ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #9
January the twenty sixth. My pre-deployment brief suggested that I should currently be partaking of all the luxuries Rothera Research Station has to offer. Enjoying that period of self-satisfaction which […]
Iain Rudkin
Arctic Operations Manager
Iain is the Deputy Station Manager for the NERC Arctic Research Station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. He previously worked as a Field Guide in Antarctica overwintering three times at Rothera Research Station and spending numerous summers supporting projects ranging from the sub-Antarctic Islands to the polar plateau.
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Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #9
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Signy Diary – November 2014
Read more of: Signy Diary – November 2014In the small hours of the 15th November the James Clark Ross slipped her moorings at the fuel bunkers of Punta Arenas and headed out into the Straits of Magellan, […]
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Rothera Diary — July 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — July 2010July — potentially a period of anticlimax following the events of midwinter and all the furore that surrounds it, but this year July has been one of my favourite months […]
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BAS staff awarded the Polar Medal 2025
Read more of: BAS staff awarded the Polar Medal 2025Congratulations to British Antarctic Survey staff who have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List for their contributions to improving our understanding of Antarctica, through scientific or technical work in or about the polar regions.
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Arctic Station laboratory
Read more of: Arctic Station laboratoryDuring the early part of the 2019 season, the Station laboratory underwent a major upgrade. This multipurpose facility comprises four separate laboratory spaces.
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UK Arctic Research Station
Read more of: UK Arctic Research StationThe UK’s only Arctic Research Station, also known as ‘Harland-Cox Huset’, is situation in the international research community of Ny-Ålesund, on Svalbard.
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Vice Chairman of NySMAC, Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC)