Captain Malcolm Phelps, 1928 – 2017
APRIL 2017. It is with deep sadness that we report that Captain Malcolm Phelps, formerly of the RRS John Biscoe, passed away on Saturday 8th April 2017 after a long […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Antarctic cloud physics
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Antarctic cloud physicsObservations were made of clouds over the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer of 2010 and 2011 using one the BAS Twin Otter aircraft fitted with a range of atmospheric instruments. […]
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The first dive of Boaty McBoatface
Read more of: The first dive of Boaty McBoatfaceThe unmanned submersible Boaty McBoatface was deployed in the Antarctic for the first time.
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Poor outlook for Antarctic biodiversity
Read more of: Poor outlook for Antarctic biodiversityAn international study involving scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has debunked the popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape than the […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Winds and sea ice
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Winds and sea iceIt is thought that wind changes over the Southern Ocean may have been critical in driving changes in CO2 between cold ice-world and warm-world climates. Because of inconsistencies between the […]
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Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia
Read more of: Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South GeorgiaA new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia – famous for its wildlife – was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results […]
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Boaty McBoatface sub prepares for first Antarctic mission
Read more of: Boaty McBoatface sub prepares for first Antarctic missionBoaty McBoatface is joining ocean scientists from the University of Southampton and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) on an expedition to study some of the deepest and coldest abyssal ocean waters […]
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Raising Horizons: Portraits of women in science
Read more of: Raising Horizons: Portraits of women in scienceBAS Director features in photographic portraits of women in science
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Signy Island is hottest place in the Antarctic
Read more of: Signy Island is hottest place in the AntarcticA World Meteorological Organization (WMO) committee of experts announces this week (Wed 1 March) new records for the highest temperatures recorded in the Antarctic Region. The results are part of […]
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New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf
Read more of: New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice ShelfBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently captured this video footage of a huge crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, on the Antarctic Peninsula. Currently a huge iceberg, roughly the size […]
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Local weather plays part in retreat of glacier
Read more of: Local weather plays part in retreat of glacierLocal weather plays an important part in the retreat of the ice shelves in West Antarctica, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications today (Friday 17 February). […]
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Antarctic sea ice extent lowest on record
Read more of: Antarctic sea ice extent lowest on recordThis year the extent of summer sea ice in the Antarctic is the lowest on record. The Antarctic sea ice minimum marks the day – typically towards end of February […]
