Mark Brandon

Dawn over London.

London Dawn. Have a great day

Good book too. Enjoyed it.

Virtual 3D scene of Rothera Station, Antarctica comprising a 3D model of Discovery Building, aerial imagery and elevation model. The Discovery Building is a pale blue and has an air traffic control tower on top. Other buildings can be seen around Rothera. The background of the image shows rocky and icy terrain.

📢 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

A conical peak emerges far above the clouds, with tidewater calving glaciers in the foreground

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

It was an amazing moment

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!

a long read 😀

its a great piece James. Good job

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

Snowy South Georgia Island Penguins outnumber people on this remote, mountainous island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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

How about that! <waves hello>. Hope you’re well

I'm so sorry Zack. I really am. 💪. The tide will turn and hopefully quickly. All the best and thanks for all you've given and done so far in an outstanding career

Frontiers | Use of tusks by narwhals, Monodon monoceros, in foraging, exploratory, and play behavior

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...

congratulations Kate, awesome news

New Antarctic Iceberg Speeds Off Iceberg A-84 has spent part of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer zipping along West Antarctica’s coastline.

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...

Lecturer in Physical Geography :Oxford Road

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...

Favourite, tied along with grey head

World's sea-ice falls to record low The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.

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...

A tweet showing Jane Rumble OBE has been appointed commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory

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

You can’t blame me for trying!

Happy person in a boat

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

Couldn’t gave the disappointment of breaking another that I loved

An Antarctic iceberg in the Bellingshausen Sea

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