Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s last expedition
One hundred years ago, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team set off for the South Pole as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. This was a scientific mission to […]
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Antarctic field season kicks off for Centennial Year
Read more of: Antarctic field season kicks off for Centennial YearOn the eve of the centenary of Sir Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 20011/12 field season is underway. The start of the season […]
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British Antarctic Survey licenses bird tracker technology to Biotrack
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey licenses bird tracker technology to BiotrackThe rights to produce and market innovative bird-tracking devices developed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been granted to UK company Biotrack as part of a technology transfer agreement. The […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Buried mountain range mapped
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Buried mountain range mappedGamburtsev Mountains enigma unraveled in interior East Antarctica The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet — a puzzle mystifying scientists since their […]
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Frozen Planet: Autumn arrives
Read more of: Frozen Planet: Autumn arrivesThis week on Frozen Planet (BBC1 Wednesday 16 November at 21.00, repeated Sunday at 16.10) the programme explores autumn in the polar regions. As life cools down in the Antarctic, […]
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Frozen Planet: Summer in Antarctica
Read more of: Frozen Planet: Summer in AntarcticaThis week on Frozen Planet (BBC1 Wednesday 9 November at 21.00, repeated Sunday at 16.10) the programme explores Summer in the Polar Regions. As life thrives in the Antarctic, viewers […]
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This week on Frozen Planet
Read more of: This week on Frozen PlanetThis week on Frozen Planet (BBC1 Wednesday 2 November at 21.00, repeated Sunday at 16.10) the programme explores Spring in the Polar Regions and how life begins the race to […]
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BAS scientists on BBC4 ‘Secret Life of Ice’
Read more of: BAS scientists on BBC4 ‘Secret Life of Ice’BAS biologist Dr Lloyd Peck and ice core scientist Dr Robert Mulvaney featured in the ‘Secret Life of Ice’ on BBC 4 (TV) this week. Ice is one of the […]
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International ice experts caution that ‘Open’ Arctic shipping routes does not mean ice-free waters
Read more of: International ice experts caution that ‘Open’ Arctic shipping routes does not mean ice-free watersIce experts from agencies from nine countries this week issued a statement urging marine and shipping companies operating in the region of the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route […]
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BBC Frozen Planet: the Poles like you’ve never seen them before…
Read more of: BBC Frozen Planet: the Poles like you’ve never seen them before…Series starts Wednesday 26 October, BBC1 at 9.00pm, repeated on Sundays at 4.10pm. Embark on the trip of a lifetime, as the award-winning BBC team behind Planet Earth takes you […]
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End of the Rothera winter and arrival of the first aircraft
Read more of: End of the Rothera winter and arrival of the first aircraftMarking the end of the Rothera winter, Rothera had its first visitors since the departure of the Ernest Shackleton in March. On Tuesday a Kenn Borek Air (KBA) Twin Otter […]
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British Antarctic Survey engineers set off to explore the unknown
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey engineers set off to explore the unknownThe Advance Party from a team of 10 scientists and engineers planning to drill through 3km of ice in to an ancient hidden lake has begun its long journey from […]
