Historic building at Whalers Bay successfully restored after graffiti incident The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust has worked with partners to remove graffiti from the historic aircraft hangar at Whalers Bay on Deception Island. 🔗 Read more: ukaht.org/latest-news/20…

Please join us in welcoming Jane Rumble as the newly appointed Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory. History was made this week with Jane being the first female Commissioner of the Territory!

Happy Valentines Day to all the lovers 💙 Eric and Jennifer recently celebrated their love by getting married in the British Antarctic Territory

Join us for our next webinar! In this exclusive webinar for International Women’s Day, we bring together the titans of British leadership in the polar regions. 🗓️ Thu 6 Mar 2025 ⏱️ 18:00 - 19:00 GMT 💰 Free! 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/trailblazing…

Read the blog from the team who leaped in to action, alongside UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, and cleaned up the recent graffiti at Whalers Bay. This highlights the positives of the Antarctic community after a troubling event!

#OTD in 1900, Borchgrevink's British Antarctic 'Southern Cross' Expedition party arrived in New Zealand after being in Antarctica for two years. They were the first team to winter over, and use dogs, sledges and skis to travel over land and sea ice. Expedition members Bernacchi

A driving force for change. This morning we met with Antarctic tour operators and scientists to discuss tourism to the continent and a potential framework for all Treaty Parties. Thank you to HX Expeditions for hosting us and looking forward to continuing discussions 🐧

#EarthDay is a great day to stop and reflect on the unique Antarctic environment. We would love to see some of your favourite Antarctic images. Here are a few of ours to start 🐧🧊🌍

Happy World Penguin Day! 🐧 To celebrate, we have a short penguin quiz for you. Keep count of your results and let us know how many you got right. Marks out of 10. ✅ Take the quiz: ukaht.my.canva.site/gentoo-penguin…

Happy World Penguin Day! 🐧 In her final update of the season, wildlife monitor Maggie Coll bids a fond farewell to the colony and picks out a few of her favourite feathered friends. #WorldPenguinDay 🔗 Read Maggie's blog: ukaht.org/latest-news/20…

Wishing Sir David Attenborough a Happy 99th Birthday! We are extremely grateful for his work promoting Antarctica and bringing the amazing continent to homes around the globe 🎂🌍🐧💙

It has been great to see the BAT flag flying in sunny Parliament Square this week, alongside all the other Overseas Territories

We were delighted to be joined by some of our closest partners for our Annual stakeholder meeting. It was great to hear that everyone had a successful season and we can't wait to see what next year brings!

We are excited to celebrate 10 years of the Blue Belt programme and see what the next 10 years bring!

Tune in all this week to the ITV evening news to learn more about the changing Antarctic environment itv.com/news/2025-06-0…

Port Lockroy like never been seen before! Take a look at the world's most southerly post office during the winter months 📮🐧

What's better than celebrating Midwinter? Celebrating it twice! While tomorrow marks the official Midwinter, we are starting the celebrations today! Read the Commissioner's letter here tinyurl.com/4vhhr3up 🐧🇦🇶🥳British Antarctic Survey 🐧

Here in the UK, we may be in the grip of a heatwave, but for those at the other end of the Earth, 21 June is Midwinter Day – the shortest & darkest day of the year. In 1944, the nine men at Port Lockroy spent their day very differently from us! 🔗 Read: ukaht.org/latest-news/20…

If you were brave enough to face the heatwave in London today you will see the BAT flag flying proudly from the FCDO building. While we enjoy the sun, we thank those who are spending their summer down in the Territory! Happy Midwinter's Day 🐧🥳

Midwinter may be over and the sun will slowly start to appear in the Territory but we cannot get over the special message from The King (no not the penguins!) tinyurl.com/367v27re