Tag: Twin Otter

11 November, 2025 Tabitha Taylor Buck

As the world descends on Brazil for COP30, a familiar figure has beaten the masses to it. Far from her usual icy runways, Ice Cold Katy, one of British Antarctic …

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22 October, 2025

Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica, have revealed the presence of a vast buried granite body – almost 100 km …

Read more on Hidden giant granite discovered beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

2 September, 2025

British Antarctic Survey is inviting you to send your name on an extraordinary adventure to the world’s most remote continent.   This October, you can be part of a remarkable expedition …

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11 July, 2025

A team of scientists, including those from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), have uncovered the hidden remains of a vast ancient coastal plain  beneath East Antarctica—an important discovery that could refine forecasts of future global sea level rise.

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3 January, 2025

Rod Arnold, Head of the Air Unit at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list for services to Polar Science and …

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26 November, 2024

A project looking at how clouds affect climate change in Antarctica starts its second year of field research this month. The Southern Ocean Clouds (SOC) project, which is part of …

Read more on Cloud scientists take to the skies to solve climate uncertainty

11 May, 2023

The 2022/23 Antarctic field season has ended, marking the conclusion of another successful year of scientific exploration in one of the world’s most remote and challenging environments. This field season, …

Read more on British Antarctic Survey completes Antarctic field season

23 April, 2019

Scientists embark on a three-week flying campaign today (23 April) to study methane emissions from gas fields in the southern North Sea. Using specialised scientific equipment, on board one of …

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12 March, 2019 James France

Dr James France has just completed a week-long flying campaign using one of the BAS Twin Otters fitted with scientific instrumentation. Find out more about his experience.

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