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02/01/17

South 2015 film premiere

Info South 2015

Premiere of South 2015: a voyage to remember at the Royal Geographical Society 14 June 2017

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01/10/17

Dame Jane Francis

BAS Director, Professor Jane Francis, is appointed Dame Commander

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10/25/16

Why are these penguins here?

penguins

Some penguins on a map. A special map for special explorers. Read on.

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10/24/16

New edition of Update published

update 2016

The November 2016 edition of Update is now available on this website

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09/03/16

Graphic History of Antarctic Exploration

New web-based graphical representation of Antarctic Exploration

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30 April 2014

New Polar Research Vessel Announcement

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has announced that a new ice-strengthened vessel will be built for NERC capable of being deployed in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Category: General

Posted by: JulianParen

For the first time a UK polar-capable vessel will be constructed to take helicopters. Hitherto the BAS research fleet of RRS James Clark Ross and RRS Ernest Shackleton (and the vessels they replaced) had no space for helicopters and HMS Enduance was deployed each Antarctic season with its helicopters to facilitate landings of field parties.

New polar vessel

The new vessel has been specified but not yet designed, so the image released to the media is somewhat of an artist's impresion. It is hoped the vessel will be operational by 2020.

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