Steve ‘Binky’ Stiglic-Buxton – Electronics Officer (Communications) Congratulations to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff who have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2025 New Year’s ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) celebrated 60 years of scientific research in Antarctica as the UK’s national operator. BAS evolved from the Falkland Islands Dependency Survey (FIDS ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is recruiting chefs, plumbers, and electricians to live and work at the South Pole. And, if the opportunity to work alongside penguins wasn't appealing enough ...

Tiny plastic particles as small as a red blood cell have been discovered in Antarctica, in the latest worrying sign that even the most remote corners of the planet are being polluted ...

British scientists are hoping to monitor Antarctic krill from space as the species faces growing threats from climate change and overfishing. The researchers ultimately hope the work will help to ...

Dr. Emily Rowlands, a marine ecologist at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and co-author of the paper says, "With these developing techniques, we're now able to analyze microplastics of a much ...