Contemporary understanding
Research stations
Rothera is the largest of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research stations and is located on located on Adelaide Island on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Bransfield House at Rothera Research Station © BAS, Pete Bucktrout
Modern-day Antarctic researchers
Watch videos of researchers from BAS talking about living and working in Antarctica. Find out about different scientific disciplines and how they determine how often and how long they spend in Antarctica. See what BAS scientists like and dislike about their jobs and what they miss most about home.
Tom Jordan, Airborne Geophysicist
Mike Dunn, Higher Predator Ecologist
Emilie Capron, Palaeoclimatologist
Iain Staniland, Vertebrate Ecologist
Rowan Whittle, Palaeontologist
Jo Johnson, Geologist
Sophie Fielding, Biological Acoustician
Other contemporary Antarctic research by geographers
Download information about the work of current researchers in Antarctica.
Activity
Use the information in this section and elsewhere on the site to write a diary about living and working in Antarctica today.
