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As part of an international collaboration between British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Netherlands Polar Programme — managed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Earth and Life Sciences Division […]
To mark the centenary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott a number of public exhibitions are taking place in London and Plymouth. Plymouth Landscapes of Exploration Landscapes of Exploration at the […]
One of the most comprehensive studies of animals in the Southern Ocean reveals a region that is under threat from the effects of environmental change. Reporting in January 2012 in […]
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Director Professor Nick Owens has appointed two new Non-Executive members with immediate effect. Anne Miller Anne Miller is an innovator, entrepreneur and Director of the […]
This week scientists and support staff at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) commemorate Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his companions, who reached the South Pole exactly one hundred a years ago. […]
The Polar Medal has been awarded to three members of staff almost 100 years after the great British explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his men reached the South Pole. […]
Communities of species previously unknown to science have been discovered on the seafloor near Antarctica, clustered in the hot, dark environment surrounding hydrothermal vents. The discoveries, made by teams led […]
As you get stuck into your turkey on Christmas Day, spare a thought for scientists working in Antarctica for British Antarctic Survey, where Christmas is just another working day. Around […]
One century ago today, on 14th December 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the geographical South Pole. He led a party of five men, with four […]
Scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have produced the most detailed map of underneath Antarctica — its rock bed. BEDMAP is a close-up view of the landscape beneath the Antarctic […]
The Royal Navy’s new ice patrol ship, HMS Protector, left Portsmouth earlier this week (Monday 28 November) for an eight-month deployment surveying and patrolling the seas around Antarctica. The 5,000 […]
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 […]
