Antarctic field season kicks off for Centennial Year
On the eve of the centenary of Sir Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 20011/12 field season is underway. The start of the season […]
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Frozen Planet: Autumn arrives
Read more of: Frozen Planet: Autumn arrivesThis week on Frozen Planet (BBC1 Wednesday 16 November at 21.00, repeated Sunday at 16.10) the programme explores autumn in the polar regions. As life cools down in the Antarctic, […]
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Frozen Planet: Summer in Antarctica
Read more of: Frozen Planet: Summer in AntarcticaThis week on Frozen Planet (BBC1 Wednesday 9 November at 21.00, repeated Sunday at 16.10) the programme explores Summer in the Polar Regions. As life thrives in the Antarctic, viewers […]
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This week on Frozen Planet
Read more of: This week on Frozen PlanetThis week on Frozen Planet (BBC1 Wednesday 2 November at 21.00, repeated Sunday at 16.10) the programme explores Spring in the Polar Regions and how life begins the race to […]
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BAS scientists on BBC4 ‘Secret Life of Ice’
Read more of: BAS scientists on BBC4 ‘Secret Life of Ice’BAS biologist Dr Lloyd Peck and ice core scientist Dr Robert Mulvaney featured in the ‘Secret Life of Ice’ on BBC 4 (TV) this week. Ice is one of the […]
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International ice experts caution that ‘Open’ Arctic shipping routes does not mean ice-free waters
Read more of: International ice experts caution that ‘Open’ Arctic shipping routes does not mean ice-free watersIce experts from agencies from nine countries this week issued a statement urging marine and shipping companies operating in the region of the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route […]
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BBC Frozen Planet: the Poles like you’ve never seen them before…
Read more of: BBC Frozen Planet: the Poles like you’ve never seen them before…Series starts Wednesday 26 October, BBC1 at 9.00pm, repeated on Sundays at 4.10pm. Embark on the trip of a lifetime, as the award-winning BBC team behind Planet Earth takes you […]
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End of the Rothera winter and arrival of the first aircraft
Read more of: End of the Rothera winter and arrival of the first aircraftMarking the end of the Rothera winter, Rothera had its first visitors since the departure of the Ernest Shackleton in March. On Tuesday a Kenn Borek Air (KBA) Twin Otter […]
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British Antarctic Survey engineers set off to explore the unknown
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey engineers set off to explore the unknownThe Advance Party from a team of 10 scientists and engineers planning to drill through 3km of ice in to an ancient hidden lake has begun its long journey from […]
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Climate change affects marine animals on Antarctica’s seabed
Read more of: Climate change affects marine animals on Antarctica’s seabedA rapid increase in the frequency of icebergs pounding the shallow seafloor around the West Antarctic Peninsula — as a result of shrinking winter sea ice — has caused the […]
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International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day) – 16 September
Read more of: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day) – 16 SeptemberNew documentary examines the status of the Ozone Hole on the anniversary of the Montreal Protocol – a global agreement banning ozone depleting substances It’s over 25 years since British […]
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800,000 years of abrupt climate variability
Read more of: 800,000 years of abrupt climate variabilityAn international team of scientists, led by Dr Stephen Barker of Cardiff University, has produced a prediction of what climate records from Greenland might look like over the last 800,000 […]