Dodging the seals: Antarctic project survives toughest season yet

By Tom Lowe2023-03-20T06:00:00

The project team working on the £100m modernisation of the British Antarctic Survey’s flagship research station is racing against the clock to finish the cladding on a huge new facility before the winter sets in

“I’ve always done a little bit of sailing but coming to the Southern Ocean has been quite a different experience,” says Elen Jones. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) programme director is on the RRS Sir David Attenborough on her way back home from her first trip to Antarctica. The £200m research vessel has just passed South Georgia, a remote archipelago in the middle of some of the world’s roughest seas.

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