Remote sensing

Larsen-C Benthos

On 12 July 2017, the Larsen-C Ice Shelf calved one of the largest iceberg originating from the Antarctic Peninsula ever recorded. As iceberg A68 moves north, it leaves behind an …

PolarGAP

The polar regions have the capacity to amaze and astound, but despite the considerable progress of recent decades we still know far less about them than less remote parts of …

BAS twin otter aircraft on the Antarctic ice sheet.

ESA IAP ArcticSat project

Situational awareness in the Arctic

Filchner Ice Shelf System, Antarctica

Understanding the contribution that polar ice sheets make to global sea-level rise is recognised internationally as urgent. The mission of this five-year project is to capture new observations and data …

Whales from space: Four mysticete species described using new VHR satellite imagery

1 April, 2019

Exploring the Recovery Lakes region and interior Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, with airborne gravity, magnetic and radar measurements

1 January, 2018

Review of potential line-transect methodologies for estimating abundance of dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific

1 January, 2018

BedMachine v3: Complete Bed Topography and Ocean Bathymetry Mapping of Greenland From Multibeam Echo Sounding Combined With Mass Conservation

16 November, 2017

High resolution boundary conditions of an old ice target near Dome C, Antarctica

14 August, 2017

The Shackleton Crossing

1 January, 2017

South Georgia

1 January, 2017

Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas

3 October, 2016

An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation

1 September, 2016

The use of fishing vessels to provide acoustic data on the distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill and other pelagic species

1 June, 2016

On the feasibility of imaging carbonatite-hosted rare earth element deposits using remote sensing

1 May, 2016

Automated lithological mapping using airborne hyperspectral thermal infrared data, Anchorage Island, Antarctica

1 April, 2016

New Antarctic gravity anomaly grid for enhanced geodetic and geophysical studies in Antarctica

28 January, 2016

Mapping lichen distribution on the Antarctic Peninsula using remote sensing, lichen spectra and photographic documentation by citizen scientists

4 October, 2015

Manual mapping of drumlins in synthetic landscapes to assess operator effectiveness

1 October, 2015

A protocol for the aerial survey of penguin colonies using UAVs

1 September, 2015

Evolution of surface velocities and ice discharge of Larsen B outlet glaciers from 1995 to 2013

9 May, 2015

Increasing accuracy: a new design and algorithm for automatically measuring weights, travel direction and radio frequency identification (RFID) of penguins.

20 April, 2015

Bedgap – where next for Antarctic subglacial mapping?

1 December, 2014

The BAS ice shelf hot water drill: design, methods and tools

1 November, 2014

Sustaining observations in the polar oceans

28 September, 2014

Commercial fishing vessel as research vessels in the Antarctic – requirements and solutions exemplified with a new vessel

17 September, 2014

Conclusions: Present and future of Southern Ocean biogeography

1 August, 2014

Auroral spectral estimation with wide-band color mosaic CCDs

11 June, 2014

An assessment of deep hot-water drilling as a means to undertake direct measurement and sampling of Antarctic subglacial lakes: experience and lessons learned from the Lake Ellsworth field season 2012/13

5 June, 2014

An assessment of the use of ocean gliders to undertake acoustic measurements of zooplankton: the distribution and density of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Weddell Sea

1 June, 2014

Mapping sub-pixel fluvial grain sizes with hyperspatial imagery

1 April, 2014

Aliens in Antarctica: Assessing transfer of plant propagules by human visitors to reduce invasion risk

1 March, 2014

Whales from space: counting southern right whales by satellite

12 February, 2014

Aircraft-Deployable Ice Observation System (ADIOS) for instrumenting inaccessible glaciers

1 October, 2013

Glacial geomorphology of Marguerite Bay Palaeo-Ice stream, western Antarctic Peninsula

19 August, 2013

The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) version 1.0 – a new bathymetric compilation covering circum-Antarctic waters

28 June, 2013

On the accuracy of glacier outlines derived from remote-sensing data

1 June, 2013

Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

28 February, 2013

Magnetic susceptibilities of rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula: Implications for the redox state of the batholith and the extent of metamorphic zones

11 February, 2013

Crustal architecture of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica, as revealed from airborne gravity data

11 February, 2013

Air and shipborne magnetic surveys of the Antarctic into the 21st century

11 February, 2013

New continental margin magnetic anomalies of East Antarctica

11 February, 2013

Analysis of James Ross Island volcanic complex and sedimentary basin based on high-resolution aeromagnetic data

11 February, 2013

Preface

11 February, 2013

Management of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas: permitting, visitation and information exchange practices

21 January, 2013

Changes in distribution, relative abundance, and species composition of large whales around South Georgia from opportunistic sightings: 1992 to 2011

13 December, 2012

Reliability Case Notes No. 7. Risk assessment of the hot-water drilling system for accessing subglacial Lake Ellsworth

1 December, 2012

Observations of enhanced thinning in the upper reaches of Svalbard glaciers

1 January, 2012

Ocean glider based, acoustic detection of Antarctic krill (UK Antarctic Science)

1 January, 2012

Origin of place-names

1 January, 2012

Utility of 18-kHz acoustic data for abundance estimation of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

1 January, 2012

Multicolony tracking reveals the winter distribution of a pelagic seabird on an ocean basin scale

1 January, 2012

A new DEM of the Austfonna ice cap by combining differential SAR interferometry with ICESat laser altimetry

1 January, 2012

A new 100-m Digital Elevation Model of the Antarctic Peninsula derived from ASTER Global DEM: methods and accuracy assessment

1 January, 2012

Climate science, the public and the news media. Summary findings of a survey and focus groups conducted in the UK in March 2011

1 January, 2012

Sustained monitoring of the Southern Ocean at Drake Passage: past achievements and future priorities

2 December, 2011

Cruise Report RRS James Clark Ross JR252 & JR254C, 19 March – 6 April 2011

23 May, 2011

A review of the spatial extent of fishery effects and species vulnerability of the deep-sea demersal fish assemblage of the Porcupine Seabight, Northeast Atlantic Ocean (ICES Subarea VII)

1 January, 2011

Lithologic mapping in the Oscar II Coast area, Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula using ASTER data

1 January, 2011

The application and benefits of digital geological mapping in Antarctica

1 January, 2011

Getting around Antarctica: new high-resolution mappings of the grounded and freely-floating boundaries of the Antarctic ice sheet created for the International Polar Year.

1 January, 2011

Long-term ecosystem networks to record change: an international imperative

1 January, 2011

Migrations and winter quarters of five common terns tracked using geolocators

1 January, 2011

Freeboard, snow depth and sea-ice roughness in East Antarctica from in situ and multiple satellite data

1 January, 2011

Geolocation tracking of the annual migration of adult Australasian gannets (Morus serrator) breeding in New Zealand

1 January, 2011

Two-component modeling of the optical properties of a diatom bloom in the Southern ocean

1 January, 2011

Individual variation in migratory movements and winter behaviour of Iberian Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni revealed by geolocators

1 January, 2011

Seals map bathymetry of the Antarctic continental shelf

1 January, 2010

Long-term variability in the abundance of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at Signy Island, South Orkneys

1 January, 2010

Overview of areal changes of the ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past 50 years

1 January, 2010

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010

1 January, 2010

A consistent data set of Antarctic ice sheet topography, cavity geometry, and global bathymetry

1 January, 2010

Using ecosystem monitoring data to detect impacts

1 January, 2010

Assessing the potential of multispectral remote sensing for lithologic mapping on the Antarctic Peninsula: case study from eastern Adelaide Island, Graham Land

1 January, 2010

Year-round tracking of small trans-Saharan migrants using light-level geolocators

1 January, 2010

Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration

1 January, 2010

Soil trampling in an Antarctic Specially Protected Area: tools to assess levels of human impact

1 January, 2009

Geolocators map the wintering grounds of threatened Lesser Kestrels in Africa

1 January, 2009

Amundsen Sea bathymetry: The benefits of using gravity data for bathymetric prediction

1 January, 2009

Impacts of local human activities on the Antarctic environment

1 January, 2009

Aeromagnetic exploration over the East Antarctic Ice Sheet: a new view of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin

1 January, 2009

Airborne gravity reveals interior of Antarctic volcano

1 January, 2009

Total ozone dependence of the difference between the empirically corrected EP-TOMS and high-latitude station datasets

1 January, 2009

Field reflectance spectroscopy of sparse vegetation cover on the Antarctic peninsula

1 January, 2009

Tracking macaroni penguins during long foraging trips using ‘behavioural geolocation’

1 January, 2009

Surface structure and stability of the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 2009

Assessment of soil moisture fields from imperfect climate models with uncertain satellite observations

1 January, 2009

Stable isotopes reveal individual variation in migration strategies and habitat preferences in a suite of seabirds during the nonbreeding period

1 January, 2009

The summertime plankton community at South Georgia (Southern Ocean): comparing the historical (1926/27) and modern (post 1995) records.

1 January, 2008

Post-breeding movement and activities of two streaked shearwaters in the north-western Pacific

1 January, 2008

Continuous benthic community change along a depth gradient in Antarctic shallows: evidence of patchiness but not zonation

1 January, 2008

The power of ecosystem monitoring

1 January, 2008

Glacier-bed characteristics of midtre Lovénbreen, Svalbard, from high-resolution seismic and radar surveying

1 January, 2008

Sat nav

1 January, 2008

First airborne gravity results over the Thwaites Glacier catchment, West Antarctica

1 January, 2008

The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica

1 January, 2008

Bathymetry of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf: implications for geology, oceanography, and glaciology

1 January, 2007

New compilation of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf bathymetry

1 January, 2007

Linking the Wilkes Subglacial Basin the Transantarctic Mountains and the Ross Sea with a new airborne gravity survey

1 January, 2007

Low life in Low Lake, a freshwater pool at Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

1 January, 2007

Airborne radio-echo sounding of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, the Transantarctic Mountains and the Dome C region

1 January, 2007

A new surface accumulation map for western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, from interpolation of point measurements

1 January, 2007

Aeromagnetic search for Cenozoic magmatism over the Admiralty Mountains Block (East Antarctica)

1 January, 2007

Topographic and hydrological controls on Subglacial Lake Ellsworth, West Antarctica

1 January, 2007

Oceanographic fieldwork in the Amundsen Sea: an overview of cruise JR141

1 January, 2007

Modelling recent airborne gravity data over the Antarctic Peninsula for regional geoid improvement

1 January, 2007

Intra-annual variability in the density of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) at South Georgia, 2002-2005: within-year variation provides a new framework for interpreting previous ‘annual’ estimates of krill density

1 January, 2007

Monitoring and management in the Antarctic – making the link between science and policy

1 January, 2007

New ice thickness maps of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, with specific focus on grounding lines and marine ice

1 January, 2007

Improved magnetic anomalies of the Antarctic lithosphere from satellite and near-surface data

1 January, 2007

High-resolution airborne gravity imaging over James Ross Island (West Antarctica)

1 January, 2007

New magnetic anomaly map of East Antarctica and surrounding regions

1 January, 2007

Exploring under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet with new aerogeophysical surveys over the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, the Transantarctic Mountains and Dome C

1 January, 2007

Airborne geophysics as a tool for geoscientific research in Antarctica: some recent examples

1 January, 2007

Polar meltdown

1 January, 2007

The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1955-1957)

1 January, 2007

Aeromagnetic anomaly patterns reveal buried faults along the eastern margin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (East Antarctica)

1 January, 2007

A high-resolution aeromagnetic survey over the Cape Roberts Rift Basin: correlations with seismic reflection and magnetic susceptibility log data. Extended abstract

1 January, 2007

The Italian-British Antarctic geophysical and geological survey in northern Victoria Land 2005-06 – towards the International Polar Year 2007-08

1 January, 2007

ESA’s new range of radar altimeters for the extraction of geophysical parameters from land, sea ice and ocean surfaces

1 January, 2006

Recent aeromagnetic and deep electromagnetic exploration projects in East Antarctica

1 January, 2006

Topographical survey and mapping of British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1944-1986

1 January, 2005

Errors in juvenile copepod growth rate estimates are widespread: problems with the Moult Rate method

1 January, 2005

Foraging ecology and interactions with fisheries of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) breeding at South Georgia

1 January, 2004

The CCAMLR 2000 Survey: a multinational, multi-ship biological oceanography survey of the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean.(Editorial)

1 January, 2004

Image analysis of color aerial photography to estimate penguin population size

1 January, 2004

Krill-feeding behaviour in a chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica compared with fish-eating in Magellanic penguins Spheniscus magellanicus: a pilot study

1 January, 2004

Seismic and sonar investigations carried out by the British Antarctic Survey in the Southern Ocean

1 January, 2004

Antarctic krill under sea ice: elevated abundance in a narrow band just south of ice edge

1 January, 2004

Recommendations for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data

1 January, 2004

Biomass and energy transfer to baleen whales in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

1 January, 2004

Imaging of firn isochrones across an Antarctic ice rise and implications for patterns of snow accumulation rate

1 January, 2004

Penguin-mounted cameras glimpse underwater group behaviour

1 January, 2004

Subglacial Lake Ellsworth: a candidate for in situ exploration in West Antarctica

1 January, 2004

Krill demography and large-scale distribution in the southwest Atlantic during January/February 2000

1 January, 2004

Meteoric marine and total ice thickness maps of Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis, Antarctica

1 January, 2004

Rosemary: visually stunning

1 January, 2004

Accuracy of geolocation estimates for flying seabirds

1 January, 2004

Riverine habitat preferences of botos (Inia geoffrensis) and tucuxis (Sotalia fluviatilis) in the central Amazon

1 January, 2004

SeaWiFs in the southern ocean: spatial and temporal variability in phytoplankton biomass around South Georgia

1 January, 2004

Is the attempt to estimate the biomass of Antarctic fish from a multi-species survey appropriate for all targeted species’ Notothenia rossii in the Atlantic Ocean sector – revisited

1 January, 2004

A comparison of net and acoustic estimates of krill density in the Scotia Sea during the CCAMLR 2000 Survey

1 January, 2004

Temporal and spatial distribution of chlorophyll-a in surface waters of the Scotia Sea as determined by both shipboard measurements and satellite data

1 January, 2004

Effects of long-term implanted data loggers on macaroni penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus

1 January, 2004

Bottlenose dolphin abundance in the NW Mediterranean: addressing heterogeneity in distribution

1 January, 2004

A comparison of satellite and cruise chlorophyll-a measurements in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica

1 January, 2004

RADAR: the Cassini Titan radar mapper

1 January, 2004

Identification of Southern Ocean acoustic targets using aggregation backscatter and shape characteristics

1 January, 2003

A placename geography for Antarctica

1 January, 2003

Basal topography and ice flow in the Bailey/Slessor region of East Antarctica

1 January, 2003

The use and application of GPR in sandy fluvial environments: methodological considerations

1 January, 2003

Maximum entropy reconstructions of krill distribution and estimates of krill density from acoustic surveys at South Georgia, 1996-2000

1 January, 2003

An investigation of avoidance by Antarctic krill of RRS James Clark Ross using the Autosub-2 autonomous underwater vehicle

1 January, 2003

The ice-thickness distribution of Unteraargletscher, Switzerland

1 January, 2003

Effects of satellite transmitters on albatrosses and petrels

1 January, 2003

Movement and growth of tagged Dissostichus eleginoides around South Georgia and Shag Rocks (subarea 48.3)

1 January, 2003

Metals and selenium as bioindicators of geographic and trophic segregation in giant petrels Macronectes spp

1 January, 2002

A new magnetic map of the Weddell Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 2002

Significant intra-annual variability in krill distribution and abundance at South Georgia revealed by multiple acoustic surveys during 2000/01

1 January, 2002

Assessing the contamination of SuperDARN global convection maps by non-F-region backscatter

1 January, 2002

Analysis of acoustic dot echo signature over an Antarctic ice shelf: the possible remote sensing of Antarctic petrels

1 January, 2002

Distribution of juvenile squid in the Scotia Sea in relation to regional oceanography

1 January, 2002

The CCAMLR-2000 krill synoptic survey: a description of the rationale and design

1 January, 2001

Geomorphological sketch map of the Fossil Bluff area (Alexander Island, Antarctica) mapped from aerial photographs

1 January, 2001

BEDMAP: a new ice thickness and subglacial topographic model of Antarctica

1 January, 2001

Automatic DEM generation for Antarctic terrain

1 January, 2001

Living probes into the marine environment – apex predators as oceanographic platforms

1 January, 2000

Impacts of geophysical seismic surveying on fishing success

1 January, 2000

The use of acoustics to monitor burrow-nesting white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis at Bird Island, South Georgia

1 January, 2000

Birds on Beauchene Island. February to April 2000

1 January, 2000

Lévy flights in random searches

1 January, 2000

Relative abundance of large whales around South Georgia (1979–1998

1 January, 1999

Quantitative analysis and interpretation of dot echoes observed with a Doppler sodar

1 January, 1999

Improved compilation of Antarctic Peninsula magnetic data by new interactive grid suturing and blending methods

1 January, 1999

Influence of sampling protocol on diet determination of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua and Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella

1 January, 1999

The EUROSHACK Project: a brief outline

1 January, 1999

Structure and tectonic evolution of the West Antarctic continental margin and Bellingshausen Sea

1 January, 1999

A new estimate of the adopted gravity value at Rothera Station, Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 1999

Interpretation of new aeromagnetic anomaly data from the central Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 1999

Survey of marine birds and mammals of the South Sandwich Islands

1 January, 1999

Evidence for a volcanic rifted margin and oceanic crustal structure for the Falkland Plateau Basin

1 January, 1999

Climate-change indicators from Archival aerial photography of the Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 1998

Adopting one name per feature on maps of Antarctica: an experimental application – topographic map (satellite image map) 1:250 000 Trinity Peninsula SP 21-22/13

1 January, 1998

Seismic surveys in central West Antarctica: data and processing examples from the ANTALITH field tests (1994-1995)

1 January, 1998

Towards a new free air anomaly map of the Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 1998

Reconnaissance aeromagnetic surveying of the Antarctic Peninsula margins using a Dash-7 aircraft

1 January, 1998

MAGIC maps in penguin country – GPS surveying for photo-control and satellite image rectification in Antarctica

1 January, 1998

Aeromagnetic anomaly map of the central Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 1997

Maps of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands

1 January, 1997

Geological map of the Shackleton Range

1 January, 1997

Giant sediment drifts on the continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula

1 June, 1996

South Georgia: an ecological atlas

1 January, 1996

Using multiple data sources to enhance photogrammetry for mapping antarctic terrain

1 December, 1995

The dynamic continent

1 December, 1995

Seismic investigation of the Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica: in search of the Larsen Basin

1 June, 1995

James Ross Island

1 January, 1995

Rother Point-Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island

1 January, 1995

Geological map of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica

1 January, 1995

Environmental monitoring using GIS at a scientific base in Antarctica

1 January, 1995

The ANTOSTRAT Antarctic Peninsula Regional Working Group digital navigation compilation

1 January, 1995

Surveying in the Antarctic using hand-held GPS receivers

1 January, 1995

Measured properties of the Antarctic ice sheet derived from the SCAR Antarctic digital database

1 July, 1994

Validating and improving elevation data of a satellite-image map of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, with results from ERS-I

1 January, 1994

An Antarctic GIS: the first step

1 January, 1993

Radar absorption due to impurities in Antarctic ice

1 January, 1993

Customised digital maps of Antarctica

1 January, 1993

Mapping the British Antarctic Territory using a 70 mm reconnaissance camera and satellite imagery

1 October, 1992

A preliminary aeromagnetic anomaly compilation map for the Weddell Province of Antarctica

1 January, 1992

New aeromagnetic map of West Antarctica (Weddell Sea sector): introduction to important features

1 January, 1992

A digital map of Antarctica

1 January, 1992

Long-range sidescan sonar (GLORIA) survey of the Antarctic Peninsula Pacific margin

1 January, 1992

The use of visible satellite imagery over ice sheets

1 January, 1992

An aeromagnetic study of southern Palmer Land and eastern Ellsworth Land

1 January, 1991

Aeromagnetic anomaly map of West Antarctica (Weddell Sea sector)

1 January, 1991

An assessment of environmental impacts arising from scientific research and its logistic support at Bird Island, South Georgia

1 January, 1988

Ice surface and bedrock topography in Coats Land and part of Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, from satellite imagery

1 January, 1985

Sea ice distribution in the Antarctic: between longitudes 7°W and 92°W

1 January, 1963

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

25 April, 2019

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

New satellite imagery reveals new highest Antarctic Peninsula Mountain

11 December, 2017

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 …

Giant West Antarctic iceberg disintegrates

29 November, 2017

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 …

Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free

12 July, 2017

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 …

NEWS STORY: New Centre for Doctoral Training

6 October, 2015

NERC funds PhD training in robotics and autonomous systems