British Antarctic Survey

Today is the first day at the Science MuseumŌĆÖs Antarctica Live. Drop in between 11 and 4 Tues to Thurs for the next 3 weeks to ask BAS staff about polar research and working in Antarctica! https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/antarctica-li ve/

Melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica speeds up and slows down in response to changes in deep ocean temperature, and is far more variable than previously thought, according to new research published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Read the news story here:https://www.bas.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/melt-rate- of-west-antarctic-ice-shŌĆ”/

This season satellite-tags were attached to several grey-headed albatrosses on Bird Island. You can track their journey into the open ocean for the first time here: https://www.bas.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/grey-headed-alb atross-juvenile-traŌĆ”/
Tracking is important to help scientists assess the survival rate of juveniles in the initial weeks and months after they fledge and map the movements and foraging areas of juveniles to determine the overlap with fisheries

COOL JOB ALERT We are looking for a Building Surveyor to join our Estates team in Cambridge. The position plays a key role in advising and managing the day to day activities involved with fabric maintenance of Antarctic buildings and BAS Cambridge. APPLY NOW! Deadline 2 September 2018 https://www.bas.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/building-survey or-cambridge-and-anŌĆ”/

What does a cloud physicist do? BASŌĆÖs Dr Gillian Young reveals all about her work studying Arctic and Antarctic clouds in this blog: https://iasc.info/ŌĆ”/451-the-arctic-clou d-problem-by-gillianŌĆ”

Our hardworking Dash 7 VP-FBQ is currently undergoing repaint in Canada. Take a look at the plane as the last of the old paintwork is removed! Keep an eye out for updates on the transformation https://www.bas.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/sites-andŌĆ”/fa cility/dash-7-aircraft/

A new study using data from the Galileo space probe reveals extraordinary high levels of electromagnetic activity near the moons of Jupiter. Find out more here: https://www.bas.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/million-fold-in crease-in-the-powerŌĆ”/ Photo credit : NASA

COOL JOB ALERT We are looking for a Network Engineer to join the IT team. APPLY NOW! Deadline 12 August 2018 https://www.bas.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/vacanŌĆ”/networ k-engineer-cambridge-2/

Join the British Antarctic Survey at the Science Museum for Antarctica Live, a free dance and science festival taking place 14 ŌĆō 30 August. Staff will be available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 11-4 to talk about polar research and what itŌĆÖs like to work in Antarctica and the seas surrounding it. Find out more here: https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/antarctica-li ve/

Fantastic report about the Iceland Greenland Seas Project which one of BAS's Twin Otter supported from the sky earlier this year. Read/Listen here: https://interactive.pri.org/2018/08/icela ndic-jet/index.html

COOL JOB ALERT Supply Chain Logistics Coordinator in the Falkland Islands. The successful applicant will run the BAS office in Stanley, managing cargo and people movements. This critical southern gateway is key to supporting the delivery of world-class science in some of the most inhospitable places on earth. APPLY NOW! Deadline 12th August Find out more: https://www.bas.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/supply-chain-lo gistics-coordinatorŌĆ”/

Applications for companies to provide cleaning and manned guarding at our Cambridge HQ are now open. Find out more here: https://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udlŌĆ”