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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 11d

London Dawn. Have a great day

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Jun 29

Good book too. Enjoyed it.

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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre @magic.bas.ac.uk · Apr 29

📢 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

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.

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Apr 7

Watching Orion in South Wales

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David N. Thomas @dnthomas01.bsky.social · Apr 1

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/...

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Mar 20

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

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Mar 13

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 · Mar 12

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

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

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · Mar 12

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

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Mar 8

It was an amazing moment

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Mar 7

Heading towards the weekend like a zodiac returning to its ship

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Helen Amanda Fricker @helen-amanda.bsky.social · Mar 6

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 · Mar 6

📽️ 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 👇

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Mar 5

a long read 😀

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Mar 5

its a great piece James. Good job

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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · Mar 2

🧪🌊 🧵 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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Huw Griffiths @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social · Mar 3

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

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · Mar 3

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

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