Tag: British Antarctic Survey (BAS)

• Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough back in UK; she returns to Antarctica in October

  

  The Falkland Islands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough has returned to the UK after a second season docked at Antarctica. The crew completed its polar science trials during what was a seven-month mission. The vessel arrived at Harwich in Essex on Tuesday.

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• Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  BAS Rothera Research Station has new scientific and operational support facility

  

  Work got underway on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m Type 26 frigate warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second city, Birmingham, around the globe for a quarter of a century.A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station for British Antarctic Survey has been made weather-tight, with the cladding complete and an operations tower installed.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  BAS: A six coins series of Antarctic glaciers named after solar system planets

  

  Pobjoy Mint has announced a brand-new 2023 two-pound coin series issued on behalf of the British Antarctic Territory. The six-coin series will feature the Antarctic glaciers named after planets of the solar system starting with the Mars Glacier.

• Friday, February 10th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Drilling in Antarctica to find the Earth's oldest ice and 1,5 million years of climate history

  

  Scientists in East Antarctica drilling to find the Earth’s oldest ice have reached a key milestone after two months of fieldwork in sub-zero temperatures. The team is part of Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice, an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim is to drill an ice core to capture 1.5 million years of climate history.

• Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  BAS investing to predict future sea-level rise in Antarctica

  

  Researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will develop new and ambitious ideas to tackle critical global environmental challenges, such as global sea-level rise from Antarctica, thanks to new funding.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough begins its polar science trials in Antarctica

  

  Falklands flagged UK’s new polar ship RRS Sir David Attenborough begins its polar science trials in Antarctica this week. A team of 30 national and international scientists, engineers and technical staff departed the Falkland Islands on Tuesday for almost two months of science capability trials – the first to test the ship’s science capabilities in deep polar waters.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:28 UTC

  Huge iceberg size of Greater London, breaks off from Brunt Ice Shelf, location of BAS Halley Research Station

  

  A huge iceberg, some 1550 km², almost the size of Greater London, has broken off the 150m thick Brunt Ice Shelf. It calved after cracks that have been developing naturally over the last few years extended across the entire ice shelf, causing the new iceberg to break free. This occurred on Sunday 22 January between 19.00 and 20.00 UTC during a spring tide.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:05 UTC

  Operation Austral Endurance delivers fuel drums by parachute from Falklands' MPC to BAS in Antarctica

  

  A Royal Air Force A400M Atlas aircraft has delivered vital fuel supplies to the British Antarctic Survey after taking off from the Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Complex. The RAF said the range of the Atlas was extended by air-to-air refueling from a Royal Air Force Voyager, as part of Operation Austral Endurance..

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  EU and US satellites together with BAS calibrating ice at Weddell Sea

  

  An ambitious flying campaign out of British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station over the Weddell Sea this month (December) aims to calibrate the data collected from two important satellites that monitor Antarctic sea ice.

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:30 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough docks in Falklands: Saturday begins Antarctic round at Rothera Base

  

  Falkland Islands RRS Sir David Attenborough has arrived to the Islands, and docked at East Cove, and is scheduled to leave for the Rothera Base on Saturday, beginning the Antarctica campaign.