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1 British Antarctic Survey About BAS
Title slide/background templates can be downloaded from the BAS Intranet here: Images can be downloaded here from the BAS image collection here:

2 Page 1 BAS History 1943, secret WW2 mission, Operation Tabarin to secure Antarctic waters and strengthen British sovereignty claims 1944, set up ‘Base A’ at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, performing daily weather and sea-ice observations, marine biology, geology and surveying 1945, named Falkland Island Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Four bases, increasing focus on science and discovery 1947, Signy base established , Norweigan-Swedish-British Antarctic Expedition , South Georgia Survey , FIDS Aerial Survey Expedition 1956, Halley Base established , International Geophysical Year (IGY)

3 BAS History 1958, Bird Island Research Station established
Page 2 BAS History 1958, Bird Island Research Station established 1961, Antarctic Treaty came into force 1962, FIDS renamed the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 1965, Formation of Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 1973, BAS moves from London to Cambridge consolidating on a single site , Rothera Research Station established 1982, Falklands war 1985, discovery of the ozone hole 1991, Rothera runway constructed opening up intercontinental link to Falkland Islands and South America 2001, King Edward Point Research Station established

4 Unloading supplies for ‘Base A’

5 ‘Base A’ at Port Lockroy

6 Surveying with dog team

7 Early FIDS Science

8 BAS Today BAS is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Delivers world-leading, interdisciplinary research in the polar regions National and international collaborations Leadership role in Antarctic affairs Over 450 staff Five research stations in and around Antarctica (four year-round, one summer-only) Two Royal Research Ships, RRS James Clark Ross and RRS Ernest Shackleton Five aircraft, four de Havilland Canada Twin Otters and one de Havilland Canada Dash-7 More info/images available in other PPT template presentations:

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