Concept of using themes
...named features after their crew, supporters, and experiences. This has evolved over time and now there are many different themes in the BAT Gazetteer. There is a ‘composers and their...
...named features after their crew, supporters, and experiences. This has evolved over time and now there are many different themes in the BAT Gazetteer. There is a ‘composers and their...
...(SwAE). Related to that expedition, Bodman Point is named for Dr Gösta Bodman, member of the sledge party of SwAE in 1902-03. Similarly, Bertodano Bay is named after J. López...
...Crystal Sound. Marguerite Bay was surveyed as part of the French Antarctic Expedition (FAE) in 1909, and named for the wife of Dr Charcot, Commander of FAE. Ryder Bay was...
...with responsibility for the Polar Regions, and Members of the Environmental Audit Committee’s Sub-Committee on Polar Research. During our brief visit to Rothera, we saw firsthand the outstanding scientific work...
As part of a regular series on the meaning of place-names in the Territory, this latest edition focuses on location accuracy. Credit: British Antarctic Survey Do place-names in Antarctica move?...
Port Lockroy is on Goudier Island (64º49’S, 63º30’W) off the Antarctic Peninsula. Following a conservation survey in 1994, British ‘Base A’ – Port Lockroy was recognised for its historical importance...
As part of a regular series on the meaning of place names in the Territory, this latest edition focuses on Furse Peninsula. Where? Furse Peninsula (61°28’59”S, 55°27’58”W) is connected to...
...on honeymoon in Romsey, Hampshire, November 1947. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 76p Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are photographed leaving Manchester by train, 24 May 1961. (Photo by...
...air in 1940, and named from Arthur J Carroll, Chief Photographer at the expedition’s ‘East Base’. Nearby, Case Island (77°57’35″W, 73°14’57″S) is actually an ice rise in the Carroll Inlet...
...and stratification in Alaska and the Alps. Vallot Glacier (67°24’36”W, 67°20’31”S) and Heim Glacier (66°54’23”W, 67°26’49”S) are named after Joseph Vallot (1854-1925) who first measured the surface velocity of a...