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1. Explore new polar maps online

   A new map catalogue with access to a large collection of freely available polar maps is now available online.

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2. 17 September 2025: Postcard from Rothera Research Station

   The British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) wintering team continues to make progress on our new science and operations facility, the Discovery Building at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.

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3. New exhibition blends art and Antarctica

   The Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, has opened its new exhibition, Through Ice & Fire.

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4. Cruising for clues: discovering invasive species in the Arctic with eDNA

   Scientists have detected the DNA of an invasive marine species in Arctic Canada suggesting the region’s waters are no longer cold enough to be a natural barrier.

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5. Review suggests polar geoengineering ideas could do more harm than good  

   Well-publicised geoengineering ideas are highly unlikely to help the polar regions and could harm ecosystems, communities, international relations, and our chances of reaching net zero by 2050. This is according to a new assessment, published in the journal Frontiers in Science today (9 September 2025).

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6. Send your name to Antarctica

   British Antarctic Survey is inviting you to send your name on an extraordinary adventure to the world’s most remote continent. 

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7. Remains of British researcher lost in 1959 recovered from Antarctic glacier 

   The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica.

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8. New maps published of Alexander Island, Antarctica

   The Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) at the British Antarctic Survey have produced new maps of the topography (physical features) and geology of Alexander Island in Antarctica.

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9. 31 July 2025: Postcard from Rothera Research Station

   With the end of the 2024/25 Antarctic construction season, the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) wintering team settles in at Rothera Research Station.

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10. New research links ocean tides to when icebergs in Antarctica break off 

    A new study has revealed that ocean tides can directly influence when massive Antarctic icebergs break off from the ice shelves surrounding the continent, a process known as calving. The research marks a major step toward accurately forecasting ice loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and improving projections of global sea level rise. 

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11. New study improves climate predictions in Asia’s mountain regions

    Scientists from British Antarctic Survey have contributed to research that significantly improves predictions of future precipitation – rainfall and snowfall – in High Mountain Asia, a region that provides water to 1.9 billion people. 

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12. Antarctica’s oldest ice arrives for climate analysis 

    A consignment of ancient ice from Antarctica, extracted as part of the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project, arrived at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge for detailed analysis this month.  

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