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British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey Logo.gif
Abbreviation BAS
Formation 1962
Legal status Government organisation
Purpose Scientific research and surveys in the Antarctic
Location
  • High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge
Region served
United Kingdom
Director
 Professor Dame Jane Francis
Parent organisation
 Natural Environment Research Council
Budget
£48,053,000 (2011–12)[1]
Staff
400+ staff
Website www.bas.ac.uk

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation. It is part of the Natural Environment Research Council. With over 400 staff, BAS takes an active role in Antarctic affairs, operating five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in both polar regions,[2] as well as addressing key global and regional issues. This involves joint research projects with over 40 UK universities and more than 120 national and international collaborations.


Having taken shape from activities during World War II, it was known as the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey until 1962.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Directors




  • 2 Research stations


    • 2.1 Antarctica


    • 2.2 South Georgia


    • 2.3 Other sites




  • 3 Equipment


    • 3.1 Ships


    • 3.2 Aircraft




  • 4 Findings


  • 5 Polar image collection


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


Operation Tabarin was a small British expedition in 1943 to establish permanently occupied bases in the Antarctic. It was a joint undertaking by the Admiralty and the Colonial Office. At the end of the war it was renamed the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and full control passed to the Colonial Office. At this time there were four stations, three occupied and one unoccupied. By the time FIDS was renamed the British Antarctic Survey in 1962, 19 stations and three refuges had been established.[3]


In 2012 the parent body, NERC, proposed merging the BAS with another NERC institute, National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.[4] This proved controversial, and after the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee opposed the move[5] the plan was dropped.[6]



Directors




BAS Seal



  • 1945 (1945) – 1948 (1948): Edward W. Bingham

  • 1958 (1958) – 1973 (1973): Vivian Fuchs


  • 1973 (1973) – May 1987: Richard Laws[7][8]


  • 1987 (1987) – 1994 (1994): David Drewry[9]

  • 1994 (1994) – 1997 (1997): Barry Heywood


  • 1998 (1998) – 2007 (2007): Chris Rapley[10]


  • 2007 (2007) – May 2012: Nick Owens[11][12]


  • November 2012 – September 2013: Alan Rodger (Interim director)[13]


  • October 2013: Jane Francis[13][14][15]



Research stations



Antarctica





Rothera Research Station





Halley V on Brunt Ice Shelf


The BAS operates five permanent research stations in the British Antarctic Territory:[16]




  • Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island


  • Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf


  • Signy Research Station on Signy Island


  • Fossil Bluff logistics facility on Alexander Island


  • Sky Blu logistics facility in Ellsworth Land


Of these Research Stations, only Rothera and Halley are usually manned throughout the year.[17] Halley VI was closed for the March 2017 winter after relocation due to safety concerns when a previously inactive crack, "Chasm 1", in the Brunt Ice shelf began to expand in the direction of the base.[18] The base was closed again in March 2018 with similar concerns.[19][20] The remaining bases are manned only during the Antarctic summer.



South Georgia


The BAS also operates two permanent bases on South Georgia:[16]




  • King Edward Point Research Station at King Edward Point


  • Bird Island Research Station on Bird Island


Both South Georgia bases are manned throughout the year.



Other sites




BAS headquarters


The headquarters of the BAS are in the university city of Cambridge, on Madingley Road. This facility provides offices, laboratories and workshops to support the scientific and logistic activities in the Antarctic.[21]


The BAS also operates the Ny-Ålesund Research Station on behalf of the NERC. This is an Arctic research base located at Ny-Ålesund on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen.[22]



Equipment



Ships


Main article: Royal Research Ship




RRS James Clark Ross at the wharf at Rothera base


BAS operates two ships in support of its Antarctic research programme. Whilst both vessels have research and supply capabilities, the RRS James Clark Ross is primarily an oceanographic research ship, whilst RRS Ernest Shackleton is primarily a logistics ship used for the resupply of scientific stations.[23]James Clark Ross replaced RRS John Biscoe in 1991 and Ernest Shackleton was the successor to RRS Bransfield in 1999.[24]


Both vessels depart from the United Kingdom in September or October of each year, and return to the United Kingdom in the following May or June. Both vessels undergo refit and drydock during the Antarctic winter, but are also used elsewhere during this period. James Clark Ross often undertakes scientific research on behalf of other organisations in the Arctic, whilst Ernest Shackleton is chartered into commercial survey work.[23]


The two civilian ships operated by the BAS are complemented by the capabilities of the Royal Navy's ice patrol vessel that operates in the same waters. Until 2008 this was HMS Endurance, a Class 1A1 icebreaker. Endurance's two Lynx helicopters enabled BAS staff to get to remote field sites that BAS aircraft could not access.[25] However, a catastrophic flooding accident left Endurance badly damaged, with a replacement only being procured in 2011. This ship, HMS Protector, first deployed to the Antarctic in November 2011.[26]


In April 2014 the government authorised the procurement by BAS of a new large Antarctic research vessel at an estimated cost of £200 million, expected to be in service in 2019.[27]



Aircraft




The BAS Dash-7 at Port Stanley Airport on the Falkland Islands.


BAS operates five aircraft in support of its research programme in Antarctica. The aircraft used are all made by de Havilland Canada and comprise four Twin Otters and one Dash 7.[28] The planes are maintained by Rocky Mountain Aircraft in Springbank, Alberta, Canada. During the Antarctic summer the aircraft are based at the Rothera base, which has a 900-metre gravel runway. During the Antarctic winter, conditions preclude flying and the aircraft return to Canada.[29]


The larger Dash 7 undertakes regular shuttle flights between either Port Stanley Airport on the Falkland Islands, or Punta Arenas in Chile, and Rothera. It also operates to and from the ice runway at the Sky Blu base. The smaller Twin Otters are equipped with skis for landing on snow and ice in remote areas, and operate out of the bases at Rothera, Fossil Bluff, Halley and Sky Blu.[29]



Findings





RRS Ernest Shackleton outward bound from Portsmouth, UK, 12 November 2008.


In January 2008, a team of British Antarctic Survey scientists, led by Hugh Corr and David Vaughan, reported that 2,200 years ago, a volcano erupted under Antarctica's ice sheet (based on airborne survey with radar images). The biggest eruption in the last 10,000 years, the volcanic ash was found deposited on the ice surface under the Hudson Mountains, close to Pine Island Glacier.[30] The British Antarctic Survey were also responsible for the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. The discovery was made in 1985 by a team of three BAS scientists: Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin. Their work was confirmed by satellite data, and was met with worldwide concern.[31]



Polar image collection


The BAS runs an online polar image collection which includes imagery of scientific research at the poles, logistics operations, and the continent and its wildlife. The image collection is run by British cameraman and photographer Pete Bucktrout, who has visited the continent eleven times during his 24 years working for BAS. His work has been seen in newspapers and on television around the world.



See also



  • British Antarctic Territory

  • Faraday Research Station

  • Halley Research Station

  • List of organizations based in Antarctica

  • National Antarctic Program

  • Rothera Research Station



References





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  2. ^ "BAS Vision and Mission". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 24 September 2017.


  3. ^ "British Research Stations and Refuges – History". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 11 November 2007.


  4. ^ McKie, Robin (29 September 2012). "Antarctic research at risk as government cuts back on science". The Observer. Retrieved 4 November 2012.


  5. ^ "Think again on British Antarctic Survey merger say Science and Technology Committee". UK Parliament Website. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.


  6. ^ Carrington, Damian; McKie, Robin (4 November 2012). "Research boss Wingham in trouble over British Antarctic Survey claim". The Observer. Retrieved 4 November 2012.


  7. ^ Roberts, Brian (January 1974). "New director of the British Antarctic Survey: Dr R.M. Laws". Polar Record. 17 (106): 49. doi:10.1017/S0032247400031375. Retrieved 4 November 2012.


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  12. ^ "NOC welcomes Nick Owens appointment as SAHFOS Director". National Oceanography Centre. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.


  13. ^ ab "British Antarctic Survey has a new director: climate expert Professor Jane Francis". Merco Press. 2013. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.


  14. ^ "The BAS Executive Team". bas.ac.uk.


  15. ^ "BAS PSPE Organisation 28 November 2012" (PDF). antarctica.ac.uk.


  16. ^ ab "Research Stations in Antarctica". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 31 December 2007.


  17. ^ Blake, David (September 2005). "Extreme Engineering". Ingenia (24). Retrieved 28 March 2010.


  18. ^ Patrick Sawer (5 Dec 2015). "The ice station that needs saving from the abyss". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 Nov 2018.


  19. ^ "Halley Research Station will not winter in 2018". BAS. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 11 Nov 2018.


  20. ^ "Halley Research Station Antarctica to close for winter". BAS. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 11 Nov 2018.


  21. ^ "BAS Cambridge". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 31 December 2007.


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  30. ^ Black, Richard (20 January 2008). "Ancient Antarctic eruption noted". BBC News. Retrieved 28 March 2010.


  31. ^ "The Ozone Layer". British Antarctic Survey. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.




External links







  • Official website

  • Polar Picture Library

  • Discovering Antarctica — teaching and learning resources on Antarctica

  • BAS science programmes

  • BAS research stations

  • BAS Online Palaeontology Collection










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