The station’s most important scientific instrument is a 9-m antenna system designed for use in extreme Antarctic conditions. It is used to acquire satellite data, telecommand satellites, and also for ...
The British Antarctic Survey, BAS, Antarctic field season has begun, with a challenging and ambitious range of projects to be delivered at five BAS research stations and across the wider continent.
marking the end of the BAS Antarctic summer field season. The ship completed its maiden voyage successfully and returns to the UK after a seven-month mission to deliver scientific and operational ...
The veteran ERS-2 Earth observation spacecraft dives to destruction 2,000km west of California. Scientists track down what are probably the last unidentified Antarctic emperor penguin colonies.
In October 2021, during a field research expedition to Antarctica, the team ... to be mating and transported them to tanks for observation. To their amazement, two different mating groups produced ...
Any potential traveler to Antarctica who gets even the slightest ... the ice formations and wildlife from a highly perched observation deck with commentary from on duty wildlife spotters.
An ice core drilled by a research team is displayed at Little Dome C field base in eastern Antarctica, during the cutting phase on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (PNRA/IPEV Beyond Epica via AP) ...
An international team of scientists has achieved a groundbreaking feat in climate research by drilling a core of ice that could hold secrets dating back more than a million years. The team ...