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1. NEWS STORY: Antarctic stamps mark Queen’s milestone

   A major scientific discovery made by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists, as well as one of its ships, feature on a new set of stamps being released to mark Queen […]

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2. NEWS STORY: Explaining sea lion decline

   The southern sea lion population of the Falkland Islands witnessed a dramatic decline during the last century with numbers falling by 95 per cent between the 1930s and 1960s. It […]

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3. FEATURED PAPER: Ocean upwelling and increasing winds

   As the southern westerly winds drive the Antarctic circumpolar current around Antarctica, deep waters are forced up to the surface south of the polar front. Changes in the intensity with […]

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4. NEWS STORY: Predicting polar ice loss

   Most comprehensive ice loss model A new international study is the first to use a high-resolution, large-scale computer model to estimate how much ice the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could […]

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5. NEWS STORY: Tender to construct Aurora Cambridge

   Tender for the construction and fit of a new Innovation Centre at British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

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6. NEWS STORY: Bird tracking aids seabird research

   Bird tracking technology reveals future climate may affect seabird feeding behaviour A two year study of shags on the Isle of May National Nature Reserve in Scotland reveals that when […]

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7. FEATURED PAPER: Glacier response to ice shelf collapse

   In February 2002, satellite images from a remote location in Antarctica revealed how an immense volume of floating ice, up to 1km thick, suddenly collapsed. Over the course of a […]

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8. PRESS RELEASE: Scent matters to fur seals

   Antarctic fur seals have unique ‘scent profile’ to recognise their pups Researchers studying Antarctic fur seals have discovered their scent has a unique ‘profile’ which enables them to recognise their […]

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9. NEWS STORY: NERC to invest £16m in Arctic Ocean change research

   The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has announced it will invest £16m in research to study the effects of dramatic changes in Arctic ice cover over the last three decades on […]

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10. NEWS STORY: New website

    Welcome to our new website! We’ve given our website a makeover so that you can find everything you need or want to know about polar science and operations. There are […]

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11. NEWS STORY: Schools Competition

    Why does Antarctica matter? Young Geographer of the Year Award 2015 The Royal Geographical Society is running a schools competition to mark the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition, […]

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12. NEWS STORY: New study uncovers how petrels co-exist

    New study uncovers how petrels in sub-Antarctic co-exist during the winter For the first time, scientists understand more clearly how birds living on the remote sub-Antarctic island of Bird Island […]

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