The British Antarctic Survey will continue to conduct all activities via the Falkland Islands in the upcoming Antarctic season. Foto: Julia Hager This year’s Antarctic research season is fast approaching and the British Antarctic Survey recently announced that,...
Here it is: Iceberg A76 from the Ronne Ice Shelf. At just under 170 km long and 25 km wide, the colossus has secretly risen to become what is currently the largest iceberg in the world. Since it is currently winter, recordings are only known from satellites. Image:...
Ice shelves are quite flat at their surface due to wind and weather. They are fed by the glaciers of the surrounding Antarctic continent, which flow together in the bays. But beneath the surface of the ice shelves, on the ocean floor, things look much richer,...
From aboard the National Oceanographic Centre’s research vessel RRS James Cook, scientists will take a closer look at the impact of the iceberg giant. Photo: National Oceanographic Centre A research mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on...
The next phase of construction brings the “Discovery Building” one step closer to completion. Construction of the new building is scheduled to continue until 2023. (Photo: Hugh Broughton Architects) The next phase of construction of the British Rothera...