds as sentinels of South Atlantic

   British Antarctic Survey scientist Professor Richard Phillips has been awarded funding to use newly developed radar-detecting tags to track the interactions between wandering albatrosses and fishing vessels in the South […]

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5. New study looks at risk to Antarctic marine life in future

   A new study of the animals living in polar oceans reveals which are most at risk from climate change. The study is published today (17 January) in Frontiers in Marine […]

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6. Scientist awarded prestigious award

   British Antarctic Survey space weather scientist, Dr Mark Clilverd, has been awarded a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in their 2019 Awards. The award recognises Mark as […]

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7. Essential cargo delivered for science on Thwaites Glacier

   The British Antractic Survey’s vessel RRS Ernest Shackleton teamed up with the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Protector to help scientists begin a five-year mission  to understand how West Antarctica […]

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8. Scientists complete remote ice core drilling mission

   A team of scientists and engineers from British Antarctic Survey and the University of Cambridge has successfully drilled over 650 metres in to an Antarctic ice cap to obtain an […]

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9. Opportunities for Antarctic research – Apply now

   Applications to carry out small-scale research projects in the Antarctic in the 2019/20 season are invited from UK-based researchers. The Collaborative Antarctic Science Scheme (CASS) provides fieldwork opportunities for scientists […]

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10. Funding to assess shipping emissions and climate hazards

    British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists have been awarded funding to enable them to assess the impact of emissions from shipping and to quantify and manage the risk of climate hazards. […]

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11. ‘Sounds of Space’ from Antarctica feature in space simulation game

    Amazing, natural, ‘sounds of space’, have been incorporated into the new exploration gameplay in Elite Dangerous

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12. Summer fieldwork begins at Halley

    Halley opens for 2018 summer field season

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