BAS field season underway
The BAS field season is underway. Since the RRS James Clark Ross departed the UK in November last year, it has safely delivered summer and wintering staff and essential cargo […]
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Festive Greetings from BAS!
Read more of: Festive Greetings from BAS!Staff at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ships and research stations prepare to celebrate the festive season. It’s been a year like no other, with extraordinary arrangements made to keep facilities […]
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RRS Sir David Attenborough registered to Falkland Islands
Read more of: RRS Sir David Attenborough registered to Falkland IslandsBritain’s new polar ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, has been registered on the British register of ships at Stanley, Falkland Islands. This continues the long tradition of registering British […]
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RRS James Clark Ross on route to Antarctica
Read more of: RRS James Clark Ross on route to AntarcticaUPDATE 15/12/2020: Opening Signy Research Station RRS James Clark Ross arrived at Signy Island on 15 December. Signy Island is one of the remote South Orkney Islands, which lie more […]
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Southern Hemisphere westerly winds likely to intensify as climate warms
Read more of: Southern Hemisphere westerly winds likely to intensify as climate warmsPolar climate scientists have created the most high resolution past record of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds. The results, published this week (9 December) in the journal Communications Earth and […]
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Polar scientists and staff awarded place names in Antarctica
Read more of: Polar scientists and staff awarded place names in AntarcticaThe Government of the British Antarctic Territory today (Thursday 3 December) announces 28 new place names in the Territory
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British Antarctic Survey takes delivery of RRS Sir David Attenborough
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey takes delivery of RRS Sir David AttenboroughBritain’s new polar ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, has been handed over from Cammell Laird shipyard to the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), […]
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Celebrating Antarctica Day 2020
Read more of: Celebrating Antarctica Day 2020British Antarctic Survey (BAS) celebrates Antarctica Day in 2020 with a series of activities to highlight the importance of Antarctic research and operations during a year that marked the 200th […]
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Krill provide a highway for ocean carbon storage
Read more of: Krill provide a highway for ocean carbon storageLarge krill swarms in the Southern Ocean could help remove additional carbon from the atmosphere, in a way that is currently ‘hidden’ in global models. Scientists knew that the carbon-rich […]
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Do your PhD with British Antarctic Survey in 2021
Read more of: Do your PhD with British Antarctic Survey in 2021Applications for PhD projects with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are now open for October 2021 admission. There are currently over 100 PhD students associated with BAS, working on a huge variety […]
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Blue whales return to South Georgia after near extinction
Read more of: Blue whales return to South Georgia after near extinctionAn international research team led by UK scientists has revealed the return of critically endangered Antarctic blue whales to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, 50 years after whaling all […]
