Tag: Rothera Station

• Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 13:16 UTC

  UK investment in Antarctica underlines role as a leading polar research nation

  

  A major new British Antarctic Survey (BAS) facility at Rothera Research Station is being presented as evidence of the UK’s standing in polar research. The £100 million Discovery Building—together with a new services network at Rothera—has been formally opened by BAS Director Professor Dame Jane Francis, completing what BAS describes as the largest UK construction project ever carried out in Antarctica.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 08:35 UTC

  UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035, next decade Policy Paper

  

  The strategy document sets out the UK's approach to the Antarctic over the next decade, It can be read at,UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035

• Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 06:59 UTC

  BAS publishes carbon emissions for 2023/24, striving to reach net zero

  

  For the first time, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are publishing their carbon footprint data on their website to increase transparency and help other organizations reduce their carbon emissions.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 06:37 UTC

  BAS three winter stations celebrate the longest night in Antarctica

  

  June 21st marks the longest night in Antarctica and a very special Midwinter’s Day with 47 people or ‘winterers’ living and working at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) three winter stations: Rothera on the Antarctic peninsula, and King Edward Point and Bird Island on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Monday, March 4th 2024 - 21:18 UTC

  BAS implementing Antarctic infrastructure modernization program for polar scientists

  

  The British Antarctic Survey has been modernizing Antarctic infrastructure for future generations of polar scientists. Construction in the Antarctic is challenging and the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Program (AIMP) has made great progress at Rothera Research Station. The program will transform how the British Antarctic Survey enables and supports polar science.

• Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 08:30 UTC

  Falklands flagged Sir David Attenborough prepares for its Antarctic summer expedition

  

  Having ended its Arctic expedition, icebreaker Sir David Attenborough has docked in Harwich before it will head off to welcome its new crew and prepare for the austral summer mission in Antarctica. 

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  HMS Protector calls it a season, heads back north

  

  The Royal Navy's icebreaker HMS Protector has completed her Antarctic scientific mission for the 2023 Antarctic season safeguarding birdlife and laying the groundwork for further research, it was announced.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Midwinter Day in Antarctica, the shortest and darkest of the year

  

  British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff in the UK and across three Antarctic wintering stations observed the shortest, darkest day of the year on the frozen continent with a host of unique celebrations.

• Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands flagged Sir David Attenborough reaches Rothera Station in Antarctica

  

  Britain’s new polar research vessel, Falklands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough, has travelled to Antarctica on its maiden voyage, with its first call on Friday at Rothera Research Station – the UK’s largest Antarctic research station on the continent.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Future Communications Tower hub at Antarctica's Rothera Station trial assembles in Scotland

  

  A full trial assembly of a specialist air communications tower for a British Antarctic Research Station has been constructed this autumn in Scotland, ahead of its shipping to Antarctica. Mocking up the huge communications tower was no mean feat as the roof level is over 16m above ground, with a floor area of over 43.23m2.