Rothera Wharf
Over the next decade Rothera Research Station will be upgraded to ensure its facilities keep the UK at the forefront of climate, biodiversity and ocean research.
Jon Ager
Programme Director - UK AIMP
This is me in a few words
I joined BAS in September 2019 as UK Antarctic Infrastructure Programme Director, having previously served for almost 35 years in the Royal Air Force and in the aerospace industry. With a background in delivering complex projects, I am leading a programme of work that will deliver a New Polar Research Vessel, the Sir David Attenborough, and associated supporting infrastructure such as new wharves at Rothera in the British Antarctic Territory and at King Edward Point in South Georgia. I am also responsible for commissioning a new science operations building at Rothera, which marks the first stage in an on-going programme of work to provide modern, environmentally sustainable research and support facilities that will also reduce pressure on the Antarctic logistics and supply chain. In the coming years, I will help British Antarctic Survey acquire a new aircraft to sustain the airbridge to the continent from South America, develop options to conduct scientific research in East Antarctica, and work to further reduce dependence on fossil fuels through the delivery of a sustainable energy programme.
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BLOG: Diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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RRS Sir David Attenborough arrives in Antarctica for the first time
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BAS Shortlisted for British Construction Industry Awards (BCI)
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Rothera Research Station’s new wharf achieves first CEEQUAL award in Antarctica
Read more of: Rothera Research Station’s new wharf achieves first CEEQUAL award in AntarcticaAward reflects project’s excellent environmental approach to biodiversity and sustainability. A new 74 metre wharf at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station has achieved the first CEEQUAL award in […]
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Antarctic Science Hub Takes Shape Amid Complex Construction Season
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Construction starts at UK’s largest Antarctic research hub
Read more of: Construction starts at UK’s largest Antarctic research hubThe next stage of building a scientific support facility in Antarctica begins this week [11 January 2020]. To avoid the risk of introducing COVID-19 to British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera […]
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New building at Rothera breaks ground
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