NEWS STORY: Celebrating Antarctica Day
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 […]
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NEWS STORY: Agreement signed with Chile
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Agreement signed with ChileBritish Antarctic Survey and Chilean Antarctic Institute sign agreement to strengthen science cooperation This month Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary, William Hague welcomed a joint commitment to partner […]
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Outcome of NERC Council meeting to consider proposal to merge BAS and NOC
Read more of: Outcome of NERC Council meeting to consider proposal to merge BAS and NOCStatement made this morning by NERC on the proposal to merge BAS and the National Oceanography Centre
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NEWS STORY: Insights into icebergs
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Insights into icebergsScientists discover new mechanism at work breaking-up icebergs An international team of scientists has discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which large tabular icebergs break up out at sea as […]
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NEWS STORY: Surfaces of glaciers studied
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Surfaces of glaciers studiedThe 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 […]