On days like this I like to look at pictures that remind me what climate I like. For 30 yrs we’ve been arguing that heat waves such as we have in London right now are what our summer will look like. And we’re here. Hoping the people less able to cool themselves are not suffering too much

London Dawn. Have a great day

📢 We're hiring a GIS Specialist to support the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme. This is a really exciting opportunity at the British Antarctic Survey for someone to help us integrate GIS and BIM for infrastructure projects in Antarctica. Details here: shorturl.at/Mf983

Watching Orion in South Wales

Just published 🎉 Excited that this work, superbly led by @polaur.bsky.social , is now out - it really is worth a look "Observation‐Based Estimate of Net Community Production in Antarctic Sea Ice" Open Access link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Happy days from a few weeks ago. How I miss it.

South Georgia is truly an amazing place. Particularly as the whaling stations are decaying and the wildlife is recovering after the amazing and successful rat eradication project

Some places looks truly... OTHERWORLDLY! 🪐❄️ This is Nordenskjold Peak (2354 m asl) one year ago (Feb 2024), emerging far above the sea, as seen from the east coast of South Georgia Buxton/Cook glaciers in the foreground Pic @iceymark.bsky.social

Heading towards the weekend like a zodiac returning to its ship

Really enjoyed doing this interview when we were at the Cry2Ice meeting in Iceland! Thanks @cpom-uk.bsky.social!

🧪🌊 🧵 As the minimum in Antarctic sea-ice extent has now dipped below 2 million km² for the third year in a row, it is looking increasingly like this is the new normal. In the 10 years up to 2015 the minimum extent averaged more than 3 million km². Graph from @nsidc.bsky.social 1/n

Stunning view of a #humpback #whale in the sunshine! #BIOPOLE2 has been blessed with #wildlife encounters! @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

A lovely view of South Georgia from the ISS. And a particularly great image if you wanted to explain to people the route Shackleton, Worsley and Crean took across the island to reach Stromness. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15400...

After a tough drive through ice to visit a derelict base, this humpback was around the ship when we returned. Just off Spring Point on the Antarctic Peninsula

Always thought what Narwhals did this. Now a team have observed it and written it up "clear evidence of narwhals chasing fish and using their tusks to interact directly with the fish and to influence the fish’s behavior." www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Great movie of the drift of Antarctic Iceberg A84 that is caught in the coastal current at the base of the Antarctic Peninsula earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15396...

Job Alert! Permanent Lecturer in Physical Geography (Teaching & Research), specialising in peatland science. Come join our Department of Geography at The University of Manchester! Deadline 27 March 2025 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems. Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good. 🌊🥼❄️🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Congratulations to @jfrumble.bsky.social for beIng appointed Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory. (Finally some great news from the other place)

Antarctica can be tough. It really can. But to makes me feel like this

My last iceberg of the season. Now heading north and the long journey home

A rather amazing night in the Lemaire Channel, Antarctica, a couple of days ago.

In the interests of my resolution to not spread bad news, here's somethign positive - the #Antarctic #OzoneHole is getting smaller. My ace colleagues @dmidk.bsky.social have a webpage they update regularly on this stuff: psc.dmi.dk/antarctica/

Antarctic icebergs from this season

Standing off Palmer Station (US) for a visit after lunch. Anvers Island in the background.

Who wouldn’t look a bit awkward with that over your shoulder. At the southern end of Antarctic Sound

Colliding icebergs in Antarctic Sound

Adelie penguins on an a small bergy bit in Antarctic Sound

A rather beautiful morning crossing Drake Passage

A Peale’s dolphin at New Island, Falkland Islands.

A skua cruising above a king penguin colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia

Harpoon heads at Grytviken, South Georgia, and the result… fur seals playing on a great whales vertebrae

At Gold Harbour this morning. South Georgia.

We had the first sunset at Rothera in weeks a few days back, meaning the evening/night light is perfect for stunning Antarctic photos! @bas.ac.uk

This mornings view. Cape Renard. By Hidden Bay. On the Antarctic Peninsula

Another random Lock Screen pic that makes me happy. A leopard seal from last week.

How is your morning so far. I’m in the Errera channel

Amazing Antarctic sunset at the Melchior Islands.

Pretty sunset tonight crossing Drake Passage heading south. No filters.

I love how my phone changes background every hour with a random snap from my photos

Out for a short walk in Ushuaia, enjoying the summer weather, before heading south once more

From a friend. Being thoughtful in the Antarctic. En route into Port Lockroy

Gentoo penguins in the snow at Damoy Point on the Antarctic Peninsula

Human-induced changes in Antarctica may unleash poorly understood processes that are best avoided eos.org/research-spo...

Me driving a zodiac in Hercules Bay, South Georgia

HNY from St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. Home of the largest king penguin colony.

NEW: This is my last article of 2024! I spoke to scientists working in Antarctica about how climate change is making it increasingly difficult for them to carry out their fieldwork. 🧊 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Steaming up the coast of South Georgia towards Grytviken. Will be entering the clouds soon.

Salisbury Plain. South Georgia.