Celebration at AlnwickPosted on
At the BAS Club Annual General Meeting earlier in the day, the motion put forward by BAMT Trustee Tony Wincott for the Club to donate £500 to the Trust for foundations for the Southern Monument was carried unanimously. At the end of the reunion dinn…
Antarctic Place Names for two Halley Bay members who died over 30 years agoPosted on
Both features had become evident from an analysis of glacier flow observed from Earth - orbiting satellites. The Trust has long had an ambition to secure place names for all those who lost their lives in the Antarctic, and now with BAS support, th…
Auction of RRS John Biscoe painting by Mike SkidmorePosted on
Base H, Signy's Northern View (Wave Peak, Biscoe and Chinstraps too)The original oil painting of the RRS John Biscoe was commissioned in 1991 by a friend and colleague, Dr Humphrey Smith, whom I encountered many times at our annual British Antarctic …Meredith Hooper, Antarctic historian and BAMT supporter 1939-2025
Meredith Hooper, Antarctic historian and author, died on 27 December 2025 at her home in London. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Scott Polar Research Institute and Wolfson College, Cambridge University and a trustee of the Brussels-based International Polar Foundation and the UK Antarctic Herita… Full Story...