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1. Updated Mapping Datasets for Antarctica

   A newly updated Antarctic Digital Database is released today (12 May 2020). Aimed at the science and logistics communities, the maps include updates to the ice shelf front around Thwaites […]

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2. Stranded whales detected from space

   A new technique for analysing satellite images may help scientists detect and count stranded whales from space. Researchers tested a new detection method using Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite images […]

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3. Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island

   A team of scientists has discovered a rare lava lake on a remote and inaccessible sub-Antarctic island. This volcano in the South Sandwich Islands is only the 8th to be identified worldwide to have a persistent lava lake. 

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4. New map of Greenland reveals fast-changing environment

   Cartographers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has produced the most detailed and up-to-date published map of Greenland available.

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5. “Catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies

   Researchers at British Antarctic Survey have discovered “catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies.

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6. Polar Ice

   The aim of this project is to develop a next generation sea ice information service by integrating and building on a wide range of European and national funded activities which incorporate many of the required components.

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7. New map of South Georgia wins award

   British Antarctic Survey’s detailed map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia featuring the epic “Shackleton Crossing” has won an award at the 2018 British Cartography Society Awards. The map, […]

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8. Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South Pole

   Revealing Antarctica’s hidden world

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9. Larsen-C Benthos

   The Larsen-C Benthos project studied benthic biodiversity on the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf.

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10. New satellite imagery reveals new highest Antarctic Peninsula Mountain

    Cartographers surveying Antarctica have discovered Mt Hope is the tallest mountain in the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) at 3,239 m (10,654 ft) above sea level. Until now, maps showed Mt […]

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11. Giant West Antarctic iceberg disintegrates

    An animation of the giant iceberg that calved off the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica just over two months ago shows an unexpected break up. Satellite images revealed a […]

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12. Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free

    After months of ‘hanging by a thread’ a vast iceberg the size of Norfolk has finally broken off Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf.  Around 30 metres of this 190m thick […]

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