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Antarctic melt stream. Antarctica is a desert, receiving very little annual precipitation. [1] However meltwater from the continent's ice features produce a number of rivers and streams. A list of these can be found at List of rivers of Antarctica
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.
The Trust collects data for the British Antarctic Survey to observe the effect of tourism on penguins. Half the island is open to tourists, while the other half is reserved for penguins. A staff of four typically process 70,000 pieces of mail sent by 18,000 visitors that arrive during the five month Antarctic cruise season.
Antarctic Peninsula map Location of the Antarctic Peninsula within Antarctica. The Antarctic Peninsula is part of the larger peninsula of West Antarctica, protruding 1,300 km (810 miles) from a line between Cape Adams (Weddell Sea) and a point on the mainland south of the Eklund Islands. Beneath the ice sheet that covers it, the Antarctic ...
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”.
Portal Point) is a narrow point in the northeast part of Reclus Peninsula, on the west coast of GrahamIn 1956, a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) hut was established on the point, from which a route to the plateau was established.
The range was discovered by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and is named for Soviet geophysicist Grigoriy A. Gamburtsev. [2] [3] It is approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) long, and the mountains are believed to be about 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) high, [4] although they are completely covered by over 600 metres (2,000 ft) of ice ...
The largest of the Danger Islands lying 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) east-southeast of the east tip of Joinville Island, off the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered in 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, and named by him for Charles Darwin, noted naturalist. [8]