The British Antarctic Survey has launched a fantastic video introducing the Antarctic continent and their work in this stunning frozen environment. The video (click here) is approximately 20 minutes long - grab a cuppa and lose yourself in Antarctica for a few Monday morning moments!
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, it has, for almost 60 years, undertaken the majority of Britain's scientific research on and around the Antarctic continent. It now shares that continent with scientists from over thirty countries. BAS employs over 400 staff, and supports three stations in the Antarctic, at Rothera, Halley and Signy, and two stations on South Georgia, at King Edward Point and Bird Island. The Antarctic operations and science programmes are executed and managed from Cambridge, and rely on a wide-ranging team of professional staff. The BAS station that is potentially visited on Antarctic cruises to the Peninsula is Rothera - only the longer Peninsula itineraries such as 'Crossing the Antarctic Circle' allow for enough time to potentially (ice and weather permitting) push south enough to reach Rothera.
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