Arctic Station laboratory

Working in the Arctic Station laboratory.

During the early part of the 2019 season, the Station laboratory underwent a major upgrade. This multipurpose facility comprises four separate laboratory spaces:

• Large main laboratory with wide benching and double sink. Suitable for use as laboratory or electronics workshop
• Annex chemical laboratory with recirculating fume hood, Class II biological safety cabinet and oven
• Wet laboratory with ultra-pure water system, sink and benching
• Dry laboratory with benching, balances and microscopes
• As well as associated office space and store of general laboratory consumables

The laboratory equipment available for sample preparation, preservation and basic analysis now includes:

• Spark free laboratory fridges and chest freezers
• Balances (2 d.p. and 4 d.p.)
• Vacuum pumps
• Oven and vacuum concentrator
• Microscopes (multiple light field, including blue light)
• BioSpectrometer (200-830nm; with μCuvette)
• pH meter
• Centrifuges, heat block mixer and vortex (for 1.5ml, 15ml & 50ml tubes)
• Autoclave, steriliser, and microwave
• Web ports available in the laboratory

 Further information is available from the Station pages on the Arctic Station pages on the Arctic Office website.

Arctic Station microscopes