I began my career at BAS in 2006 with an 18 month wintering position at Rothera Research Station. Upon my return I was lucky enough to secure a position as Islands Facilities Engineer and spent the next 2 years travelling to Bird Island and King Edward Point located on South Georgia and Signy Island one of the South Orkney Islands.

From 2011 to 2013 I joined the Antarctic Marine Engineering Group (AME) and spent 2 years working as a Mechanical Engineer on a deep field drilling project called ‘Lake Ellsworth’ where we designed and built a hot water drill capable of drilling through 3.4km of ice to reach a subglacial lake.

In late 2013 I started my current role as Marine Engineer.  Within this role I am responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of many systems on the RRS James Clark Ross and RRS Ernest Shackleton. Each year both ships require a minimum of a 3 week refit period to carry out maintenance and survey work required by the Marine & Coastguard Agency who are the UK flag administration and Lloyds Register / DNV who are the respective Classification societies for the BAS ships in order to comply with all legislation required to operate the ice strengthened research ships.

1. Signy Island Diary — February 2010

   February 2010 started off with a distinct end to the summer weather! Snow fall and temperatures failing to reach anything resembling a summer day in Wales prevent the snow from […]

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1. PRESS RELEASE: British team to explore buried lake

   British team set to access and sample one of the last unexplored environments on Earth This week (12 December) a British team of scientists and engineers, including scientists from British […]

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2. PRESS RELEASE: Challenging mission accomplished

   Engineering team completes ambitious Antarctic expedition in the ‘deep-field’ A team of four British Antarctic Survey (BAS) engineers has returned to the UK after completing a gruelling journey to one […]

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3. British Antarctic Survey engineers set off to explore the unknown

   The 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 […]

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4. PRESS RELEASE: Mission to submerged lake

   British Antarctic Survey engineering team heads to Antarctica to explore hidden lake Next week a British engineering team from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) heads off to Antarctica for the first […]

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