APC honours former colleagues
Two former colleagues were among those honoured recently by the Antarctic Place-names Committee (APC). David Wynn-Williams and Kirsty Brown both had areas of the British Antarctic Territory named after them. […]
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Autosub trapped under the Antarctic ice shelf
Read more of: Autosub trapped under the Antarctic ice shelfAutosub, the Natural Environment Research Council’s unmanned, self-propelled research submarine, is trapped beneath Fimbul Ice Shelf, Antarctica close to South Africa’s SANAE base. The vehicle is some seventeen kilometres from […]
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BAS staff walk for diabetes in Antarctica
Read more of: BAS staff walk for diabetes in AntarcticaOn 14 November, World Diabetes Day, around 29 people from the British Antarctic Survey and the South Georgia Government joined thousands of people across the globe in walking to raise […]
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Polar Medals awarded to BAS staff
Read more of: Polar Medals awarded to BAS staffPolar Medal awards announced today have included several BAS staff. Two members of staff have been awarded second clasps to their Polar Medals. These are: Professor John Croxall, CBE (Second […]
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BAS scientist presents the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2004
Read more of: BAS scientist presents the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2004British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientist, Professor Lloyd Peck presents this years Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2004 on the subject of the most extreme place on Earth: Antarctica. In a series […]
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Seeking Answers Beneath the ice: Dr Cynan Ellis Evans on Antarctic Sub-glacial Lakes
Read more of: Seeking Answers Beneath the ice: Dr Cynan Ellis Evans on Antarctic Sub-glacial LakesDate: 08 Apr 2002 Science writer Jean de Pomereu recently interviewed Dr Cynan Ellis Evans of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) for SciencePoles on the subject of Antarctic sub-glacial lakes. As […]
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Antarctic Ice Core milestone – 2002m reached as year 2002 arrives
Read more of: Antarctic Ice Core milestone – 2002m reached as year 2002 arrives15 January 2002 PR Number 1/2002 In the first weeks of the New Year a team of European scientists drilled successfully through 2002 metres of ice at Dome Concordia, high […]