Aerial view of King Edward Point (KEP), South Georgia
A South Georgia Town Meeting takes place at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge on 28 September 2010. The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) seeks to expand the range of scientific
research at King Edward Point and make the facilities available for
science projects.
The meeting will discuss science curre...
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Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[news] Ice and ocean processes in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
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Observations west of the Antarctic Peninsula show diminishing sea ice and a rapid warming of atmosphere and ocean, changes that have led to the collapse of ice shelves and the thinning of inland ice. In the centre of the nearby Bellingshausen Sea, however, ocean observations are spatially and temporally coarse, hampering progress in understanding the critical processes there.
This paper uses ocea...
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Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[press release] New research sheds light on Antarctica’s melting Pine Island Glacier
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New results from an investigation into Antarctica’s potential contribution to sea level rise are reported this week (Sunday 20 June) by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and the National Oceanography Centre in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[press release] Drilling into the unknown – the first exploration of a sub-glacial Antarctic lake is a major step closer
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Scientists have located the ideal drill site for the first ever exploration of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, a development that it likely to facilitate a revolution in climate-change research and which may lead to the discovery of life-forms cut off from the main line of evolution for millions of years.
In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters this week, scientists from Northumbria U...
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Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[news] Aerogravity evidence for major crustal thinning under the Pine Island Glacier region (West Antarctica)
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The West Antarctic Rift System provides the underlying geological template over which the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the largest remaining marine ice sheet on Earth, flows. In this paper we used new airborne gravity data over the Pine Island Glacier region to reveal crustal thickness variations, shedding new light on the structure of the West Antarctic Rift System. Of major significance is the iden...
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Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[news] Dr Eric Wolff elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
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British Antarctic Survey is delighted to announce the election of one of its leading climate scientists, Dr Eric Wolff, to the Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS).
Selected for his scientific achievements in the advancement of knowledge of the Earth’s past climate, Dr Wolff joins a community of over 1300 of the most eminent and distinguished scientists, engineers and technologists from th...
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Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[press release] 25th Anniversary of the Discovery of Ozone Hole
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This week British Antarctic Survey (BAS) commemorates the 25th anniversary of one of its most dramatic scientific discoveries — the ozone hole.
In May 1985 reporting in Nature Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin described their observations of large losses of ozone over Antarctica. In this week’s Nature Jonathan Shanklin reflects on how the discovery was made and what l...
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Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[news] Fausto Ferraccioli Awarded Polar Medal for Dedication to Science
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Dr. Fausto Ferraccioli receives Polar Medal from HRH Prince Philip
Dr Fausto Ferraccioli, Geophysicist at British Antarctic Survey, has been presented with a Polar Medal by HRH Prince Philip for his continued dedication to science in the Polar Regions.
The Duke of Edinburgh awarded the silver medal to the Italian who has clocked up a total of 12 months on the ice during 16 visits to Antarctica ...
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Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[news] Weddell Sea Wanderings - RRS Ernest Shackleton
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http://blog.antarctica.ac.uk/rrs_ernest_shackleton/2010/02/15/weddell-sea-wanderings/
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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[press release] Understanding global climate change through new breakthroughs in Polar research
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=1139
Antarctic marine life
Basket Star
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Brittle Stars
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Feather Star
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Ice Fish
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Isopod Crustacean
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Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[news] An International Feel to Antarctic Research
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There is a distinctly cosmopolitan feel around British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station this month (February). Science teams from eight countries enjoyed Rothera’s hospitality as they passed through on their way home after months working deep field. At one point there were seven Borek aircraft — operated on behalf of three national Antarctic programmes — parked...
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Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[news] Medals for British Antarctic Survey staff
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The Polar Medal was awarded to three members of staff in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List. Congratulations go to Geophysicist Rob Larter, Chief Pilot Alan Meredith and former Personnel Officer Richard Hanson.
Captain John Harper, Master of RRS Ernest Shackleton, has been awarded the Merchant Navy Medal “For services to polar exploration, especially ice na...
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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
[news] First open meeting for EC-funded sea-level rise project
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Antarctic sea ice
The open first meeting of the EC Framework 7-funded research programme ice2sea takes place in Krakow, Poland on the 17th & 18th March. A five-year project, involving scientists from 24 institutions across Europe, ice2sea features studies of key glacial processes in Greenland and Antarctica, improved interpretation of satellite information about current changes to ic...
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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT