As a geophysics data manager at the UK Polar Data Centre, I manage scientific data collected by the UK polar community with an emphasis on marine, terrestrial and airborne geophysical datasets. My responsibilities extend to all stages of the data life cycle including planning, acquisition and processing, through to reviewing and archiving, and onto analysis and dissemination.

The primary purpose of my role is to improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Re-usability (FAIR-ness) of the data I manage. This promotes the reuse of datasets, increasing their impact, and helps ensure compliance with national and international data legislation and policy.

Research interests

I have a big interest in data management, open data and open science. Since 2017, I have been highly involved in the World Data System (WDS) Early Career Researcher Network and since 2022, I have been a member of the American Geophysical Union data management board.

• Scourse, J., Roman Gonzalez, A., Barnes, D., Sands, C., Hollyman, P., Munoz Ramirez, C., Bascur, M., Jenkins, S., Goodall-Copestake, W., Janosik, A., Whitaker, J., Garza, T., Pienkowski, A., Zwerschke, N., Van Landeghem, K., Featherstone, A., Guzzi, A., Alexandroff, S., Butler, P., … Trofimova, T. (2024). Biological specimen list of marine organisms collected from the West Antarctic Peninsula between 2017 and 2020 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b024841b-2520-43f8-96c7-3abc78cd04d2

• Pritchard, H., Fretwell, P., Fremand, A., Bodart, J., Kirkham, J., Aitken, A., Bamber, J., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R., Blankenship, D., Casassa, G., Catania, G., Christianson, K., Conway, H., Corr, H., Cui, X., Damaske, D., Damn, V., … Zirizzotti, A. (2024). BEDMAP3 – Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica – gridding products (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2d0e4791-8e20-46a3-80e4-f5f6716025d2

• Fretwell, P., Pritchard, H., Fremand, A., Bodart, J., Aitken, A., Bamber, J., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R., Blankenship, D., Casassa, G., Catania, G., Christianson, K., Conway, H., Corr, H., Cui, X., Damaske, D., Damn, V., Drews, R., … Zirizzotti, A. (2022). BEDMAP3 – Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica – standardised shapefiles and geopackages (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a72a50c6-a829-4e12-9f9a-5a683a1acc4a

• Fremand, A., Fretwell, P., Bodart, J., Pritchard, H., Aitken, A., Bamber, J., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R., Blankenship, D., Casassa, G., Catania, G., Christianson, K., Conway, H., Corr, H., Cui, X., Damaske, D., Damn, V., Drews, R., … Zirizzotti, A. (2022). BEDMAP3 – Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica – standardised data points (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/91523ff9-d621-46b3-87f7-ffb6efcd1847

• Fretwell, P., Pritchard, H., Vaughan, D., Bamber, J., Barrand, N., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R., Blankenship, D., Casassa, G., Catania, G., Callens, D., Conway, H., Cook, A., Corr, H., Damaske, D., Damn, V., Ferraccioli, F., Forsberg, R., … Bodart, J. (2022). BEDMAP2 – Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica – standardised shapefiles and geopackages (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0f90d926-99ce-43c9-b536-0c7791d1728b

• Fretwell, P., Fremand, A., Bodart, J., Pritchard, H., Vaughan, D., Bamber, J., Barrand, N., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R., Blankenship, D., Casassa, G., Catania, G., Callens, D., Conway, H., Cook, A., Corr, H., Damaske, D., Damn, V., … Zirizzotti, A. (2022). BEDMAP2 – Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica – standardised data points (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2fd95199-365e-4da1-ae26-3b6d48b3e6ac

• Lythe, M., Vaughan, D., BEDMAP 1, c., Fremand, A., & Bodart, J. (2022). BEDMAP1 – Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica – standardised shapefiles and geopackages (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/925ac4ec-2a9d-461a-bfaa-6314eb0888c8

• Lythe, M., Vaughan, D., BEDMAP 1, c., Fremand, A., & Bodart, J. (2022). BEDMAP1 – Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica – standardised data points (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f64815ec-4077-4432-9f55-0ce230f46029

• Retallick, K., Van Landeghem, K., Fremand, A., Howard, F., Sands, C., Roman-Gonzalez, A., Barnes, D., Jenkins, S., Munoz-Ramirez, C., & Scourse, J. (2021). Seafloor bathymetry of Sheldon Cove, Börgen Bay and Marian Cove, merged and gridded from EM122 multibeam echosounder data collected for the project NE/P003087/1 (2017-2020) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/1b4ab7bc-4272-4b16-a642-565e40544b0a

• Fremand, A., Pettafor, A., Evans, D., Howard, F., Morley, S., & Bell, J. (2021). Gridded bathymetric compilation of Tristan da Cunha from multibeam echosounder data collected by multiple vessels (1996-2019) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/181c6078-b470-4382-9425-bb8329e45d94

• Fremand, A. (2020). Gridded bathymetric compilation of Ryder Bay from raw and processed multibeam echosounder data collected by the RRS James Clark Ross (2001 – 2016) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/0f4d7d85-1e38-4e0e-80af-1fcd85267ffc

• Fremand, A. (2019). A bathymetric compilation of the South Shetland Islands, 1991-2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/37cafd85-e84f-416c-8c09-51a5ec9b001c

• Fremand, A., & Barnes, D. (2019). A bathymetric compilation of Ascension Island, 2000-2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/afba710f-dab1-4a63-867b-520177388224

1. Bedmap3

   Bedmap3 is a collaborative community project with the aim to produce a new map and datasets of Antarctic ice thickness and bed topography.

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2. Bedmap

   Bedmap is a collaborative community that has produced maps and datasets of Antarctic ice thickness and bed topography

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3. Polar Airborne Geophysics Data Portal

   The Polar Airborne Geophysics Data Portal provides direct access to airborne survey data.

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4. Geological Collection

   Contains over 200,000 individual rock and fossil specimens collected from Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands and thousands of meters of sediment core from the surrounding seabed.

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1. 60 years of Antarctic ice sheet data released

   In a significant milestone for Antarctic research, detailed and extensive information on ice thickness and bed topography is now available for the first time in a centralised and standardised format. […]

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