Arctic marine geophysics
This research focuses on investigating the glacial histories of Arctic ice sheets and ice caps using the marine geological record preserved on continental margins.
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Depositional patterns and records in sediment drifts off the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica
Read more of: Depositional patterns and records in sediment drifts off the Antarctic Peninsula and West AntarcticaDuring this project essential survey data was collected to help plan future deep ocean drilling expeditions.
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BEAMISH: Basal Conditions on Rutford Ice Stream
Read more of: BEAMISH: Basal Conditions on Rutford Ice StreamBEAMISH drilled through over 2 km of ice on Rutford Ice Stream to discover when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet last collapsed and how water and soft sediments beneath it help the ice flow towards the sea.
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Surveying West Antarctica’s unstable ice streams
Read more of: Surveying West Antarctica’s unstable ice streamsThis project investigated the ice streams of West Antarctica’s Weddell Sea sector through airborne surveys.
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Exploring Antarctica’s Ghost Mountains
Read more of: Exploring Antarctica’s Ghost MountainsAGAP was an international effort to explore the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the center of East Antarctica.
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NEWS STORY: Polar ice cores reveal volcanic eruptions
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Polar ice cores reveal volcanic eruptionsPolar ice cores reveal volcanic eruptions that changed human history Researchers find new evidence that large eruptions were responsible for cold temperature extremes recorded since early Roman times A freshly […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Ice shelf at double risk
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Ice shelf at double riskNew study shows Antarctic ice shelf is thinning from above and below A decade-long scientific debate about what’s causing the thinning of one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves is settled […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS at recruitment exhibition
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS at recruitment exhibitionBritish Antarctic Survey takes part in the National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition 2015 British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is recruiting for engineers and construction workers at this year’s National Engineering […]
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NEWS STORY: Frozen in to the Arctic winter
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Frozen in to the Arctic winterExtreme science in extreme conditions: frozen in to the Arctic winter Dr Markus Frey, a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ice and atmospheric scientist, is living and working aboard the Norwegian […]
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NEWS STORY: Glacier project on stamps
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Glacier project on stampsStamp of approval for iSTAR The iSTAR programme, which is looking at the stability of Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica, is featured in a new set of British Antarctic Territory […]
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NEWS STORY: New iSTAR season starts
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New iSTAR season startsScientists head to Pine Island Glacier for new research season A team of twelve scientists and support staff has arrived on Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica in the second […]
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NEWS STORY: Ice shelf break up explained
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Ice shelf break up explainedAntarctic Team Discovers Mechanism for Massive Ice Shelf Collapse New research has found that the cataclysmic break-up of a large floating ice shelf in the early 2000’s was primarily the […]
