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1. Orographic Flows and the Climate of the Antarctic Peninsula (OFCAP)

   OFCAP was an integrated programme of field observations, analysis and modelling aimed at understanding how the westerly winds in the Antarctic Peninsula influence the climate.

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2. Joint Airborne Study of the Peninsula Region (JASPER)

   JASPER brings together two of the best equipped Polar meteorology instrumented aircraft and teams to study boundary layer meteorology in the Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea.

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3. Building data resources for managing the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area

   This project ensures the protection and conservation of the region’s rich and diverse marine life, whilst allowing sustainable fisheries.

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4. Iceland Greenland seas Project

   The Iceland Greenland Seas Project investigates how atmosphere-ocean processes in the Iceland Sea create the dense waters that flow through Denmark Strait and feed the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which is crucial for global and European climate.

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5. National Capability for Global Challenges

   Polar Expertise – Supporting Development

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6. Space Weather Observatory

   Assessing Space Weather impacts

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7. Ocean forcing of ice-sheet change

   The OFIC project studied how ocean heat drove ice loss in rapidly retreating parts of the Antarctic ice sheet.

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8. Thermospheric Heating Modes and Effects on Satellites (THeMES)

   Using meteorological statistical techniques, THeMES aimed to improve satellite trajectory predictions and identify which orbital paths face the greatest risk from space weather disturbances.

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9. Data As Art

   DATA AS ART visualises science data to create stunning and thought-provoking artworks, using real Antarctic data-sets that explain important and exciting science stories.

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10. 60 Second Science

    60 Second Science challenged our science, engineering and support staff and their research collaborators to explain in 60 seconds what they do.

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11. Scotia Sea open-ocean biological laboratories

    SCOOBIES makes long-term observations of key Earth system indicators in the Southern Ocean. These observations are vital for both UK and global science.

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12. Long-term zooplankton monitoring at South Georgia

    The main deliverable of the Western Core Box (WCB) is a consistent unique time series of mesoscale distribution and abundance of macro-zooplankton and micronekton, and an understanding of the physical environment they are within at South Georgia, South Atlantic (1996 – current).

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