https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.7 2026-04-15T10:53:30.610Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/providers/e30c80aa-0afb-41ce-8abf-c09c2a6b0250 UK/NERC/BAS Date=2014-04-30 User Id=128.183.164.42 Entity=PrefLabel Operation=UPDATE Field=text System Note=update PrefLabel Old Value=GB/NERC/BAS New Value=UK/NERC/BAS The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is a component of the NaturalEnvironment Research Council. Based in Cambridge UK, it has, foralmost 60 years, undertaken the majority of Britain's scientificresearch on and around the Antarctic continent. It now sharesthat continent with scientists from around thirty countries.BAS employs over 400 staff, and supports three stations in theAntarctic, at Rothera, Halley and Signy, and two stations onSouth Georgia, at King Edward Point and Bird Island. TheAntarctic operations and science programmes are executed andmanaged from Cambridge, and rely on a wide-ranging team ofprofessional staff.Ice-strengthened ships sustain the Antarctic operations. RRSJames Clark Ross has advanced facilities for oceanographicresearch. RRS Ernest Shackleton is primarily a logistics shipused for the resupply of stations. The Royal Navy's Ice PatrolVessel HMS Endurance has helicopters and provides valuablelogistic support. Four Twin Otter aircraft fitted with wheelsand skis are operated from Rothera and Halley, while awheels-only Dash-7 aircraft provides the inter-continentalair-link from Rothera to the Falkland Islands, and flies inlandto blue ice runways.The BAS research programme is planned on a five-yeartimetable. The current programme is described in the bookletAntarctic Science in the Global Context, 2000-2005 . Theprogramme was based on proposals from staff. After internationalpeer review, the most highly rated were integrated into theSurvey's infrastructure capability. The outcome is a suite ofnine programmes complemented by projects in the medical andenvironmental sciences and independent research activities. Inaddition the competitive Antarctic Funding Initiative providesaccess to Antarctica for BAS and NERC staff and the universitycommunity.Website: 'http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/'[Summary provided by The British Antarctic Survey] 2014-04-30 09:19:55.0