Mark Brandon
@iceymark.bsky.social
Polar Oceans. Open University, UK. Londoner. Proud to work with the BBC on Frozen Planet 2, Blue Planet 2, Frozen Planet & others. Heart always in the ice. MBE. Polar Medal.
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
📢 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
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/...
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
Melaine Le Roy@subfossilguy.bsky.social · last yr.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
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!
UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling@cpom-uk.bsky.social · last yr.📽️ New video 📽️ Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay this Saturday, we wanted to share this video of some of the women working in our field whom we've been lucky enough to interview over the last year 👇
🧪🌊 🧵 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...
Snowy South Georgia Island
Penguins outnumber people on this remote, mountainous island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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...
Frontiers | Use of tusks by narwhals, Monodon monoceros, in foraging, exploratory, and play behavior
frontiersin.org
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...
New Antarctic Iceberg Speeds Off
Iceberg A-84 has spent part of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer zipping along West Antarctica’s coastline.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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...
Lecturer in Physical Geography :Oxford Road
jobs.manchester.ac.uk
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...
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.
bbc.co.uk
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/
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
Adelie penguins on an a small bergy bit in Antarctic Sound
