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1. Winter arrives in Antarctica

   While the northern hemisphere looks forward to spring and summer, Antarctica slips into Winter. On March 5th the RRS Ernest Shackleton left Halley research station; the eleven intrepid winterers have […]

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2. Unmanned aerial vehicles mark robotic first for British Antarctic Survey

   Scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in collaboration with the Technical University of Braunschweig (TUBS), Germany have completed the first ever series of flights by autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) […]

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3. Scraping the bottom

   Iceberg scouring is a major factor affecting the diversity and abundance of marine benthic communities in Antarctica’s highly dynamic ecosystem. Reporting in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series biologist Dr […]

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4. Prestigious science prize awarded for 800,000 year old ice core

   Ice core scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are joint winners of a major European science prize. The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) – which retrieved two […]

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5. New discovery at Jupiter could help protect Earth-orbit satellites

   Radio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter’s magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth, according to new research published in Nature Physics this week. The discovery overturns a […]

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6. Hibernation-like behaviour in Antarctic fish – on ice for winter

   Scientists have discovered an Antarctic fish species that adopts a winter survival strategy similar to hibernation.  Reporting this week in the journal PLoS ONE, the online journal from the Public […]

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7. Rock studies help crack questions of glacier thinning in West Antarctica

   Boulders the size of footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise according to new research published this week in the journal Geology. […]

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8. Krill discovered living in the Antarctic abyss

   Scientists have discovered Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) living and feeding down to depths of 3000 metres in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought […]

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9. BAS signs licensing deal for extreme equipment

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has signed a licensing deal with the Cambridge-based eXtreme Instrumentation Limited (Xi). The deal allows Xi to make and sell two innovative devices developed by scientists […]

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10. Cool blog: James Clark Ross in the Southern Ocean

    The onboard activities of the BAS ship RRS James Clark Ross, currently on a science cruise in the Southern Ocean, are documented in a blog by Portuguese scientist, Jose Xavier. […]

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11. Visit Antarctica with British Antarctic Survey during Cambridge Science Festival – 10-20 March 2008

    Join scientists from British Antarctic Survey as they take you on a journey to Antarctica. As part of this year’s Cambridge Science Festival, BAS will host two evening talks at […]

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12. From Mars to the Earth: Studying ice beneath the surface

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