NEWS STORY: Surfaces of glaciers studied
The effects of microbial life on glaciers and ice sheets Around 10% of the Earth’s surface is covered by glacial ice (glaciers and ice sheets), some of which melt as […]
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Antarctic Reception with Neil Carmichael MP at House of Commons
Read more of: Antarctic Reception with Neil Carmichael MP at House of CommonsOn the 23rd October, Neil Carmichael MP hosted an Antarctic Reception at the House of Commons to promote the Antarctic Bill, which has its second reading in Parliament on the […]
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NEWS STORY: Consultation on merger proposal
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Consultation on merger proposalNERC consultation on proposal to merge BAS and National Oceanography Centre (NOC) The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is undertaking a consultation exercise on a proposal to merge two of […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS involved in NASA mission
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS involved in NASA missionBritish Antarctic Survey scientists involved in NASA ‘space weather’ mission WASHINGTON — NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore the Earth’s radiation belts, launched […]
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NEWS STORY: Ocean sampling at Rothera
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Ocean sampling at RotheraOcean sampling: Rothera, Antarctic Peninsula: last but not least! Are the World’s oceans all the same, or are they different? OK at the most basic level, we all know that […]
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NEWS STORY: HMS Protector open to public
Read more of: NEWS STORY: HMS Protector open to publicRoyal Navy’s Antarctic patrol vessel, HMS Protector, pays a four-day visit to Ipswich The Royal Navy’s 5000 tonne Antarctic patrol vessel will sail into Ipswich on Friday (August 10) for […]
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RRS James Clark Ross cruises Arctic waters
Read more of: RRS James Clark Ross cruises Arctic watersAn international team of scientists from the US, Norway, Germany and Holland are currently on the British Antarctic Survey’s RRS James Clark Ross trying to understand more about the behaviour […]
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NEWS STORY: Antarctica celebrates Olympics
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Antarctica celebrates OlympicsRothera Station staff take part in ‘All the Bells’ to celebrate the Olympics Kitchen pots, glasses and a bedpan are just some of the items being used by staff at […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS on the BBC
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS on the BBCScientists take part in BBC expedition “Operation Iceberg” This summer two British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists head to the Arctic to take part in the BBC expedition ‘Operation Iceberg’. Oceanographers […]
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NEWS STORY: Antarctic conservation issues
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Antarctic conservation issuesChallenges facing the future of Antarctica A century ago, Antarctica was one of Earth’s last frontiers, but now the continent is under threat from human activity. An international team of […]
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NEWS STORY: Antarctic band reform for one off gig
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Antarctic band reform for one off gigNunatak reunion at the Sanday Soulka festival on the Orkney Islands Having performed at one of the world’s biggest concerts ‘Live Earth*’ on 7th July 2007, Nunatak** — the British […]
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NEWS STORY: Midwinter’s Day in Antarctica
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Midwinter’s Day in AntarcticaAntarctica celebrating Midwinter’s Day A hundred years ago Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team celebrated Midwinter in Antarctica (known as Midsummer’s Day in the UK) — a tradition that […]
