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The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues , and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on behalf of the UK.
In January 2017, it was announced that the Rothera Research Station will receive £100m in funding from the government. The money is being used by the British Antarctic Survey to build new living quarters, storage and a new wharf. Tim Stockings, its director of operations called the investment “an exciting moment for polar science”.
Halley Research Station is a research facility in Antarctica on the Brunt Ice Shelf operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The base was established in 1956 to study the Earth's atmosphere . Measurements from Halley led to the discovery of the ozone hole in 1985. [ 3 ]
The team will travel 9,000 miles to manage Base A Port Lockroy on Goudier Island, living and working in near constant daylight without running water.
The facility is the second Palmer Station; "Old Palmer" was about a mile to the northwest adjacent to the site of the British Antarctic Survey "Base N", [3] built in the mid-fifties. The site is on what is now known as Amsler Island. Old Palmer was built about 1965, and served as a base for those building "new" Palmer, which opened in 1968.
That's what happened for National Geographic explorer Bertie Gregory when he was researching Emperor penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula. ABC News shared the story on Thursday, April 11th, and it ...
Graham Land and South Shetland Islands, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005 Le Page, Michael (10 March 2018), "Secret penguins revealed by drones" , New Scientist , retrieved 4 May 2024 May, Ashley (2 March 2018), "NASA satellite images of poop lead researchers to penguin 'supercolony' " , USA Today , retrieved 4 March 2018
Southeast view from Cumberland East Bay, with Grytviken in the left background. King Edward Point (also known as KEP) is a permanent British Antarctic Survey research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. [1]