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British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is one of the world's leading environmental research centres and is responsible for the UK's national scientific activities in Antarctica. Learn more about BAS.
The JCR left the Falkland Islands at the end of March for the final Antarctic science cruise of the season, this time with oceanographers and geologists. [caption id="attachment_227" align="aligncenter" width="300"...
Jen Jackson, BAS This week we bios have all been busy wrapping up our science work for this cruise: Adam (link: meet a scientist) is finally completing his bivalve experiments...
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Preparations are now well underway for next year's field seasons, both for the ocean forcing and icesheet response components of iSTAR. On the ocean side, mooring components have been bought...
The Shackleton has been through quite a lot since you last heard from us down south. We departed Stanley in April and headed North for warmer climes. We had an...
The first science cruise of the ocean forcing component of iSTAR took place on RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, an American ice-going research vessel, in collaboration with Prof. Stan Jacobs, Lamont-Doherty...
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