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1. ‘Sounds of Space’ from Antarctica feature in space simulation game

   Amazing, natural, ‘sounds of space’, have been incorporated into the new exploration gameplay in Elite Dangerous

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2. Summer fieldwork begins at Halley

   Halley opens for 2018 summer field season

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3. Increased snowfall in Antarctica buffers sea-level rise

   A new study of snowfall across Antarctica provides vital information in the study of future sea-level rise. A team of scientists  from NASA and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), describes how […]

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4. Seabird populations on Antarctic Peninsula unexpected

   Results of a new study on Antarctic seabirds shows a larger percentage of their populations inhabit important nesting sites around Ryder Bay, close to British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Station than […]

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5. Season’s greetings!

   Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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6. A new way to create Saturn’s radiation belts

   A team of international scientists from BAS, University of Iowa and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences has discovered a new method to explain how radiation belts are formed around […]

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7. All aboard and bound for Antarctica

   The DS Wisconsin departs for Antarctica loaded with 4,500 tonnes of kit required to build the new Rothear Wharf

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8. Antarctic game features new videos

   ‘Ice Flows’, a free-to-use and interactive game, which demonstrates the impact of climate change in Antarctica now has an exciting new feature – explainer videos, narrated by the penguin characters […]

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9. Ambitious UK-U.S. Antarctic research mission begins

   A team of UK and U.S. polar scientists are about to embark on one of the largest joint Antarctic missions for more than 70 years. It’s the first field season […]

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10. Discovery of high geothermal heat at South Pole

    Scientists have discovered an area near the South Pole where the base of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting unexpectedly quickly. Using radar to look through three km of ice, […]

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11. Ice sheets growing from the base

    Fresh water freezing onto the bottom of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets leads to the formation of spectacular plume-shaped features, according to new research published today (7th November) in […]

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12. Prestigious award for BAS early career scientist

    Congratulations to Dr Emilie Capron who has been awarded the prestigious Early Career Scientist Award of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). Dr Capron is a palaeoclimatologist at British […]

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