I am a GIS and Web Mapping Specialist and have been at BAS since 2016.  My role involves preparing content for GIS services including an internal GIS for BAS polar operations (as operations contact within MAGIC), an FCO environmental GIS add.antarctica.ac.uk and other related systems.  I maintain the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee gazetteer and web-map and develop the underlying geospatial information for Antarctic place names through defining spatial extents for gazetteer features from satellite imagery and other sources.  Additionally, I prepare maps for BAS polar operations and FCO Polar Regions Department and carry out similar work on other MAGIC projects.

Before coming to BAS I completed a BSc (Hons) degree in Geology at the University of St Andrews and a master’s degree in Geoinformation Technology and Cartography at the University of Glasgow.  During my undergraduate degree I worked with the University of Leicester in conjunction with British Geological Survey to assess the potential of Object-based Image Analysis to geological mapping.  My master’s thesis focussed on developing a method to assess changes in Siberian thermokarst lake dynamics over time using GRASS GIS and image classification techniques with SPOT satellite imagery between 1986 and 2010.

Grebby, S.; Field, E.; Tansey, K. Evaluating the Use of an Object-Based Approach to Lithological Mapping in Vegetated Terrain. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 843.

Field, E. (2015). A comparison of object-based vs. pixel-based classification methods for geological mapping.  Poster presented at: Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Wavelength Conference; March 31-April 1;  Newcastle-upon- Tyne, UK.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Pritchard, Hamish D. ORCID record for Pritchard, Hamish D.. Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Fretwell, Peter T.. Fremand, Alice C. ORCID record for Fremand, Alice C.. Bodart, Julien A. ORCID record for Bodart, Julien A.. Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for Kirkham, James D.. Aitken, Alan. Bamber, Jonathan. Bell, Robin. Bianchi, Cesidio. Bingham, Robert G. ORCID record for Bingham, Robert G.. Blankenship, Donald D. Casassa, Gino. Christianson, Knut. Conway, Howard. Corr, Hugh F.J. Cui, Xiangbin. Damaske, Detlef. Damm, Volkmar. Dorschel, Boris ORCID record for Dorschel, Boris. Drews, Reinhard ORCID record for Drews, Reinhard. Eagles, Graeme. Eisen, Olaf ORCID record for Eisen, Olaf. Eisermann, Hannes. Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Ferraccioli, Fausto. Field, Elena ORCID record for Field, Elena. Forsberg, René. Franke, Steven ORCID record for Franke, Steven. Goel, Vikram ORCID record for Goel, Vikram. Gogineni, Siva Prasad. Greenbaum, Jamin ORCID record for Greenbaum, Jamin. Hills, Benjamin. Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Hindmarsh, Richard C.A.. Hoffman, Andrew O. Holschuh, Nicholas. Holt, John W. Humbert, Angelika ORCID record for Humbert, Angelika. Jacobel, Robert W. Jansen, Daniela. Jenkins, Adrian. Jokat, Wilfried. Jong, Lenneke ORCID record for Jong, Lenneke. Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Jordan, Tom A.. King, Edward C. ORCID record for King, Edward C.. Kohler, Jack. Krabill, William. Maton, Joséphine. Gillespie, Mette Kusk. Langley, Kirsty. Lee, Joohan ORCID record for Lee, Joohan. Leitchenkov, German. Leuschen, Cartlon. Luyendyk, Bruce ORCID record for Luyendyk, Bruce. MacGregor, Joseph A. ORCID record for MacGregor, Joseph A.. MacKie, Emma. Moholdt, Geir. Matsuoka, Kenichi ORCID record for Matsuoka, Kenichi. Morlighem, Mathieu ORCID record for Morlighem, Mathieu. Mouginot, Jérémie ORCID record for Mouginot, Jérémie. Nitsche, Frank O. ORCID record for Nitsche, Frank O.. Nost, Ole A. Paden, John ORCID record for Paden, John. Pattyn, Frank. Popov, Sergey. Rignot, Eric ORCID record for Rignot, Eric. Rippin, David M. ORCID record for Rippin, David M.. Rivera, Andrés ORCID record for Rivera, Andrés. Roberts, Jason L. ORCID record for Roberts, Jason L.. Ross, Neil ORCID record for Ross, Neil. Ruppel, Antonia. Schroeder, Dustin M. Siegert, Martin J. ORCID record for Siegert, Martin J.. Smith, Andrew ORCID record for Smith, Andrew. Steinhage, Daniel. Studinger, Michael ORCID record for Studinger, Michael. Sun, Bo. Tabacco, Ignazio. Tinto, Kirsty J. ORCID record for Tinto, Kirsty J.. Urbini, Stefano. Vaughan, David G. ORCID record for Vaughan, David G.. Wilson, Douglas S. Young, Duncan A. Zirizzotti, Achille. (2025) Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica.

2022

Frémand, Alice C. ORCID record for Frémand, Alice C.. Fretwell, Peter ORCID record for Fretwell, Peter. Bodart, Julien A. Pritchard, Hamish D. ORCID record for Pritchard, Hamish D.. Aitken, Alan. Bamber, Jonathan L. Bell, Robin. Bianchi, Cesido. Bingham, Robert G. Blankenship, Donald D. Casassa, Gino. Catania, Ginny. Christianson, Knut. Conway, Howard. Corr, Hugh F.J. Cui, Xiangbin. Damaske, Detlef. Damm, Volkmar. Drews, Reinhard. Eagles, Graeme. Eisen, Olaf. Eisermann, Hannes. Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Ferraccioli, Fausto. Field, Elena ORCID record for Field, Elena. Forsberg, René. Franke, Steven. Fujita, Shuji. Gim, Yonggyu. Goel, Vikram. Gogineni, Siva Prasad. Greenbaum, Jamin. Hills, Benjamin. Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Hindmarsh, Richard C.A.. Hoffman, Andrew O. Holmlund, Per. Holschuh, Nicholas. Holt, John W. Horlings, Anneka N. Humbert, Anglika. Jacobel, Robert W. Jansen, Daniela. Jenkins, Adrian. Jokat, Wilfried. Jordan, Tom ORCID record for Jordan, Tom. King, Edward ORCID record for King, Edward. Kohler, Jack. Krabill, William. Langley, Kirsty. Lee, Joohan. Leitchenkov, German. Leuschen, Carlton. Luyendyk, Bruce. MacGregor, Joseph. MacKie, Emma. Matsuoka, Kenichi. Morlighem, Mathieu. Mouginot, Jérémie. Nitsche, Frank O. Nogi, Yoshifumi. Nost, Ole A. Paden, John. Pattyn, Frank. Popov, Sergey V. Rignot, Eric. Rippin, David M. Rivera, Andrés. Roberts, Jason. Ross, Neil. Ruppel, Anotonia. Schroeder, Dustin M. Siegert, Martin J. Smith, Andrew M. ORCID record for Smith, Andrew M.. Steinhage, Daniel. Studinger, Michael. Sun, Bo. Tabacco, Ignazio. Tinto, Kirsty. Urbini, Stefano. Vaughan, David ORCID record for Vaughan, David. Welch, Brian C. Wilson, Douglas S. Young, Duncan A. Zirizzotti, Achille. (2022) Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data.

2016

Grebby, Stephen. Field, Elena ORCID record for Field, Elena. Tansey, Kevin. (2016) Evaluating the use of an object-based approach to lithological mapping in vegetated terrain.

• Gerrish, L., Belchier, M., & Field, E. (2026). South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area boundaries, 2019 update (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/191bbdb4-0d36-40b0-ab23-8079f23a1479

• Gerrish, L., Skachkova, A., Ireland, L., & Field, E. (2025). Topographic data for Alexander Island and the surrounding region, including coastline, grounding line, contours, spot heights, rock outcrop and lakes (2022 – 2025) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/98a92a0c-4fa3-4319-a554-f85d1564de40

• Gerrish, L., & Field, E. (2025). Contours, spot heights and lakes data for the Adelaide Island and Arrowsmith Peninsula region of Antarctica (2022-2025) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/52c304a5-6ab5-4368-9152-4aad1efd9719

• 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

4. South Georgia GIS

   Visualise and download topographic, management and scientific data for South Georgia.

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1. New map reflects ice loss and name changes

   Dramatic changes in the Polar Regions are reflected in a new edition map of Antarctica and the Arctic produced by cartographers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The flagship printed […]

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