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	News Archives from Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		British Antarctic Survey is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council and is responsible for the UK Government's research in Antarctica.
		British Antarctic Survey is conducting a range of science programmes investigating this important global issue including biological research on plant and animal communities around Rothera Research Station.
		Antarctic Nototheniid, known as Antarctic cod but are not true cod, live in close proximity to ice have evolved a glycoprotein antifreeze in their body fluids to prevent freezing.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/news/2004/051404-cardiac.shtml (1030 words)

	Penguins - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antarctic penguins have also developed the ability to leap out of the water to a substantial height on land, enabling them to quickly reach the safety of raised ice edges or rock ledges.
		To withstand the harsh conditions of the Antarctic, their bodies are insulated by a thick layer of blubber and a dense network of waterproof plumage.
		Their increasing numbers can be partly attributed to the over-fishing of baleen whales in the past which has resulted in a super-abundance of krill, a key species in the Antarctic ecosystem.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/penguins/index.shtml (652 words)

	British Antarctic Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The flag is for flying at British Antarctic bases (which previously flew the British flag) and at the British Antarctic Survey headquarters in Cambridge, England.
		When the British Antarctic Territory was founded in 1962 the remaining parts of the Falkland Islands Dependencies (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) reverted to the Falkland Islands.
		The flag of the commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory is a Union flag defaced with a white disc with a gold edge, covered by a laurel wreath, with the full achievement of arms in the centre.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-bat.html (994 words)

	British Antarctic Territory
		The Coat of Arms of the British Antarctic Territory were first granted in 1952, when the territory was still a dependancy of the Falkland Islands (along with South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands).
		The British Antarctic Territory consists of the South Shetland Islands, South Orkney Islands, and nearby Graham Land on the Antarctic continent, largely uninhabited.
		During the Antarctic winter, air in contact with the ice sheets cools rapidly and, being denser than the overlying air, flows outward fom the high interior of the continent towards the coast.
	www.britlink.org /bat.htm (640 words)

	Commonwealth Secretariat - British Antarctic Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The British Antarctic Territory consists of that segment of the Antarctic continent lying south of latitude 60°S and between longitudes 20° and 80°W, comprising the Antarctic Peninsula with all adjacent islands, the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands and the Weddell Sea, as well as the landmass extending to the South Pole.
		Support is given to the British Antarctic Survey by the presence of the ice patrol vessel HMS Endurance which is in Antarctic waters throughout the austral summer.
		In addition to the British Antarctic Survey, the wintering bases of other Antarctic treaty parties are present in the British Antarctic Territory, with an estimated population varying from 450 in winter to 2,500 in summer.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/YearbookInternal.asp?NodeID=140419 (1136 words)

	British Antarctic Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Antarctic Territory is a disputed overseas territory of the United Kingdom, situated in Antarctica from the South Pole to 60° S latitude between longitudes 20° W and 80° W. The Territory was formed on March 3, 1962, although the UK first claimed this portion of the Antarctic in 1908.
		Changes to British nationality law from 1 January 1983 ensure that no claims to BOTC or British citizenship by virtue of a connection to the territory can be made by those born from that date.
		British Antarctic Territory • British Indian Ocean Territory • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Falkland Islands • Gibraltar • Montserrat • Pitcairn Islands • Saint Helena (Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha) • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands • Turks and Caicos Islands
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory (752 words)

	CNN.com - Seal kills scientist in Antarctic - Jul. 23, 2003
		A marine biologist at the British Antarctic Survey has been killed by a leopard seal as she snorkeled.
		It is the first death of a British survey scientists on the icebound continent in 21 years, the organization said.
		British Antarctic Survey (BAS) director Chris Rapley said in a statement: "This is tragic and shocking.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/07/23/antarctic.seal/index.html (307 words)

	Rapid temperature increases above the Antarctic
		A new analysis of weather balloon observations from the last 30 years reveals that the Antarctic has the same 'global warming' signature as that seen across the whole Earth, but is three times larger than that observed globally.
		The warming has occurred across the whole of the Antarctic and is apparent in the balloon data from Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole to the many stations along the coast of East Antarctica.
		British Antarctic Survey is a world leader in research into global issues in an Antarctic context.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-03/bas-rti032806.php (645 words)

	British Antarctic Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The British Antarctic Territory is the oldest territorial claim to a part of the continent.
		British Antarctic Territory has a great wealth of marine life, including large breeding colonies of penguins and seals, which attracted the first sailors to the region in pursuit of fur and seal-oil.
		British Antarctic Territory includes a wide range of landscapes, from the spectacular mountains and islands of the Antarctic Peninsula, to the smooth plains of the ice shelves and ice caps.
	www.bas.ac.uk /About_Antarctica/British_Antarctic_Territory (304 words)

	British Antarctic Survey wins environment award
		The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is winner of a national "Green Apple" Gold environmental award for the successful removal of an old waste dump from Antarctica.
		The waste dump was a legacy of the early days of British science activity in the Antarctic in the 1960's and 1970's, before new regulations controlling waste removal came into place with the Antarctic Treaty Environmental Protocol.
		British Antarctic Survey (BAS) undertakes a world-class programme of science in the Antarctic and related regions, addressing key global and regional issues through research, survey and monitoring.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2003-11/bas-bas110703.php (648 words)

	British Antarctic Survey - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Antarctic marine ecosystem lies in the circumpolar Southern Ocean surrounding the central continent of Antarctica.
		The Antarctic fauna is far richer than the Arctic and has a high degree of endemism and biomass.
		British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council.
	www.oceansatlas.org /cds_static/en/british_antarctic_survey__en_46134_49116.html (325 words)

	British Antarctic Survey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Based in Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the UK's national Antarctic operator and has an active role in Antarctic affairs.
		BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 450 staff.
		The Antarctic explorer Sir Vivian Fuchs was Director of BAS from 1958 to 1973.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Antarctic_Survey (132 words)

	AAAS - AAAS News Release
		The research highlights the possibility that inland glaciers are accelerating their descent to the ocean and that the rate of sea level rise could be affected if ice shelves on the peninsula continue their retreat.
		The Antarctic Peninsula is a glaciated, mountainous region of West Antarctica, extending some 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) north toward South America; the tip of the peninsula is about 670 miles (1,078 kilometers) from Cape Horn.
		With these photos and satellite images, Alison Cook from the British Antarctic Survey and her team compiled a record of the behavior of glacier-ice shelves and tidewater glaciers along the coasts of the Antarctic Peninsula over the last half-century.
	www.aaas.org /news/releases/2005/0421glaciers.shtml (1014 words)

	About Antarctica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Antarctic is a remarkable continent - remote, hostile and uninhabited.
		For over 50 years the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), an institute of the Natural Environment Research Council, has been undertaking the majority of the United Kingdom's research on and around the continent.
		Analysis of the sediments from a range of lakes is providing a detailed story on climate change over the last 10,000 years, whilst in the future the sampling of a lake covered by 3.7 km of ice might reveal bacteria over half a million years old.
	www.bas.ac.uk /About_Antarctica/index.html (772 words)

	ScienceDaily: Rapid Temperature Increases Above The Antarctic
		Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers In Widespread Retreat (April 25, 2005) -- The first comprehensive study of glaciers around the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula reveals the real impact of recent climate change.
		Antarctic Ice Shelf Retreats Happened Before (February 28, 2005) -- The retreat of Antarctic ice shelves is not new according to research published this week (24 Feb) in the journal Geology by scientists from Universities of Durham, Edinburgh and British Antarctic...
		Antarctic ice sheet -- The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2006/03/060330181319.htm (1859 words)

	TeleMedic Systems - British Antarctic Survey
		Then, upon assessment by the British Antarctic Survey's and the HMS Endurance's medical staff, the decision was made to further evacuate two of the casualties to Puenta Arenas, Chile via the Rothera Research Station.
		TeleMedic Systems is delighted to announce that the medical unit of the world renowned British Antarctic Survey have taken a VitalLink 1200 with them for this seasons work at Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island just off the Antarctic mainland.
		After a brief stop-over in the Falkland Islands, the RRS James Clark Ross continued on it's voyage to the Antarctic and arrived in December, 2003.
	www.telemedicsystems.com /corpsite/main/tms/bas.htm (474 words)

	Welcome to the British Antarctic Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is part of an international consortium leading a new multidisciplinary initiative: Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED), through Discovery 2010 (a BAS science programme, focused on integrating Southern Ocean ecosystems into the Earth System).
		British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and Arts Council England are pleased to announce this unique opportunity available to Artists and Writers across the art forms.
		Working alongside Antarctic scientists and support staff on ships and research stations, the successful applicants will develop new work in response to this remarkable, frozen continent, a place of scientific challenge and a wilderness of great beauty.
	www.antarctica.ac.uk (516 words)

	ScienceDaily: Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers In Widespread Retreat
		Rapid Temperature Increases Above The Antarctic (March 30, 2006) -- A new analysis of weather balloon observations from the last 30 years reveals that the Antarctic has the same 'global warming' signature as that seen across the whole Earth, but is three times larger...
		Antarctic Ice Shelves Breaking Up Due To Decades Of Higher Temperatures (April 9, 1999) -- Two ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula known as the Larsen B and Wilkins are in "full retreat" and have lost nearly 3,000 square kilometers of their total area in the last year, say scientists in...
		Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses In Largest Event Of Last 30 Years (March 19, 2002) -- Recent satellite imagery analyzed at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder has revealed that the northern section of the Larsen B ice shelf, a large floating...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/04/050425110258.htm (1505 words)

	Satellite spies on doomed Antarctic ice shelf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Satellite images have revealed the collapse of Larsen B ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula fulfilling predictions made by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists.
		In 1998, Scientists of the British Antarctic Survey used numerical models to predict the future of one ice shelf, Larsen B and said that if it "were to retreat by a further few kilometres, it too is likely to enter an irreversible retreat phase".
		British Antarctic Survey is responsible for most of the UK's research in Antarctica.
	www.antarctica.ac.uk /News_and_Information/Press_Releases/2002/20020319.html (599 words)

	Antarctic Art
		Antarctic historian Baden Norris and Mrs Chippy, at Karori Cemetery, Wellington.
		The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the primary organisation responsible for undertaking the UK's scientific research in Antarctica, has today launched an Artists and Writers Programme giving scholars in the arts and humanities the opportunity to visit and undertake a project in the southern continent.
		Key issues to be considered by applicants include: the novelty and innovation of the project, its linkage to science, the feasibility of the proposed outcome, the capabilities, professional reputation and track record of the applicant and the potential for a significant audience and the efforts made to reach it.
	www.antarctic-circle.org /art.htm (7436 words)

	Antarctic news
		Antarctic Link has also drawn our attention to the valuable and intriguing collection of photos of Antarctica which can be found at a German language site, &-Online, including some taken by Pete Bucktrout, the British Antarctic Survey's photographer.
		Its mouth is protected by the Antarctic sea ice; it lies at the most remote part of the entire Antarctic continent, where Antarctica is also most unstable.
		The Bonner Laboratory at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station was completely destroyed by fire at the end of September 2001.
	www.jamescairdsociety.com /antarctic.php (615 words)

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		An Antarctic ice shelf that was 200 metres thick and had a surface area of 3,250 square kilometres has broken apart in less than a month.
		Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (Bas) predicted in 1998 that several ice shelves around the peninsula were doomed because of rising temperatures in the region - but the speed with which the Larsen B has gone has shocked them.
		The British Antarctic Survey then dispatched its research ship RRS James Clark Ross to the area to obtain photographs and samples.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1880000/1880566.stm (730 words)

	Cafe Scientifique The Antarctic
		Come listen to Antarctic scientist Geraint Tarling describe how the British Antarctic Survey is monitoring these changes, in order to predict the future state of our planet.
		Geraint Tarling is a Biological Oceanographer and Head of the Ecosystems Dynamics team in the Biosciences division of the British Antarctic Survey.
		The remit of the team is to consider the effect of environmental variability and climate change on the biological communities of Antarctica.
	www.britishcouncil.org /it/estonia-science-cafesci-tarling.htm (209 words)

	Bennett Associates - British Antarctic Survey Mobile Garage Building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Halley base, located on the floating Brunt ice shelf in Antarctica, is the most isolated scientific station operated by the British Antarctic Survey.
		It is relieved once a year, with supplies being landed by ship on the ice shelf and then towed on sledges seven miles to the base.
		Following the erection of Halley 5 between 1988 and 1990, consisting of three single-storey buildings on raised and jackable steel platforms, the British Antarctic Survey decided to construct a permanent garage facility for the various items of plant and equipment used at the base.
	www.bennettmg.co.uk /Application_Sheets/MD_antarctic.html (453 words)

	Defra, UK - British Antarctic Survey - Howard Dalton
		There is no doubt that the Antarctic represents the largest and least spoilt pristine environment on earth and I regard myself as being very privileged to have been able to visit and to understand a little of what it can tell us.
		You could say that the Antarctic is a real barometer of climate effects since it appears to have been subject to a greater change in warming than most other parts of the earth.
		As I pointed out in my first entry, reported measurements in the Antarctic Peninsula have indicated that temperatures in that region have risen by nearly 3 degrees C over the last 50 years and that sea surface temperatures have risen by nearly 1 degree C in that time; far more than global averages.
	www.defra.gov.uk /science/news/bas/day9.htm (818 words)

	USGS Fact Sheet 017-02: Coastal-Change and Glaciological Maps of the Antarctic Peninsula
		Locations and names of three Antarctic Peninsula areas for which the U.S. Geological Survey and the British Antarctic Survey are preparing coastal-change and glaciological maps (I-2600-A, B, and C, scale 1:1,000,000).
		For much of the Antarctic Peninsula, the BAS has used a georeferenced digital image mosaic from Landsat Thematic Mapper images prepared by the Institut für Angewandt Geodäsie (now the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie) in Germany as an image-map base (backdrop).
		The pronounced glaciological changes occurring in the Antarctic Peninsula region are the probable result of regional climate warming (+2.5°C since meteorological observations were initiated in the 1940s) and may even have global-climate-change implications.
	pubs.usgs.gov /fs/fs17-02/fs017-02.html (836 words)

	Antarctic ice shelf retreats happened before
		The retreat of Antarctic ice shelves is not new according to research published this week (24 Feb) in the journal Geology by scientists from Universities of Durham, Edinburgh and British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
		British Antarctic Survey scientists have monitored a very slow retreat of the ice shelf front since its discovery in the mid-20th century.
		This new study is the first to show that a currently ‘healthy’ Antarctic Peninsula ice shelf has retreated in the past, and that the ocean may have been involved in the past retreat.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1353215/posts (1308 words)

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