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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. The first dive of Boaty McBoatface

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

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8. Poor outlook for Antarctic biodiversity

   An 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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9. FEATURED PAPER: Winds and sea ice

   It 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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10. Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia

    A 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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11. Boaty McBoatface sub prepares for first Antarctic mission

    Boaty 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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12. Raising Horizons: Portraits of women in science

    BAS Director features in photographic portraits of women in science

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