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1. Storms caused massive Antarctic sea ice loss in 2016

   A series of unprecedented storms over the Southern Ocean likely caused the most dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice seen to date, a new study finds. Antarctic sea ice – […]

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2. Midwinter’s Day 2017

   As darkness cloaks Antarctica, science and support staff wintering across the white continent will  today celebrate Midwinter’s Day – the shortest day in the Austral winter. With some staff experiencing […]

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3. Team discovers sub-glacial lake from over 20,000 years ago

   Researchers have provided new evidence that large sub-glacial lakes existed under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the last glacial period – around 20,000 years ago – a period when […]

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4. Plastic pollution in the Antarctic worse than expected

   The levels of microplastic particles accumulating in the Antarctic are much worse than expected, a team of experts has warned. The continent is considered to be a pristine wilderness compared […]

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5. British Antarctic Survey at Bluedot Festival 2017

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is delighted to be participating in this year’s Bluedot music festival in Macclesfield 7-9 July. The event, which last year attracted over 20,000 visitors, is billed […]

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6. Horizon Antarctica Ice Station Rescue on BBC Two

   Horizon documentary ‘Antarctica Ice Station Rescue’ broadcasts on Wednesday 7 June @ 21:00 on BBC Two In 2016 British Antarctic Survey (BAS) invited BBC film-maker Natalie Hewit to its Halley […]

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7. New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves

   New research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds play in influencing the behaviour of Antarctic ice shelves. Presenting this week at a European conference scientists […]

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8. New atlas provides highest-resolution imagery of the Polar Regions seafloor

   The most comprehensive and high-resolution atlas of the seafloor of both Polar Regions is presented this week (Tuesday 25 April) at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU) in Vienna.

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9. Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptions

   One of Antarctica’s biggest gentoo penguin colonies was repeatedly decimated by eruptions of the Deception Island volcano in recent millennia.

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10. 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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11. FEATURED PAPER: Antarctic cloud physics

    Observations 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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12. The first dive of Boaty McBoatface

    The unmanned submersible Boaty McBoatface was deployed in the Antarctic for the first time.

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