Polar research facilities - British Antarctic Survey (original) (raw)

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To carry out our work, British Antarctic Survey operates three research stations in the Antarctic and two on subantarctic South Georgia, and one in the Arctic. Research platforms include also the ice-strengthened RRS Sir David Attenborough and a fleet of specially adapted aircraft and various off-the-shelf and specialised vehicles.

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Polar research stations hub

Arctic and Antarctic research stations and facilities

Research ship

British Antarctic Survey operates ice-strengthened Royal Research Ships to support Britain's Antarctic and Arctic research and operations,

Orange aircraft in a hanger

Aircraft capability

Airborne capability to support deep-field science campaigns

Two piston bully vehicles in an icy landscape

Vehicles engineering and technology

Learn how we support science on the ice with an extraordinary range of vehicles

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Our operational teams

Making it all happen