I joined BAS in 1990 and became Head of the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) in 2003. My main role is overall leadership of the MAGIC group, but I am a specialist in aerial photography, GPS survey and photogrammetry for both topographic mapping and scientific measurement. I have led 16 aerial photography and survey campaigns in Antarctica, South Georgia and Svalbard and been involved with production of a large number of topographic maps of the polar regions.
I am Secretary of the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, co-Chief Officer of the SCAR Standing Committee on Geographic Information and serve on the editorial board of The Photogrammetric Record.

1987: MA (Hons), Geography, Edinburgh
1989: MSc, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Aberdeen
2004: MRICS, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Geomatics Division.
2007: PhD, Remote Sensing/Glaciology, Darwin College, Cambridge

Research interests

My main research interest is using aerial photography and photogrammetry for measuring environmental change from time-series images and wildlife census. I am currently PI on a NERC Standard grant ‘The spatial and temporal distribution of 20th Century Antarctic Peninsula glacier mass change and its drivers’ (NE/K004867/1), with colleagues at the universities of Newcastle and Gloucestershire. This unlocks historical aerial photography by relating it to modern GPS-supported aerial photography and recent high-resolution satellite imagery to measure glacier change over the last 60 years.

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2025). Aerial survey using a thermal sensor of the Grytviken/King Edward Point fur seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight DPlus_109_45 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/303d8002-712c-4979-b31b-54e421100def

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Cook, A. (2024). Scale0 vector polygon of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 5.0 (Version 5.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ea6d7641-82c0-4d0e-94d8-110c397fa988

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Cook, A. (2024). Scale0 vector polygon of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 4.1 (Version 4.1) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d93494a6-8ce0-4720-8244-426b08cf638e

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Cook, A. (2024). Scale0 vector polygon of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 4.0 (Version 4.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/59be7b09-4024-48e2-b7b3-6a0799196400

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., Edwards, M., & Swithinbank, C. (2024). Scale0 vector polygon of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 3.0 (Version 3.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f65ecf6a-95b1-483e-9350-25bd46bf2e98

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Swithinbank, C. (2024). Scale0 vector polygon of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 2.0 (Version 2.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/569712a1-8aae-4df8-b04c-8674ec4c56c7

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., Thomson, J., Edwards, M., Jordan, S., & Swithinbank, C. (2024). Scale0 vector polygon of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 1.0 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/77be89f3-1f60-4749-b1b0-5f037e3d25e5

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Cook, A. (2024). Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 5.0 (Version 5.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3ea0e6d6-a3ed-4363-9972-8f6bb5673cce

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Cook, A. (2024). Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 4.1 (Version 4.1) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e916b505-3eba-406b-a7a1-f96a677c3fa0

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Cook, A. (2024). Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 4.0 (Version 4.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d61613c4-e24b-4566-a0fe-d1667793a996

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., Edwards, M., & Swithinbank, C. (2024). Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 3.0 (Version 3.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b02ed95a-1e6e-4c2e-a220-5458be5fe826

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Swithinbank, C. (2024). Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 2.0 (Version 2.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/70c8609b-2f88-4948-8af4-2ff90262547c

• Cooper, P., Fox, A., Thomson, J., Edwards, M., Jordan, S., & Swithinbank, C. (2024). Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline – VERSION 1.0 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a3b93627-1148-48fa-b896-061cc422527b

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Undine, South Georgia, elephant seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_42 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/089319b8-2c15-439c-abbc-ce9dcacddbbd

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, fur seal colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_16 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/72553ef2-8566-4160-95e6-ab2bcd072a8f

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the St Andrews, South Georgia, Bay king penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_27 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e5a198a3-9d13-4f69-bc77-c00f0d732212

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, elephant seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_38 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e53ba979-7401-46f0-9f88-ee3e33ac054b

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, elephant seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_36 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8189ed89-f36d-43c5-ae33-7e1c9ba0564d

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, elephant seal and king penguin colonies during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_37 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f79b6577-d4cd-4eb2-9fec-b71e4e1d2389

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Sea Leopard Fjord, South Georgia, king penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_29 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/bd6a8de8-fcf2-42fa-b0a6-1c940cd08b7f

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, king penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_32 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/629882a1-7c29-46d0-bf2c-debbfdfeea22

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, king penguin colony colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_33 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3a09305c-6624-4322-8e99-dcb824fe26bc

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Rookery Bay, South Georgia, gentoo penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_19 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3cc7a875-2e59-438f-9a4a-652a58b68c65

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Rookery Bay, South Georgia, gentoo penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_18 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/394d571a-2145-4007-81aa-fd90e94d84b1

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, king penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_30 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/7215b345-a75d-468f-a721-0c9d128e86dd

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Prion Island and Skua Island, South Georgia, wandering albatross colonies during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_24 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3dfed1dd-1d56-4947-aa19-256440f54830

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Maiviken, South Georgia, fur seal and gentoo penguin colonies during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_17 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/249af89f-be4a-4ed7-9dbd-a767a614febf

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Inner Lee Island, Outer Lee Island and Petrel Island, South Georgia, wandering albatross colonies during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_25 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/572683f3-9db1-45fb-8c5e-5247b755b0f7

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Husvik Harbour, South Georgia, fur seal colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_15 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b65acd94-09cd-4fd9-809c-e44b4b51f8c7

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Husvik Harbour, South Georgia, elephant seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_40 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9c398af6-c8e6-4c79-b79f-34cab08b32c4

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Husvik Harbour, South Georgia, elephant seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_39 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c42ff933-06e5-42be-b8e1-3b59169c3b43

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Hound Bay, South Georgia gentoo penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_14 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b01c35be-81e3-4232-b757-53bf7d6ca51e

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Hound Bay, South Georgia, fur seal colony during the 2021/22 season, flight DPLUS_109_13 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c2ad2f3b-17a9-42d9-b6fa-87c813505dd4

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Hound Bay, South Georgia, fur seal colony during the 2021/22 season, flight DPLUS_109_12 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/978f67ee-8d89-444b-8ea2-e2871a233d90

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Hound Bay, South Georgia, elephant seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_35 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/eb210711-85e1-4671-97a8-8c2791979a19

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Hound Bay, South Georgia, elephant seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_34 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9611fde2-5dbe-4eb5-8e8e-63434514f954

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Gold Harbour, South Georgia, king penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_28 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e4200c70-fce7-4cfb-9689-0ba079e0b884

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Gold Harbour, South Georgia, gentoo penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight DPLUS_109_07 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0bb046a2-c232-43e6-8390-4c0c10239bb6

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Gold Harbour, South Georgia, elephant seal colony during the 2022/23 season, flight number DPLUS_109_43 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/00cf7916-5c3f-42a2-8b98-38fa99b5aeb8

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, king penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_26 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/dca60fc9-106a-4592-91e9-7a905056a679

• Hollyman, P., Fenney, N., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Blue Whale Harbour, South Georgia, fur seal colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_10 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4f0fc5ca-caaa-4c5e-88e5-9460c0324826

• Fenney, N., Hollyman, P., Coleman, J., Fox, A., Trathan, P., & Collins, M. (2024). Aerial survey of the Bjornstadt Bay, South Georgia, gentoo penguin colony during the 2021/22 season, flight number DPLUS_109_09 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f3f476bb-caf6-4341-8504-3827622bfc3b

• Cook, A., Fox, A., & Thomson, J. (2021). Coastal change data for the Antarctic Peninsula region, 1843 to 2008 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/07727663-9b94-4069-a486-67e4d82177d3

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