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ANTARCTIC TREATY

Annual Exchange of Information Under

Article VII (5) for 2005 – 2006

UNITED KINGDOM ACTIVITIES

ANTARCTIC TREATY

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION UNDER ARTICLE VII (5) FOR 2005-2006

UNITED KINGDOM ACTIVITIES

(The Roman numerals refer to the sections of the Standard format for the Annual Exchanges of Information annexed to Recommendation VIII-6 of the Eighth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.)

I. DETAILS OF SHIPS, AIRCRAFT AND OTHER VEHICLES

Royal Research Ships (British Antarctic Survey)

Vessel Gross Registered Tonnage Remarks

RRS Ernest Shackleton 4028 tonnes No armaments

RRS James Clark Ross 5732 tonnes No armaments

Ice Patrol Ship (Royal Navy)

Vessel Deadweight Remarks

HMS Endurance 2500 tonnes Sundry small arms

Aircraft (British Antarctic Survey)

Aircraft Registration

DHC-6 de Havilland Twin Otter wheel/ski aircraft VP-FAZ

DHC-6 de Havilland Twin Otter wheel/ski aircraft VP-FBB

DHC-6 de Havilland Twin Otter wheel/ski aircraft VP-FBC

DHC-6 de Havilland Twin Otter wheel/ski aircraft VP-FBL

DHC-7 de Havilland Dash 7 aircraft VP-FBQ

The aircraft will be based in the Antarctic during the summer and flown by civilian personnel (see para. IV(c) below). The Twin Otter aircraft are used to provide logistic and science support for scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, Ellsworth Land, Ronne Ice Shelf, Coats Land, Dronning Maud Land, North Victoria Land and polewards of Halley station. The Dash 7 aircraft will operate between the Falkland Islands and Rothera Station and provide logistic support within Antarctica. See also Annex VI for information on aircraft landing facilities.

Aircraft (Royal Navy)

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Two unarmed Royal Navy Lynx helicopters aboard HMS Endurance.

These are used to provide aerial photographic and logistic support for field operations of the British Antarctic Survey and for hydrographic survey purposes.

Vehicles See VIII below.

Boats See VIII below.

Military equipment Only on HMS Endurance.

II. DETAILS OF EXPEDITIONS

Ships:

The itinerary of RRS Ernest Shackleton is presented in Annex I Section 1 and on theBAS Web site www.antarctica.ac.ukThe itinerary of RRS James Clark Ross is presented in Annex I Section 2 and on the BAS Web site www.antarctica.ac.ukThe itinerary of HMS Endurance is presented in Annex I Section 3.

Aircraft:

The flight schedule for DHC-7 Aircraft (VP-FBQ) is presented in Annex I Section 4 and on the BAS web site www.antarctica.ac.uk

III. DETAILS OF STATIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC

Fuller details of the UK Antarctic stations are to be found on the COMNAP Web Site http://www.comnap.aq.

The full address of the UK home page on the COMNAP site is: http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/CountryByISO/UK

Summer and winter operation

Station Position Opened Remarks

RotheraAdelaide Island

6734'S 6808'W

1 Dec 1975 Scientific station with laboratories, wharf and airfield

HalleyCoats Land

7533'S 2630'W

6 Jan 1956 Geospace, ozone and meteorological observatory Clean Air Laboratory (CASLAB)


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Summer operation only

Station Position Opened Remarks

Fossil BluffAlexander Island

7120'S 6817'W

20 Feb 1961 Air transit station

SignySouth Orkney Islands

6043'S 4536'W

18 Mar 1947 Terrestrial and freshwater biological laboratory

IV. PERSONNEL

See Annex II

Military personnel aboard HMS Endurance

Captain N R Lambert Royal NavyPlus 19 Officers

30 Senior Rates74 Junior Rates

Total 124 Military Personnel

V. PERSONAL ARMAMENTS

None.

VI. BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY PROGRAMME OF WORK


See Annex III.

VII. PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT

See Annex IV.

VIII. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

(a) Air Transport

See paragraph I above.

Marine Transport

Rothera two 4.7 m outboard-powered inflatable dinghies, retained as sparestwo 5.3 m outboard-powered inflatable dinghies, retained as sparesone 5.5 m rigid hull outboard-powered inflatable dinghy, retained as sparetwo outboard-powered semi-rigid inflatable dinghies, retained asspares

Signy None


Land Transport

Description Model Year Class Fleet # Manufacturer Location

Nodwell crane 60c 1988 Crane/carry NOD3 Formost RotheraWheeled Loader 435 1990 Loader L1 JCB RotheraWheeled Loader 456B.ZX 1998 Loader L2 JCB RotheraLoadall 530-70 1999 Loader L3 JCB RotheraDigger 860 SX 2004 Multi-task machine MT1 Terex RotheraTeletruk 2.5D 1997 Fork lift FT2 JCB RotheraTractor 350 1990 Tractor T,01 Massey Ferguson RotheraTractor 362 1991 Tractor T,02 Massey Ferguson RotheraTractor 4370 2002 Tractor T,03 Massey Ferguson RotheraTractor 4370 2003 Tractor T,04 Massey Ferguson RotheraSno-Cat 1700 1988 Tractor/ carrier K17 Tuckers RotheraDozer D4H-3 1995 Tractor/bulldozer D4 Caterpillar RotheraWheeled excavator 888P 1994 Excavator EX2 Case RotheraAttachment blower UTV250HS 1990 Snowblower SB1 Overaasen RotheraAttachment blower UTV300S 2000 Snowblower SB3 Overaasen RotheraPedestrian blower FSR1118DR 1996 Snowblower SB4 Fuji Rothera/SBPedestrian blower FSR909DF 2001 Snowblower SB5 Fuji RotheraJohn Deere Snowblower F1445 2003 Snowblower SB6 John Deere Rothera/SBPick up truck L 200 2004 Fire response FR1 Mitsubishi RotheraConcrete mixer 200TM 1998 Mixer CM1 Winget RotheraTracked container handler4 TRACK 1997 Container handler CH1 Larrington/Pool RotheraTracked trailer 2 TRACK 1995 Trailer T7 Larrington RotheraTipper trailer D-10 2002 Trailer T8 Marston RotheraRock dump trailer 12 ton 2002 Trailer T9 Chieftain RotheraVacuum tanker 2000 gallon 2003 Dust suppression unit VT1 Aceplant/Tullow Rothera


Sledge 4 ton 2002 Cargo sledge BS1 Glomac RotheraJohn Deere Gator 6X4 1997 All terrain vehicle G3 John Deere RotheraJohn Deere Gator 6X4 1997 All terrain vehicle G4 John Deere RotheraJohn Deere Gator 6X4 1998 All terrain vehicle G5 John Deere RotheraJohn Deere Gator 6X4 1998 All terrain vehicle/trackedG6 John Deere Rothera/SBJohn Deere Gator 6X4 1999 All terrain vehicle G7 John Deere RotheraJohn Deere Gator 6X4 1999 All terrain vehicle G8 John Deere RotheraJohn Deere Gator 6X4 2002 All terrain vehicle/trackedG9 John Deere Rothera/SBHonda ATV 350 1990 All terrain vehicle H3 Honda RotheraHonda ATV TRX450SY 2000 All terrain vehicle H4 Honda RotheraHonda ATV TRX450SY 2000 All terrain vehicle H5 Honda RotheraHonda ATV TRX450SY 2001 All terrain vehicle H6 Honda RotheraHonda ATV TRX450SY 2001 All terrain vehicle H7 Honda RotheraHonda ATV TRX450SY 2002 All terrain vehicle H8 Honda RotheraHonda ATV TRX450SY 2002 All terrain vehicle H9 Honda RotheraSkidoo Alpine-2 1990 Snowmobile 2,04 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-2 1990 Snowmobile 2,06 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-2 1990 Snowmobile 2,08 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-2 1990 Snowmobile 2,10 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 2,15 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 2,16 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 2,17 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-2 1989 Snowmobile 2,28 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 doomix1998 Snowmobile 3,02 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2000 Snowmobile 3,09 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2001 Snowmobile 3,10 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2001 Snowmobile 3,11 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,16 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,17 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,18 Bombardier RotheraUnited Kingdom Annual Exchange of Information 2005-2006 7

Skidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,19 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,20 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,21 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,22 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,23 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,24 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,25 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,26 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,27 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,28 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,29 Bombardier RotheraSkidoo Alpine-3 2002 Snowmobile 3,30 Bombardier RotheraNodwell crane 110c 1987 Crane/carry NOD1 Foremost HalleyNodwell crane 110c 1987 Crane/carry NOD2 Foremost HalleySno-Cat 1700 1987 Tractor/MEWP K14 Tuckers HalleySno-Cat 2000 1987 Tractor/groomer K15 Tuckers HalleySno-Cat 1700 1988 Tractor/carrier K16 Tuckers HalleySno-Cat 1700 1988 Tractor/carrier K18 Tuckers HalleySno-Cat 2000 1996 Tractor/groomer K19 Tuckers HalleySno-Cat 1643D 1998 Tractor/carrier K20 Tuckers HalleySno-Cat 1643D 1999 Tractor/carrier K21 Tuckers HalleySno-Cat 1642E 2003 Tractor/carrier K22 Tuckers HalleySno-Cat 1642E 2003 Tractor/carrier K23 Tuckers HalleyDozer D4H-2 1990 Tractor/bulldozer D1 Caterpillar HalleyDozer D4H-2 1991 Tractor/bulldozer D2 Caterpillar HalleyDozer D4H-3 1993 Tractor/bulldozer D3 Caterpillar HalleyDozer D5N 2004 Tractor/bulldozer D5 Caterpillar HalleyAttachment snowblower UTV250HS 1990 Snowblower SB2 Overaasen HalleyTowed Groomer MBP-18-08 1996 Groomer TG1 Mogul Master Halley


Towed re-fuelling sledge Petrol 2003 Fuel sledge FS1 Glomac HalleyTowed crane sledge F60.22 2000 Crane/sledge CS1 Fassi/Pool/Larring HalleySledge 4 ton 2002 Cargo sledge BS2 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2003 Cargo sledge BS3 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2003 Cargo sledge BS4 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2003 Cargo sledge BS5 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2003 Cargo sledge BS6 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2003 Cargo sledge BS7 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2004 Cargo sledge BS8 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2004 Cargo sledge BS9 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2004 Cargo sledge BS10 Glomac HalleySledge 4 ton 2004 Cargo sledge BS11 Glomac HalleySkidoo LXE962064 1995 Snowmobile 33 Polaris HalleySkidoo Skandic 1996 Snowmobile 34 Bombardier HalleySkidoo VK540 1995 Snowmobile 35 Yamaha HalleySkidoo 440.96BCB 1995 Snowmobile 36 Arctic cat HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1989 Snowmobile 23 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1990 Snowmobile 24 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 29 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 30 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1991 Snowmobile 2,02 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1991 Snowmobile 2,03 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1991 Snowmobile 2,05 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1991 Snowmobile 2,09 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 2,11 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 2,12 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 2,13 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-2 1994 Snowmobile 2,14 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 1998 Snowmobile 3,03 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 doomix1998 Snowmobile 3,04 Bombardier HalleyUnited Kingdom Annual Exchange of Information 2005-2006 9

Skidoo Alpine-3 2000 Snowmobile 3,05 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 2000 Snowmobile 3,06 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 2000 Snowmobile 3,07 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 2000 Snowmobile 3,08 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 2001 Snowmobile 3,12 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 2001 Snowmobile 3,13 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 2001 Snowmobile 3,14 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Alpine-3 2001 Snowmobile 3,15 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Tundra 280 2004 Snowmobile TUN 1 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Tundra 280 2004 Snowmobile TUN 2 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Tundra 280 2004 Snowmobile TUN 3 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Tundra 280 2004 Snowmobile TUN 4 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Tundra 280 2004 Snowmobile TUN 5 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Tundra 280 2004 Snowmobile TUN 6 Bombardier HalleySkidoo Tundra 280 2004 Snowmobile TUN 7 Bombardier HalleyLoadall 530-70 1999 Loader L4 JCB South GTipper trailer GD-80 2000 Trailer T10 Griffiths South GPedestrian track dumper C6R 2000 Dumper DU1 Yanmar CambTeletruk 2.5D 1999 Fork lift FT1 JCB E.ShackTracked Yard crane Muskeg 1986 Crane 5,11 Bedford/Tico CambSkidoo Alpine-3 doomix1998 Snowmobile 3,01 Bombardier CambSkid steer Robot 190 2001 Loader/handler J.C.B Camb


(b) Radio Communications

See Annex V. Information prepared in accordance with Recommendation VI-2 of the Sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.

(c) Description of Airfields

See Annex VI. More information is provided in Antarctic Flight Information Manual. The Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations (SCALOP) of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) produces this. The document was produced at the request of the ATCM, and is updated annually prior to the start of the Antarctic summer season.


IX. FACILITIES FOR RENDERING ASSISTANCE

(a) Aircraft

Four twin-engined de Havilland DHC-6 aircraft will be available in the Antarctic Peninsula area from October 2005 to March 2006. A wheels-only de Havilland DHC-7 aircraft will be available at Rothera Station from October 2005 to March 2006.

Two Lynx helicopters on HMS Endurance.

(b) Runways (Aircraft landing facilities in use by the British Antarctic Survey).

(i) A crushed gravel runway adjacent to Rothera Station, Rothera Point, Adelaide Island.

(ii) An extensive snow runway about 5 km NNW of Rothera Station, Rothera Point, Adelaide Island.

(iii) Snow runway about 1.6 km SSE of Fossil Bluff, Alexander Island. This is subject to melting and refreezing during the summer, so may be unusable.

(iv) Snow runway about 1 km SSE of Halley station, Brunt Ice Shelf.(v) A blue ice runway at Sky Blu.

(c) Fuel Available

For emergency only: Aviation Turbine Kerosene at Halley and Rothera.

(d) Navigation Aids

See Annex VI.

(e) Medical facilities

Signy Advanced first aid facilities only in summerHalley Doctor, X-ray, Anaesthetic equipmentRothera Doctor, X-ray, Anaesthetic equipment

(f) Accommodation

Emergency accommodation can be provided at all stations. See also Annex VIII.

X. NOTICE OF EXPEDITIONS TO THE ANTARCTIC NOT ORGANISED BY THE PARTY BUT ORGANISED IN, OR PROCEEDING FROM THE PARTY'S TERRITORY (Private Expeditions)

See Annex VII.

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See Annex VIII.

XII. ANNUAL RETURN OF THE NUMBERS OF EACH SPECIES KILLED OR CAPTURED IN THE ANTARCTIC TREATY AREA

Mr M Dunn, Ms H Taylor and Mr D Briggs undertook the weighing and non-lethaldiet sampling of penguins at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands during the summer field season. Less than 3000 Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae), Chinstrap (P. Antarctica) and Gentoo (P. papua) penguins were captured temporarily for this work. No penguins were killed.

Mr M Dunn and Ms K Snell undertook non-lethal blood and feather sampling of brown skuas (Catharacta lonnbergi) and south polar skuas (Catharacta maccormicki) at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands and at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, and at Anchorage, Lagoon and Léonie Islands, Marguerite Bay, during the summer field season. Less than 80 birds in total were captured temporarily for this work. No skuas were killed.

XIII. NOTICE OF THE INTENDED USE OF RADIO-ISOTOPES IN SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC TREATY AREA

See Annex IX.

XIV. NOTICE OF INTENDED USE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ROCKETS IN THE ANTARCTIC TREATY AREA

This project has ceased until further notice.

XV. NOTICE OF SHIPS CARRYING OUT SUBSTANTIAL OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROGRAMMES IN THE ANTARCTIC TREATY AREA

See Annex X

XVI NOTICE OF PERMITS ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANTARCTIC ACT 1994

See Annex XI

XVII. WASTES MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR PERIOD 1 OCTOBER 2005 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2006

See Annex XII

XVIII ENACTMENT OF UNITED KINGDOM DOMESTIC LEGISLATION TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE ANTARCTIC TREATY


The Antarctic Act, 1994 (except for sections 3 to 7) was brought into effect in the United Kingdom on 1 November 1995 (Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 2748), consequent to the United Kingdom’s ratification of the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on 25 April 1995. The Regulations to the Act (The Antarctic Regulations, 1995) in respect of the United Kingdom also came into effect on 1 November 1995 (Statutory Instrument No. 2741). Section 7 of the Antarctic Act 1994 was brought into effect on 1 November 1996. Sections 5 and 6 of the Antarctic Act 1994 were brought into effect on 1 June 1997 and 1 October 1997 respectively. Sections 3 and 4 were both brought into effect on the date that the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty came into force, 14 January 1998.

The Antarctic Regulations were amended by the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (Statutory Instrument No. 1007), the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (Statutory Instrument No. 2147), the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (Statutory Instrument No. 2054), the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (Statutory Instrument No. 323), and the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (Statutory Instrument No. 2782). These may be cited together as the Antarctic Regulations 1995-2004.

The Antarctic Act 1994 was extended to British Overseas Territories by the Antarctic Act (Overseas Territories) Order 1995 (Statutory Instrument 1995 No 1030).

Polar Regions UnitOverseas Territories DepartmentForeign and Commonwealth OfficeLondon SW1A 2AH

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ANNEX I Section 1

RRS ERNEST SHACKLETON – ITINERARY 2005-06

Arrive Portland, UK 20 October 2005Depart Portland, UK 28 October 2005Arrive Montevideo 21 November 2005Depart Montevideo 23 November 2005Arrive Mare Harbour, Falkland Islands 27 November 2005Depart Mare Harbour, Falkland Islands 30 November 2005Arrive Signy 03 December 2005Depart Signy 06 December 2005Arrive Hound Bay 09 December 2005Depart Hound Bay 09 December 2005Arrive King Edward Point (KEP), South Georgia 09 December 2005Depart KEP, South Georgia 09 December 2005Arrive Bird Island, South Georgia 10 December 2005Depart Bird Island, South Georgia 12 December 2005

Troll coast access

Arrive Halley 24 December 2005Depart Halley 04 January 2006Arrive Signy 12 January 2006Depart Signy 13 January 2006Arrive Falkland Islands 16 January 2006Depart Falkland Islands 17 January 2006Arrive KEP, South Georgia 20 January 2006Depart KEP, South Georgia 20 January 2006Arrive Bird Island/Schlieper Bay, South Georgia 21 January 2006Depart Bird Island/Schlieper Bay, South Georgia 28 January 2006Arrive KEP, South Georgia 07 February 2006Depart KEP, South Georgia 07 February 2006Arrive Falkland Islands 10 February 2006Depart Falkland Islands 13 February 2006Arrive Signy 16 February 2006Depart Signy 16 February 2006Arrive Halley 23 February 2006Depart Halley 28 February 2006Arrive KEP, South Georgia 07 March 2006Depart KEP, South Georgia 08 March 2006Arrive Bird Island, South Georgia 09 March 2006Depart Bird Island, South Georgia 11 March 2006Arrive Signy 14 March 2006Depart Signy 15 March 2006Arrive Falkland Islands 18 March 2006Depart Falkland Islands 22 March 2006

Arrive Lockroy 25 March 2006Depart Lockroy 25 March 2006Arrive Rothera 26 March 2006Depart Rothera 29 March 2006

Science work

Arrive Stanley, Falkland Islands 05 April 2006Depart Stanley, Falkland Islands 09 April 2006Arrive Humber, UK 07 May 2006Depart Humber, UK 14 May 2006

ANNEX I Section 2

RRS JAMES CLARK ROSS – ITINERARY 2005-06

Arrive Immingham, UK 23 September 2005Depart Immingham, UK 02 October 2005Arrive Gibraltar 08 October 2005Depart Gibraltar 08 October 2005Arrive Stanley, Falkland Islands 30 October 2005Depart Stanley, Falkland Islands 02 November 2005Arrive Signy 05November 2005Depart Signy 07 November 2005

Science cruise JR134

Arrive Bird Island, South Georgia 13 November 2005Depart Bird Island, South Georgia 13 November 2005


Arrive Bird Island, South Georgia 20 November 2005Depart Bird Island, South Georgia 23 November 2005Arrive King Edward Point, South Georgia 24 November 2005Depart King Edward Point, South Georgia 24 November 2005Arrive Stanley, Falkland Islands 27November 2005Depart Stanley, Falkland Islands 01 December 2005

Science cruises JR138/JR139

Arrive Lockroy 10 December 2005Depart Lockroy 10 December 2005Arrive Vernadsky 11 December 2005Depart Vernadsky 11 December 2005


Arrive Rothera 13 December 2005Depart Rothera 13 December 2005


Arrive Rothera 16 December 2005Depart Rothera 20 December 2005



Arrive Punta Arenas 05 January 2006Depart Punta Arenas 06 January 2006Arrive Stanley, Falkland Islands 08 January 2006Depart Stanley, Falkland Islands 11 January 2006


Arrive Stanley, Falkland Islands 20 February 2006Depart Stanley, Falkland Islands 24 February 2006





Bird Island Boat transfer

Arrive Stanley, Falkland Islands 13 April 2006Depart Stanley, Falkland Islands 15 April 2006Arrive Portsmouth/Portland, UK 10 May 2006

ANNEX I Section 3

HMS ENDURANCE – ITINERARY 2005-2006

Depart Falklands 3 January 2006

Two work periods south of 60o South latitude involving:

Review of tourist sites covered by adopted and draft Site Guidelines.

Hydrographic survey work in and around the Antarctic Peninsula.

Logistical support to British Antarctic Survey (deployment of field parties).

Return Falklands 5 March 2006

ANNEX 1 Section 4

DASH-7 PASSENGER AND CARGO SCHEDULE 2005-06

The following flights are scheduled between Stanley, Falkland Islands and Rothera Station, Antarctica.

Flight No. Date Flight No. Date

1 SOUTH 27 October 2005 NORTH 31 October 20052 SOUTH 01 November 2005 NORTH 02 November 20053 SOUTH 03 November 2005 NORTH 04 November 20054 SOUTH 05 November 2005 NORTH 08 November 20055 SOUTH 09 November 2005 NORTH 11 November 20056 SOUTH 12 November 2005 NORTH 24 November 20057 SOUTH 25 November 2005 NORTH 16 December 20058 SOUTH 17 December 2005 NORTH 21 December 20058A SOUTH 22 December 2005 NORTH 05 January 20069 SOUTH 07 January 2006 NORTH 11 January 200610 SOUTH 12 January 2006 NORTH 13 January 200611 SOUTH 14 January 2006 NORTH 15 January 200612 SOUTH 16 January 2006 NORTH 23 January 200613 SOUTH 24 January 2006 NORTH 06 February 200614 SOUTH 07 February 2006 NORTH 15 February 200615 SOUTH 16 February 2006 NORTH 20 February 200616 SOUTH 21 February 2006 NORTH 24 February 200617 SOUTH 25 February 2006 NORTH 03 March 200618 SOUTH 04 March 2006 NORTH 08 March 2006

ANNEX II

OCCUPATIONS AND SPECIALISATIONS OF ANTARCTIC PERSONNEL2005/06

Officers in Charge of Stations

John Hall Head of Operation GroupMichael Dinn Operations Manager

Pat McGoldrick Halley Base CommanderCaroline Lewis Halley Logistics CoordinatorS Hinde Rothera Base CommanderRodney Arnold Rothera Field Operations ManagerRodney Strachan Rothera Station Support ManagerNeil Farnell Rothera Logistics CoordinatorSteve Worth Signy Base CommanderAlison Dean South Georgia, KEP Base CommanderLeslie Whittamore South Georgia Logistics CoordinatorVictoria Auld Bird Island Base Commander

Officers in Charge of Ships

Christopher Hindley Ships Operations Manager

Graham P Chapman Master – RRS Ernest ShackletonJohn B Marshall/John Harper Master – RRS Ernest ShackletonMichael J S Burgan Master – RRS James Clark RossChristopher R Elliott Master – RRS James Clark Ross

Officers in Charge of Aircraft

Gerard Nicholson Head of Air Unit

Stephen Parker Head of Aircraft EngineeringRobert Bakewell Technical OfficerAlan Meredith Chief PilotMark Beasley Line PilotGary Giles Line PilotLeslie Kitson Line PilotDavid Leatherdale Line PilotNigel Pearson Line PilotGeoffrey Porter Line PilotIan Potten Line PilotAnthony Tuson Line Pilot

Aircraft Engineers, contracted from Field Aviation Company Inc., Calgary

Ernie Nathanail Lead HandDavid Kully Line EngineerKyle Hegedus Line EngineerJoel Hillis Line EngineerRagnar Olafson Line Engineer

Military Personnel

O Camplisson Royal Navy Pilots AssistantM Stant Royal Navy Pilots AssistantA Jackson RAF Mast ErectorC Hill RAF Mast ErectorI McCourt RAF Mast ErectorS Hughes RAF Mast ErectorP Brace RAF Mast ErectorD Jones RAF Mast Erector

V. SUMMER PERSONNEL

Halley Research StationAdam Thornhill Flight FollowerAlan Sherwood ChefAllan Thomas ElectricianAlex Gough Data ManagerAlex Taylor Field AssistantAndrew Warner MeteorologistAnthony Brennan Plant MechanicAusten Floyd Steel ErectorBrian Hunter Mechanical Services technicianBryn Jones Data ManagerChris Hall Welder/FabricatorChris Oakley Electronic EngineerCraig Nicholls MeteorologicalCraig Wearmouth Plant MechanicDan Jones BuilderDavid Anthony CommunicationsDerek Radband Steel ErectorLiz Kempster Carpenter

Frances Williams MeteorologicalGareth Wale Plant MechanicGemma Clarke Structural EngineerGeoff Elliott Admin AssistantHugh Broughton ArchitectIan Coxan Field AssistantIan Prickett Steel ErectorJamie Koplick Mechanical Services TechnicianJames Parker Steel ErectorJeff Cohen Data ManagerJohn Blower ElectricianJohn Withers Technical/Winter Base CommanderJulian Rix Electronic EngineerKathy Hayes PSDKevin Larkin Field AssistantKevin O’Donnell ChefLance Seviour Plant OpsMatt Butters Plant MechanicMatt Jobson Technical/ BI Winter Base CommanderMike Rooney CommunicationsMiriam Iorwerth Data ManagementNicola Robinson ChefPetra Schmidt DoctorSimon Coggins Data Manager/ Winter Base CommanderSteve Clive ElectricianSteve Metcalfe Plant MechanicVanessa O’Brien MeteorologicalVicky Mottram DoctorCpl C Hill Mast ErectorSgt A Jackson Mast ErectorMike Maslin ArchitectPat McGoldrick Base CommanderPeter Willmott Halley RedevelopmentKirsty Stead Meteorological

Shipborne Personnel on RRS James Clark Ross and RRS Ernest Shackleton

E Abrahamsen Physical OceanographerV Afanasyev Electronics engineerD Barnes LATEST – Nearshore - EcophysiologistD Baxter Summer VisitorS Bremner Head Antarctic Marine EngineeringC Brett Summer VisitorO Browne Summer Visitor

N Campbell Summer VisitorD Carson Summer VisitorD Comben Summer VisitorP Convey BSDP Cooper Antarctic Marine EngineeringM Cox Summer VisitorL Curtis Artist/WriterT Deen GSDJ Edmonston IT Support EngineerP Enderlein DYNAMOE – Marine ScientistD Farrance DoctorS Fielding GSDM Flowerdew GSDP Granger DentistH Griffiths GSDG Hargreaves Summer VisitorK Hendry Summer VisitorC Hillenbrand GSDS Holgate Summer VisitorJ Hopkins Summer VisitorC Hughes AFI Summer visitorT Jickells AFI Summer VisitorS Kaiser Summer VisitorJ Keys DoctorR Larter GSDP Lens IT Support engineerR Livermore GSDS Mack Summer visitorR Malinowska CGS PhD StudentH Marsden Philatelic ClerkJ McNeil Artist/WriterM Meredith BSDA North AFI Summer VisitorD Pearce BSDL Peck BSDM Preston Antarctic Marine EngineeringJ Robst IT SupportJ Rock AFI Summer VisitorA Rogers BSDD Shoosmith PSDD Smith Summer VisitorJ Smith GSDK Stansfield Summer visitorJ Strugnell AFI Summer VisitorA Tate GSDG Thomson PersonnelE Tsentides IT Support

D Wallace Summer VisitorM Wallace AFI Summer VisitorJ Watkins BSDK Weston AFI Summer VisitorH Wilcock AFI Summer VisitorJ Wynar Summer Visitor

Port Lockroy

R Atkinson Project LeaderT Gillie Project AssistantM Nicolson Project Assistant

Rothera Research Station

Dave Ingham Rothera redevelopmentEd Jenner VIP VisitAlan Meredith Chief pilotAlan Powley MorrisonAlan Thorpe VIPAlex Cottle TechnicalAndy Barker Communications managerAndy Binney Building ServicesAndy Elliott Base General AssistantAndy Lole Field AssistantAndy McConnachie Plant mechanicAndy Wilson BoatmanBernard Meehan BoatmanBruce Maltman Field AssistantCathy Moore PSDCatrin Thomas Field AssistantCharlie Keeting MorrisonCharles Wilsoncroft MorrisonChris Fogwill AFI VisitorChris Griffiths Field AssistantChris Martin Mechanical Services TechnicianChris Rapley DirectorClem Collins Air Unit SupportDan Smale Marine BiologistDarren Budd CarpenterDarren Francis DomesticDarren Livermore MorrisonDave Ganiford PurchasingDavid Hyett EID

Dave Routledge Field AssistantDavid Shukman BBC JournalistDavid Walton Head of EIDDominic Hodgson BSDDonald Campbell Met Office forecasterEd King PSDEd McGough Field AssistantEirian Jones MorrisonEric Lefebvre Summer VisitorGaryy Constantine DomesticGary Masters Plant MechanicGeorgina Miles GSDHelen Rossetti Marine AssistantHenry Guly Medical UnitHilmar Gugmundsson BSDHoward Dalton VIPIsabelle Gerrard ChefJack Triest PSDJade Berman Marine BiologistJamie Fletcher Plant MechanicJason Dudek MorrisonJeremy Armitage ITJoanne Coldron DoctorJohn Coyle BuilderJohn Hall Head of operationsJohn Taylor MorrisonJulia Fear Admin AssistantJulian Klepacki Phys/MetJustin Cranfield DomesticKai Parker Mechanical Service TechnicianKatherine Snell Terrestrial Field Research AssistantKevin Newsham BSDKirk Watson Field AssistantLinda Capper EID/MediaLowri Bowen DoctorMarina Gordon Lab ManagerMark Maltby Electronic EnginnerMark Saunders BuilderMartin Miller AFI CoordinatorMatthew Brown Base General AssistantMatthew Priestman Field AssistantMatthew Richardson Plant MechanicMags Clark FinanceMike Bentley AFI Mike Dinn Operations ManagerMichael Prior-Jones CommunicationsMike Tattersfield Mechanical Services technician

Neil Farnell Logistics CoordinatorPat Fielder Facilities EngineerPaul Geissler BSDPaul Best Plant MechanicPaul Mann Marine BiologistPauline Sackett FI Logistics CoordinatorPete Milner Radio operatorPete Younger AFIRichard Hall Terrestrial Research field AssistantRichard Hindmarsh PSDRichard Logan ElectricianRiet Van de Velde ChefRob Mulvaney GSDRob Smith Field AssistantRod Arnold Field Operations managerRod Strachan Station Support ManagerRoger Stillwell Field AssistantRuss Ladkin PSDSimon Maycock Dive OfficerSimon Morley AFISteve Hinde Base CommanderSteve Parker Air UnitTerry Baker CommunicationsTom Lachlan-Cope PSDTom Marshall Field AssistantTom Spreyer Field AssistantTom Vintner Field AssistantTim Thorne Met office ForecasterTony Fallshaw BBC CameramanTracey Sharpe Admin AssistantBrian Beck Plant operatorCpl D Jones Mast ErectorCpl P Brace Mast ErectorCpl S Hughes Mast ErectorSgt I McCourt Mast Erector

Signy Research Station

S Bokhorst Summer VisitorP Bridge BSDR Cable IT SupportM Dunn CCAMLRR Fijn Summer VisitorY Goh Summer Visitor

E Homer Field AssistantM Jannsens Summer VisitorP Roberts Summer VisitorG Tan Summer VisitorM Wales ElectricianS Worth Base commander

Crew of RRS Ernest Shackleton and RRS James Clark Ross

RRS Ernest ShackletonJ Ansari ETO/CommsD Bailey PurserJ Baker A/BP Bidmead ETO/ElecP Brigden Chief EngA Brown ETO/ElecM Brown A/BS Buxton ETO/commsA Campbell A/BC Chalk BosunG Chapman CaptainP Clarke 3rd OfficerI Collin 4th EngineerR Collins Chief CookR Davis Bosons’ mateJ Forde StewardessD Forward Chief EngM Golding 2nd officerJ Harper Chief officerM Inch 2nd EngineerM Jones 2nd EngineerM Jones Snr StewardN Lynam 2nd officerF Macdonald 4th EngineerJ Marshall CaptainR Mathieson 3rd EngineerJ McGowan A/BD McManamy 2nd CookA Newman Chief officerR Parsley MotormanTim Patterson A/BM Quinn PurserM Rowe A/BA Rutter MotormanR Shields 2nd Cook

J Smith Night StewardN Sullivan A/BK Walker Chief cookK Waterhouse 3rd Engineer

RRS James Clark RossD Anderson Chief EngG Armour 2nd EngT Balfe 4th EngG Ballard 2nd cookM Blaby Bosuns mateA Bowen SG1M Burgan CaptainK Chappell SG1J Cox 3rd OfficerD Cutting Chief EngG Dale SG1N Dunbar ETO/EngS Eadie 4th EngC Elliott CaptainT Elliott 3rd EngJ Gibson PurserM Gloistein Radio OfficerN Greenwood StewardK Holmes SG1C Hunter 2nd OfficerA Huntley Chief cookD Jenkins SG1L Jolly SG1L Jones Senior StewardD King 2nd officerC Lang BosunD Leask 3rd OfficerD Lee StewardJ Lee 2nd cookA Liddell Chief officerD Macintyre Chief CookA Macaskill MG1C Mullaney SG1J Newall StewardR Paterson Chief officerD Peck Boson’s MateC Pratley Snr StewardI Raper SG1

G Raworth StewardM Robinshaw MG1A Rowe ElectricianS Smith MG1C Smith 2nd EngineerB Smith MG1C Solly SG1J Stevenson 3rd EngineerG Stewart BosunD Trevett Deck EngineerR Turner PurserC Waddicor ETO/CommsM Weirs StewardK Weston Steward

VI. WINTERING PERSONNEL2006

Halley

D Anthony Communication OfficerA Brennan Mobile Plant Technician R Pratt Fixed Plant TechnicianA Gough GATF – E & D – Data ManagerS Herniman Field AssistantB Hunter Mechanical Services TechnicianL Kempster Builder/CarpenterV Mottram Medical OfficerC Oakley GATF – E & D – Data ManagerJ Rix GATF – E & D – Data ManagerN Robinson Chef ManagerK Stead Phys/MetM Wales Electrical Services TechnicianA Warner Meteorologist/Electronic TechnicalF Williams Meteorologist/Electronic TechnicalJ Withers Winter BC

Rothera

J Fletcher Mobile Plant TechnicianB Maltman Field AssistantT Vintner Mobile Plant TechnicianM Richardson Fixed Plant TechnicianM Prior-Jones Communications ManagerT Marshall Field Assistant

M Maltby Electronics EngineerH Rosetti Assistant Marine BiologistR van de Velde Chef ManagerL Bowen Medical OfficerR Logan Electrical Services TechnicianM Laidlaw Field AssistantD Budd Carpenter/BuilderK Parker Mechanical Services TechnicianJ Berman Marine BiologistR Hall Terrestrial Field Research AssistantA Fryckowska Phys/MetT Spreyer Field AssistantK Watson Field AssistantB Meehan Boat HandlerS Maycock Diving Officer

ANNEX III

UK ANTARCTIC PROGRAMME OF WORKOCTOBER 2005 TO SEPTEMBER 2006

STATIONS TO BE OCCUPIED

Station Wintering staff

Activities planned

Rothera 23 Geoscience, glaciology, terrestrial & inshore marine biology, human physiology and health, surface meteorology, meteorological studies using satellite imagery, ozone studies, mapping, UV impact studies, mesosphere studies.

Halley 16 Surface and upper-air meteorology, human physiology and health, meteorological studies using satellite imagery, turbidity, ozone studies, mesosphere studies, geomagnetism, ionospheric observations above Halley and poleward, airglow and auroral observations, whistler observations, ULF pulsations

Signy 0 Lake chemistry, microbial & plant ecology, invertebrate ecology & physiology, CCAMLR monitoring.

Fossil Bluff 0 Meteorology.

UK SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMES OCTOBER 2005 TO SEPTEMBER 2006

The research programmes of BAS are planned on a five-year timetable. The programme was based on proposals from staff. After international peer review organised by the NERC, the most highly rated were integrated into the Survey’s infrastructure capability. The outcome is a suite of nine research programmes. In addition, the Antarctic Funding Initiative (AFI) provides access to Antarctica for projects that are bid for competitively by BAS and NERC staff and the scientific research community in British universities.

The UK Antarctic programme optimises the use of two research vessels RRS James Clark Ross and RRS Ernest Shackleton, three Antarctic research stations, Halley, Rothera and Signy, and the fleet of four Twin Otter and one Dash-7 aircraft.

The nine major BAS scientific programmes are:

Greenhouse to Ice-House Evolution of the Antarctic Cryosphere and Palaeoenvironment (GEACEP)Climate and Chemistry: Forcings, Feedbacks and Phasings in the Earth System (CACHE)

Glacial Retreat in Antarctica and Deglaciation of the Earth System (GRADES)Biodiversity, Function, Limits and Adaptation from Molecules to Ecosystems (BIOFLAME)Integrating Southern Ocean Ecosystems into the Earth System (DISCOVERY 2010)Antarctic Climate and the Earth System (ACES)Sun Earth Connections (SEC)Natural Complexity Programme (COMPLEXITY)Long-Term Monitoring and Survey (LTMS)

These programmes are described in the booklet Global Science in the Antarctic Context, 2005-2010. This information is reproduced on the BAS website in the section www.antarctica.ac.uk/BAS_Science/programmes2005-2010/index.html.

Besides the programme of the British Antarctic Survey there are a number of Antarctic-related studies undertaken in UK universities and research institutes. Some of these are funded directly by the British Antarctic Survey, and some are funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and from other academic sources. Details of the BAS-funded Antarctic Funding Initiative may be accessed through:http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_BAS/Corporate/AFI/index.html

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_BAS/Corporate/AFI/index.html

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/BAS_Science/programmes2005-2010/index.html

ANNEX IV

SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT IN USE IN ANTARCTICA

At Halley Research Station

Advanced ionospheric sounder (AIS)Southern Hemisphere Auroral Radar Experiment (SHARE) RadarFour wide-beam riometers with directional aerialsImaging Riometer System (IRIS) with 49 beamsFluxgate magnetometerSearch Coil magnetometerVLF radio receivers and analysis systemAirglow imagerDobson spectrophotometerRadiosonde systemAutomatic weather stationsMeteorological instrumentsLaser Cloud Base Recorder5 levels of turbulence probes (4 m to 32 m)7 levels of temperature, humidity and wind vector (1 m to 32 m)Infra-red fast response hygrometerShort wave and long wave radiation instruments (incoming and reflected)Diffuse visible radiation sensorSnow Temperature Profiles at 10 cm resolution to 2 m depthFrost Point HygrometerInfra-red snow temperature sensor4 element Acoustic Radar Array6 element Microbarograph ArrayTethersonde atmospheric profiling system, including winch, kites and kytoonSnow actinic flux sensor

Meteosat DCP for transmission of meteorological observationsDigital all-sky cameraDartcom HRPT receiverMedical X-ray machineBomem spectrometerPC computers, radio communications, satellite communications, local area network

Clean Air Sector laboratory instruments:High Volume aerosol samplers (HiVol)Cascade ImpactorLow volume aerosol sampler (LoVol)Aethalometer for soot carbonCondensation nucleus counter

At 77°31'24"S, 23°25'18"W

Fluxgate magnetometer

At 79°04'36"S, 24°07'11"W


At 80°53'30"S, 22°14'48"W

Fluxgate magnetometerInfra red radiometer

At 81°30'00"S, 03°00'00"E


At 82°53'58"S, 12°14'57"W


At 84°21'34"S, 23°51'06"W

Fluxgate magnetometerInfra red radiometer

At 85°21'25"S, 02°03'44"E


At 85°23'22"S, 95°58'26"E


At 86°59'57"S, 28°24'49"E


At 86°30'53"S, 68°10'30"E


At 88°01'31"S, 43°51'56"W


At field location Berkner Island south dome drilling site

Automatic weather stationVertical strain array systemDeep ice core drilling winch system, with 16k VA generatorShallow ice core drill (20m)

At field locations near 77ES, 26EW

Three automatic weather stations

At Larsen Ice Shelf 66.9ºS 60.9ºW

Automatic Weather Station

At Butler Island 72.2ºS 60.2ºW

Automatic Weather Station

At Lyddan Ice Rise 74ºS 22ºW

Automatic weather stations (2)

At Sky Blu 75ºS 71ºW

Infra red radiometerAutomatic Weather Station

At Rothera Research Station

Bentham spectroradiometerLaboratory glass washing machineWater purification systemMedical X-ray machineMeteorological instruments including satellite receivers & transmitterLaser Cloud Base RecorderMobile radiosonde system (from 2001)Antarctic Reception of Imagery for Environmental Sciences (ARIES) satellite receiver and associated hardware for collecting imagery of Antarctic weather systemsHorace weather forecast display systemSystème Automatique d'Observations Zenithales (SAOZ) UV-visible spectrometer system, computer and spectral data analysis suiteSea water level recorderMicrobiology incubatorsMicrobalancesEnvironmental growth cabinets-20°C freezers

-80°C freezersCarbolite furnacesOvensData loggersCentrifugeIncubatorsFluorimeterClass II microbiological safety cabinetMarine aquarium systemVLF receiver experimentAirglow imagerBomem spectrometerCTD with fluorometer and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) sensorMF radar for mesospheric windsMeteor scatter radarFluxgate magnetometerSpectrophotometerAutoclaveFume HoodsPC computers, radio communications, satellite communications, local area networkpH meterScintillation counterLiquid nitrogen generatorMicrowave ovenWaterbaths (benchtop)MicroscopesFume cupboard

At Signy Research Station

Microclimate stations (two) Microbalances (two)Sea water level recorder Data loggersSea ice camera for unattended operationFume cupboards (one); exhaust onlyCentrifugeSanyo incubator, PH meter CorersLaminar flow cabinet-80C freezerWater deioniserFluorimeterFurnaceFreezer and refrigeratorPC computers, radio communications, satellite communications, local area network

At Fossil Bluff

Infra red radiometerAutomatic weather station

Equipment used in aircraft

GPS equipmentPolarimetric radar systemHF antenna radiation pattern measurement equipmentScintrex Magnetometer System and data logger/ AGIS data acquisition systemAirborne gravimeter (5-83) L&R modified by ZLS (ultra-sys)Zeiss cameraLeika 530 GP5Best Airborne Turbulence (BAT) ProbeHygrometer - General Eastern 1011CThermometer De-iced Rosemount 102 Thermometer Normall Rosemount 102 Static pressure Goodrich 2011T Dynamic pressure Goodrich 2011T GPS 4 antenna Javad AT4Radiometer Upward facing, vis Eppley PIR Radiometer Upward facing, IR Eppley PSP Radiometer Downward facing, vis Eppley PIR Radiometer Downward facing, IR Eppley PSPIR thermometerVideo camera SonyData logger National Instruments +PC

For ground surveys/field use

1 Trimble 4000SSE GPS receiver for geophysical survey2 Trimble 4000SSI GPS receivers for geophysical survey3 broadband seismometersTheodolites (various) and levelsHand-held GPS receivers for navigationMagellan 5000 PRO GPS position fixing equipmentTwo Trimble 4000 SSE GPS for studies of ice deformation and flowBISON 24-and 48-channel seismic recording systems with peripheral cables and

geophonesGeodimeter 220 Electronic Distance Measurement EDMsThree geophysical tiltmeters for ice dynamical studiesAdvanced Geophysical MicroMax seismic data processing system.Towed geophone arrayLacoste-Romberg gravimeterThree Worden gravimeter-geodetic models

Two hot water drills (40 kW power) for obtaining seismic shot holesHot water drill (250 kW power) for drilling through ice shelves with a proven capability of 600 metresBorehole oceanographic profiling systemIce sounding radar (BAS-SPRI Mark 4)Automatic weather stationMicroclimate loggersLaptop computersAutomatic air sampling system (located in Dronning Maud Land)2 hand operated ice core drills capable of attaining 20 metresElectromechanical ice core drill for attaining 200 metres of ice coreIce core drilling winchPortable ice core conductivity measurerGeological field equipment (hammers, collecting bags, boxes)Hand-held computers/GPS systems for digital mapping

On RRS James Clark Ross

Working Deck Areas

After Deck: 20 m long, full deck width, 370 sq mStarboard: 5 m wide to midships, 150 sq mForward: Starboard main deck, 130 sq mAll working deck areas covered by matrix of 1-tonne capacity bolt-down points at 1-m centres. Facilities for 5 Laboratory containers (ISO 20 ft, 4 aft, 1 fwd)

CranageFwd. Knuckleboom Cargo Crane, 20 Tonne SWL @ 20 mFwd. Stores Crane, 2.5 Tonne SWL @ 10 m

Fwd. Stbd. PES Science Crane, 2 Tonne SWL @ 4 mAft Knuckleboom Cargo Crane, 10 Tonne SWL @ 17 mAft Stbd. Science Crane, 2.5 Tonne SWL @ 10 mAft Port Science Crane, 2.5 Tonne SWL @ 13 m

Gantries

20-tonne articulated "A"- frame gantry aft30-tonne articulated "A"- frame gantry midships

Winch Systems

Cantilevered drum traction winch of 30 tonnes pull serving aft and midships gantriesCantilevered drum traction winch of 10 tonnes pull15,000 metres tapered trawl warp – possibly shorter following retermination8,000 metres deep coring warp – possibly shorter following retermination

7,000 metres standard 16 mm coring warp – possibly shorter following retermination10,000 metres armoured coaxial electro-mechanical cable – possibly shorter following retermination8,000 metres 10.8 mm single conductor cable – possibly shorter following retermination9,000 metres hydrographical wire– possibly shorter following reterminationTwin warp trawling winchTwin Gilson winches 5 tonnePortable net drum winch

Laboratories

Wet LaboratoryMain LaboratoryRough WorkshopScientific WorkshopWater Bottle RoomChemistry LaboratoryPreparation LaboratoryBiochemistry LaboratoryMicrobiology/Radioactive Laboratory

Computer/Electronic/Control Spaces

Underway Instrumentation and Control RoomElectronics WorkshopData Preparation RoomComputer RoomPaper and Magnetic Tape Ready-Use StoreSun Unix workstations and Viglen personal computers

Other scientific spaces

Gravity Meter RoomCool Specimen RoomWalk-in Scientific Freezer (-20C)Scientific Chest Freezer (-80C)Scientific HoldExplosives MagazineHazardous Chemicals LockersStorm Clothing Annex

Scientific Data Logging

NOAA SCS Data Logging systemSun/Solaris workstations

Netware ServersViglen PCs for general useHP Design jet 650C A0 colour plottersHP Laserjet printersLocal Area Network providing 100Mbits/s to all equipmentLogging PCs connected to instrumentation

Scientific Instrumentation

Simrad EM 120 1 degree by 1 degree multibeam swath bathymetry systemKongsberg TOPAS sub-bottom profilerSimrad EA 600 navigational sounderSimrad EK 60, 38 kHz 120 kHz and 200 kHz transceiversFuruno CSH50 directional sonarAcoustic Doppler Current Profiler (RD1 Type Ocean Surveyor 75)Sonardyne acoustic reference systemAcoustic pinger 10/12 kHzPitch, Roll, Heave monitor/compensatorDual Axis Doppler Log (Sperry SRD 421S)Electromechanical Log (Chernikeef Aquaprobe Mk 5)BAS STCM three-component magnetometersSeismic compressors for air gunsGun handling equipmentMarine Magnetics towed overhauser magnetometer

Navigation and Oceanography

Two Ashtec G12 global positioning system (DGPS) for Kongsberg Dynamic Positioning System on vesselUltra Short Base Line Acoustic Reference System, Sonardyne FusionUltrasonic anemometerFuruno DG PS receiverTrimble 8-channel DGPS receiverAshtech ADU2 3D DGPSAshtech GLONASS/GPS receiverPC based Oceanlogger underway instrumentationincluding:

SeaBird ThermosalinographThru-Flow fluorometerVaisala Digital BarometerTIR sensorPAR sensorAir temp PRTHumidity sensorSea water intake PRT

Bench top salinometerScintillation counter

Conductivity-temperature-depth profiler (CTD )- includingPAR sensor, dissolved oxygen sensorFluorometerTransmissometerAltimeterDeep ocean standards thermometer12 bottle rosette sampler

XBT systemDartcom HRPT satellite receiverSound velocity profilerDeionised water maker

On RRS Ernest Shackleton

Laboratories

Dry laboratory, with computer flooring and work benches - 45 square mWet laboratory, with stainless steel interior - 45 square mPreparations made for installing two container labs. (ISO 20 ft)

Cranage

Telescopic Overhead Gantry over Stern, 10 tonne SWL @ max 5 m outreachStbd. Aft ROV Folding Jib Crane, 5 Tonne SWL @ 10 mMain Cargo Crane, 50 Tonne SWL @ 20 m

Stbd. Midship Stores Crane, 2 Tonne SWL @ 7 m

Research facilities

Telescopic crane at stern 10 TROV crane on upper deck 5 T/10 m-hydraulic and able to pick up from sea levelNavigation information system to all laboratories.Uncontaminated sea water supply to wet laboratorySlow speed and position-keeping facilitiesTrack Steering and Dynamic Positioning12 kHz hydrographic echo sounder.Preparations (hull dome) made for installation of bottom mapping systemSonar room with void sluice valves up to 16 inchElectrical power for science areas: 230 V and 120 V UPS 60 Hz, 230 V and 120 V 60 Hz clean power & 230 V - 50 Hz clean power

Helicopter facilities - designed for Super Puma

Max weight of helicopter - 10 T on wheelsDiameter of deck - 18 mUpper cargo hold to be used as hangar

Manoeuvring, navigation and communication

Dynamic positioning and separate joy-stickLight Taut Wire DP Reference SystemConventional back-up system in wheelhouse and crow’s nestThree radars, two gyro compasses, RDF, helicopter homing beacon, GPS navigation system, wind sensors and logECDIS digital mapping systemNavigation echo sounder, navigation sonar, hydrographic echo sounderCommunications to GMDSS including satcom., MF/HF and VHF intercom and hailing systemTV-monitoring with 20 cameras

Scientific instrumentation

Dartcom HRPT satellite receiverEA 600 echo sounderBAS STCM three-component magnetometerViglen PCs Compaq ServerXBT system

ANNEX V

INFORMATION ON UNITED KINGDOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS

EQUIPMENT AND SCHEDULES IN THE ANTARCTIC

Date of preparation

November 2005

INFORMATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SCHEDULES FOR THE YEAR 2005 - 2006

COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS INFORMATION:The Director

STATION: HALLEY British Antarctic SurveyHigh Cross, Madingley Road

LAT 7558'S LONG 02634'W Cambridge CB3 OET

CALLSIGN ZHF 22 Telephone: + 44 (0)1223 221400SELCAL 89022 Telegrams: Polasurvey, CambridgeINMARSAT STD B I/D Telex: 817725TPH 323202010 Fax No: + 44 (0)1223 362616FAX 323202011TLX 323202013 ZHFZ

TRANSMITTERS RECEIVERS REMARKS

TYPE FREQUENCYBANDS

TYPES OFTRANSMISSION

AND POWER

FREQUENCY SELECTION

TYPE FREQUENCYBANDS

TYPES OFRECEPTIONAVAILABLE

FREQUENCYSELECTION

SKANTITRP8757 STXCVRS (x2)

PRM 4790A

1.6-30 MHz

1.6-30 MHz

J3E, R3E, H3E, A1A, H2A, F1B750 W PEP

A3E, J3E20 Watts

Synthesised100 Hz steps


SKANTIR8000

10 kHz-30 MHz J3E, R3E, H3E, A3E, F1B, A1A, H2A

Synthesised 10 Hz steps

HF Field Transceiver

STATION: HALLEY ZHF 22


TYPE

FREQUENCYBANDS


AND POWER

FREQUENCY SELECTION

TYPE FREQUENCY BANDS


FREQUENCYSELECTION

VHF TXCVRSAILOR RT2048

KENWOODTK260

STANDARDHX390

JOTRONTR-6102

WALTER DITTEL FSG 5

InmarsatTerminal

Saturn Bm

154.40- 163.75 MHz

156-161 MHz

156-161 MHz

118-136.975 MHz

118-136.975 MHz

1626.5-1646.5MHz

F3E25 Watts

F3E5 Watts

F3E5 Watts

A3E10 Watts

A3E1 Watt

TDM33/25 dBW EIRP

Synthesised

Synthesised

Synthesised

Synthesised

Synthesised

1530.0-1559.0 MHz TDM

HandheldChannels 6, 8, 9, 16 programmed

HandheldChannels 1-16 Programmed

Air/Ground Communications

Handheld Air/Ground Communications

STATION: HALLEY ZHF 22

ANTENNA FACSIMILE TELEPRINTER

REMARKS LIST OF AVAILABLE FREQUENCIES

TYPE AZIMUTH(IN DEGREES OR OMNI)

TYPE GROUP TYPE SPEED(BAUD)

WIDEBAND FAN DIPOLE (x2)

INVERTED V DIPOLE

OMNI

OMNI

PITNEY BOWES 9820 GPIII XH5112 50 ARQ or UNPROTECTED TELEX AVAILABLE

Frequencies pairs scanned on ARQ (KHz): (RX, TX)(3800, 3186)(4030, 4553)(7623, 7623)(8198, 9106)(11255, 11565)(14475, 14915)(16040, 16315)

Frequencies in common use for RT (KHz):4067, 5080, 5150, 5800 6210, 7450, 7775, 9106, 9115, 10049, 11055, 11255, 12425, 14915



STATION: RRS JAMES CLARK ROSS British Antarctic SurveyHigh Cross, Madingley Road

LAT MOBILE LONG Cambridge CB3 OET

CALLSIGN ZDLP Telephone: + 44 (0)1223 221400SELCAL 50441 Telegrams: Polasurvey, CambridgeTPH 374033920 Telex: 817725FAX 374033924 Fax No: + 44 (0)1223 362616TLX 374033926 ZDLP


TYPE FREQUENCYBANDS


AND POWER

FREQUENCY SELECTION



FREQUENCYSELECTION

TRP 8757 DTRP 8757 S

NERA SAT B

SAILOR VHF-FM RT 146

SAILORRT 2048

TRP 3000

JOTRON VHF-AM TR 6102

1.6-30 MHz1.6-30 MHz

1636.5-1645 MHz

156-161 MHz

156-161 MHz

156-161 MHz

118-136 MHz

J3E, R3E, H3E,A1/H2A, F1B750 W PEP

EIRE 40 W

G3EJN(PHASE MOD)

As above

As above

As above

SynthesisedSynthesised

Synthesised

Synthesised

Synthesised

Synthesised

TRANSRECTRANSREC

OCEANIC

SAILOR R501

TR 6102

WITHWITH

15 kHz-30 MHz

2182 kHz1535-1543.5 MHz

118-136 MHz

INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENT

A1A, A2A, J3E, R3E, F1B, A2A, H2B, A3E, H3E

RECEIVERRECEIVER

Synthesised

SINGLE CH

STATION: RRS JAMES CLARK ROSS

ANTENNA FACSIMILE TELEPRINTER REMARKS LIST OF AVAILABLE FREQUENCIES

TYPE AZIMUTH (INDEGREES OR

OMNI)


A59ST

AT100D

STA10A

Z5086001

OMNI

OMNI

OMNI

OMNI

PITNEY BOWES8050

GPIII TT1585ETEXTEL3200

PCU 9000

50

50

SAT-STD B TLX

HF TLX - ARQ or UNPROTECTED AVAILABLE

NORMALLY ALLOCATED MARINE FREQUENCIESPLUS FREQUENCIESALLOCATED FOR USE INANTARCTIC WATERS

GMT FREQUENCIES USED

CIRCUIT CONDUCT

REMARKS

STATION WORKED

OPEN CLOSE TRANS- MITTING

RECEIVING TYPE OF EMISSION

TYPE OF TRAFFIC

SX ORDX

SIDEBAND

UK ANTARCTICSTATIONS

HX HX Various Various J3E, H3E, F1B ADMIN, DATA PVT

AS REQUIRED OPERATES IN ANTARCTIC FOR APPROX 7 MONTHS OF YEAROCT-APR



STATION: RRS ERNEST SHACKLETON British Antarctic SurveyHigh Cross, Madingley Road

LAT MOBILE LONG Cambridge CB3 OET

CALLSIGN ZDLS1 Telephone: + 44 (0)1223 221400SELCAL 45968 Telegrams: Polasurvey, CambridgeINMARSAT Telex: 817725TPH 374035710 Fax No: + 44 (0)1223 362616FAX 374035712Telex 374035714 ZDLS1

TRANSMITTERS

RECEIVERS REMARKS

TYPE FREQUENCYBANDS


AND POWER

FREQUENCY SELECTION



FREQUENCYSELECTION

TRP 8757 DTRP 8757 S

TRP 3000SAILOR 2047/D

JOTRON TR-6102

NERASATURN BM

1.6-30 MHz1.6-30 MHz

156-161 MHz156-161 MHz

118-136 MHz

1635.5-1645 MHz

J3E, R3E, H3E,A1/H2A, F1B750 W PEPVHF-FMVHF-FM

6A3E, 2.5 W

TDM 36 W



Synthesised

TRANSRECTRANSREC

WITHWITH

1535-1543 MHz

INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENT

RECEIVERRECEIVER

Frequency capability

Transceiver VHFTransceiver VHF

VHF-AM transceiver

Maritime satelliteterminal

STATION: RRS ERNEST SHACKLETON

GMT FREQUENCIES USED

CIRCUIT CONDUCT

REMARKS

STATION WORKED

OPEN CLOSE TRANS- MITTING

RECEIVING TYPE OF EMISSION

TYPE OF TRAFFIC

SX ORDX

SIDEBAND

UK Antarctic Stations

BAS Headquarters in Cambridge, UK

HX HX RRS Ernest Shackleton only operates during season Nov-May.

Main mode of communication via e-mail

ANTENNA FACSIMILE TELEPRINTER REMARKS LIST OF AVAILABLE FREQUENCIES


OMNI)


Comrod

1.3 M DISH

OMNI-TX

Cage DipoleOMNI RX

OMNI-TXOMNI-TX

DISH

Brother 8250p PCU 9000 with Scancom software.

50 Maritime TOR protectedwide band - unprotectedavailable

Normal allocated maritime Freqs plus Freqs allocated for use in Antarctic waters.



STATION: ROTHERA British Antarctic SurveyHigh Cross, Madingley Road


CALLSIGN ZHF 45 Telephone: + 44 (0)1223 221400Telegrams: Polasurvey, Cambridge

TPH 323201510 Telex: 817725FAX 323201514 Fax No: + 44 (0)1223 362616Telex 323201517 ZHFR


TYPE FREQUENCYBANDS


AND POWER

FREQUENCY SELECTION

TYPE FREQUENCYBANDS


FREQUENCYSELECTION

SKANTITRP 8757DTRIPLE TXCVR's

SAC-NDBTYPE SA100DUAL

1-30 MHz

310KHz

A1A, H3E, J3E, F1B750 W PEP

A2A or A3E100 W


SKANTI R8001 0.15-30 MHz A1B, A3A, H3E,J3E, F1B


STATION: ROTHERA ZHF 45


TYPE

FREQUENCYBANDS


AND POWER

FREQUENCY SELECTION



FREQUENCYSELECTION

HF Field TXCVR

PRM4021

PRM4031

PRM4051

PRM 4041

PRM 4790A

2-16 MHz

2-30 MHz

2-12 MHz

2-30 MHz

2-30 MHz

A3E, J3E, A1A10 W

A3E, J3E, A1A10 W

A1A, J3E5 W

A1A J3E20 W

A1A, A3E, J3E F2B20 W








TYPE FREQUENCYBANDS


AND POWER

FREQUENCY SELECTION



FREQUENCYSELECTION

NDB

SS 1000A

DME

Fernau DME2020

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ANNEX VI

AIRCRAFT LANDING FACILITIES IN USE BY THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY

All information in this Annex is to be found in the Antarctic Flight Information Manual (AFIM). AFIM is a document produced by the Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations (SCALOP) of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes. The Antarctic Flight Information Manual (AFIM) is produced at the request of the ATCM and is updated annually prior to the start of the Antarctic summer season. Please consult this document for a fuller description and additional details.

1. ROTHERA STATION GRAVEL RUNWAY (See AFIM)

Position: ROTHERA - situated on the eastern coast of Adelaide Island in Laubeuf Fjord, lat. 67 34S, long. 068 08W. (Magnetic variation 21 East in 1980.)

Height of runway above mean sea level: 3 metres.

Nearest station: The runway is within the Rothera Station complex.

Runway facilities: One runway designated 360/180 magnetic on true bearings 22/202. Length 900 metres. Width 45 metres.

Surface of runway: Crushed gravel.

Period of operation: Summer operation - October to March (by prior arrangement only).

Ground facilities: Medical and fire fighting facilities available. Hangar space may be available for visiting aircraft by prior arrangement only. Snowblower available. Runway lighting and apron lights. PAPI at south end of runway. Hazard beacon on hangar. Grounded icebergs may obstruct runway thresholds.

Taxiing guidance system: VHF with ground crew on 118.1 MHz.Base monitors 5080 kHz or 7775 kHz (USB), 1000Z - 0030Z.

Call sign: ZHF 45, voice identification "Rothera Base".Ground/air communications: 5080 kHz as primary frequency with secondary frequency of 7775 kHz (all USB).

Radio aids for navigation and approach: At all stations the main transmitters may be called upon to act as beacons (for information on transmitter equipment at each station see Annex V).

At Rothera Point: NDB 310 kHz. IDENT ROT.2. ROTHERA STATION SKIWAY (see AFIM)

Position: ROTHERA SKIWAY - situated on the eastern coast of Adelaide Island in Laubeuf Fjord, lat. 67 34S, long. 068 07W. (Magnetic variation 21 East in 1980.)

Height of skiway above mean sea level: 900 feet.

Nearest station: Rothera Station is about 5 km SSE of landing area on bearing 140 magnetic.

Skiway facilities: One skiway designated 020/200 magnetic on true bearing of 041/221T. The skiway is marked by drums on its west side. Skiway is situated on bearing 320 magnetic at 3 nautical miles when over-head NDB. The skiway has a slight concave profile with the col in a mountain ridge at its southern end. Total marked length is 2.5 km.

Surface of skiway: Unprepared snow.

Period of operation: Summer operation - October to March.

Ground facilities: At Skiway: No ground installations apart from pickets for aircraft, two small cabooses and windsock.Skiway and base VHF: capability 118.1 MHzBase monitors 5080 kHz and 7775 kHz (USB), 1000Z - 0030ZCall sign: ZHF 45, voice identification "Rothera Base".Ground/air communications: 5080 kHz primary frequency with secondary frequency 7775 kHz (all USB).

Radio aids for navigation and approach: At all stations the main transmitters may be called upon to act as beacons (for information on transmitter equipment at each station see Annex V).At Rothera Point: NDB 310 kHz. IDENT ROT.

3. FOSSIL BLUFF (See AFIM)

Position: FOSSIL BLUFF, George VI Sound, lat. 71 20S, long. 068 16W. (Magnetic Variation 23.5 East in 1980)

Height of skiway above mean sea level: 300 feet. Slope up to south.

Nearest station: Fossil Bluff lies about 1.6 km NNW of landing area. Food and medical supplies at huts. Station normally manned October-February, with party reporting to Rothera Station.

Skiway facilities: The skiway is 1200 metres long and marked by drums on flags on the west of the skiway. The bearing is 330/150T. This landing area is an ice shelf in front of the hut and immediately on its western side is bounded by the steep-sided

bluff. During summer with high melt conditions the strip may become unusable, being either a small lake or a hard frozen area of sharp-edged corrugations.


Period of operation: Summer operation. Skiway can deteriorate due to heavy melt in mid-summer season.

Ground facilities: HF link on 5080 USB to Rothera (minimum twice daily).Hand-held VHF capability 118.1 MHz when aircraft known in area.

Radio aids for navigation and approach: Nil

4. HALLEY (See AFIM)

Position: HALLEY, Brunt Ice Shelf, Coats Land, lat. 75 33.87S, long. 026 33.72W. The coordinates change due to the movement of the ice on which the station is located. (Magnetic variation 2ºW in 1988).

Height of skiway above mean sea level: about 30 metres.

Nearest station: Halley Station lies approximately 1100 metres SSW of skiway. The skiway is marked with drums and there are some radio masts in the vicinity. The highest antennae are 45 metres tall, and lie approximately 750 metres south of the station.

Skiway facilities: One skiway on true bearing of 08/26T marked by single line of drums approximately 1200 metres long. Many other perimeter and guide drum lines in vicinity. Only land on south side of skiway drum markers.


Period of operation: Summer operation.

Ground facilities: HF 5080 USB, 7775 USB, Marine VHF Channel 16, Aero VHF 118.1 MHz. Call sign: ZHF 22, voice identification "Halley".

Radio aids for navigation and approach: At all stations the main transmitters may be called upon to act as beacons (for information on transmitter equipment at each station see Annex V).

5. SKY BLU

Position: SKY BLU (Blue Ice Runway) lat. 74 52S, long. 071 34W (Magnetic variation 29ºE (1980)).

Height of runway above mean sea level: 4500 ft.

Nearest station: Sky Blu field camp adjacent to runway.

Runway facilities: Runway designated 360/180.

Surface of runway: Unprepared blue ice (minor grading).

Period of operation: November-February (Summer operation)(by prior arrangement).

Ground facilities: No ground installations apart from two small cabooses and a windsock. All communications arranged through Rothera Station. HF and VHF 118.1 MHz on request.

Radio aids for navigation and approach: Nil.

ANNEX VII

NOTICE OF EXPEDITIONS TO THE ANTARCTIC NOT ORGANISED BY THE PARTY BUT ORGANISED IN, OR PROCEEDING FROM, THE PARTY’S

TERRITORY (Private Expeditions)

1. South – Mr Anthony Haile

83 Islip StreetLondonNW5 2DL

Operations for 2005/2006 Season

Depoting of fuel in advance of unsupported trek to South Pole in 2006.

2. Pelagic Expeditions – Mr James ‘Skip’ Novak

Pelagic Expeditions92 Satchell LaneHambleHampshireSO31 4HL


Tourist cruises on the yachts Pelagic and Pelagic Australis (British Virgin Islands-registered) – Permit pending

3. Saga Rose 2005 World Cruise - Saga Shipping Company

The Saga BuildingEnbrook ParkFolkestoneKentCT20 3SE


Tourist cruise on the vessel Saga Rose (Bahamas-registered) – Permit pending

ANNEX VIII

NOTIFICATION OF UNOCCUPIED UNITED KINGDOM STATIONSAND REFUGES IN THE ANTARCTIC 2005-2006

In accordance with Recommendation III-II of the III Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), the location and facilities available at unoccupied United Kingdom stations and refuges are noted below. All refuges are built on rock unless otherwise stated. No radio facilities are available at any of these stations or refuges. Any person who visits any of these stations or refuges, or uses any of the facilities, is requested to leave it closed. They are also requested to inform the Director of the British Antarctic Survey of the state of repair and of the facilities used as soon as possible.

SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS

Cape Geddes: 6041'S, 4434'W, on north coast of Laurie Island; established January 1946 and evacuated in March 1947. Accommodation for 4 people; no food or fuel. Occasionally used by other national operators as a field refuge. Last inspection by BAS personnel on 23 January 1992.

Shingle Cove: 6039'S, 4533'W, on beach in Shingle Cove, Iceberg Bay, Coronation Island; established May 1962. Accommodation for 2 people, food and fuel. Field refuge for Signy station. Last inspected January 1996.

Cummings: 6043'45"S, 4539'50"W, at Cummings Cove, Signy Island. Close proximity to Signy Research Station over the ice cap. Scientific field hut visited regularly by BAS personnel from Signy Station. Accommodation for 2 people; food and fuel for 2 person-months.

Foca: 6041'50"S, 4538'40"W, at Foca Cove, Signy Island. Close proximity to Signy Research Station on opposite side of the island. Scientific field hut visited regularly by BAS personnel from Signy Station. Accommodation for 4 people; food and fuel for 2 person-months.

Gourlay: 6043'50"S, 4535'05"W, on Gourlay Peninsula overlooking Rock Haven, Signy Island. Close proximity to Signy Research Station, 3 km overland. Scientific field hut visited regularly by BAS personnel from Signy Station. Accommodation for two people; food and fuel for 2 person-months.

SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS

Deception Island: 6259'S, 6034'W, at Whalers Bay, Deception Island; established February 1944 and evacuated during a major volcanic eruption in February 1969. Station buildings are now in a very dilapidated condition. However, the aircraft hangar remains standing and intact. Base buildings and hangar now designated as part of Historic Site and Monument No. 71 at the XXVI ATCM in 2003. Major clean-up of debris carried out in April 2004, along with the salvage of the wreck of a BAS Single Otter aircraft.

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA: West coast of Graham Land

Danco Island: 6444'S, 6236'W, on northern end of island in Errera Channel, Danco Coast; established March 1956. Demolished and removed by BAS in March 2004.

Damoy: 6448'S, 6330'W, at Dorian Bay on west coast of Wiencke Island; established November 1975. Accommodation for 15 people; food for 4 person-years, but no fuel. Hut in good order. Visited by BAS personnel in March 2005 and leaking fuel drum removed.

Port Lockroy: 6450'S, 6318'W, on Goudier Island, a small rocky island in a sheltered harbour on the west coast of Wiencke Island; established February 1944. Designated as Historic Site and Monument No 61 at the XIX ATCM in 1995. Accommodation for 6 people; base repaired and cleaned up by five-man team in February 1996. Since then the station has been opened for visitors and further work carried out during each summer season. The British Antarctic Survey has undertaken the conservation work with the guidance of the United Kingdom Heritage Trust and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Rasmussen Peninsula: 6515'S, 6406'W, at 9 m above sea-level, attached to mainland east of the Argentine Islands; established March 1984. Accommodation for 4 people; food, fuel and sleeping equipment, also mountain rescue equipment. Last inspected by BAS personnel in March 1991. Hut now used regularly by scientists and support staff from the Ukrainian Antarctic research programme operating from Vernadsky.

Wordie House: 6515'05"S, 6415'15"W, on opposite side of Stella Creek to Ukrainian Vernadsky Research Station. Established in 1947 on the site of the 1937/38 British Graham Land Expedition hut. Accommodation for 4 people. In view of close proximity (0.75 km) to Vernadsky station it is not regarded as an emergency refuge and so does not hold food and fuel stock. Designated as Historic Site and Monument No 62 at the XIX ATCM in 1995. Last inspected by BAS personnel in March 2005.

Prospect Point: 6600'S, 6521'W, on small rock outcrop south of Ferin Head, Graham Coast, established February 1957. Demolished and removed by BAS in April 2004.

Detaille Island: 6652'S, 6648'W, on small rocky island at entrance to Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast; established February 1956. Accommodation for 10 people (hut was left insecure by a private yacht in 1984-85 and has deteriorated); coal. The hut is habitable. Visited by BAS personnel in March 1997 when the hut was cleaned up and hazardous waste removed. Last visited by BAS personnel in March 2004.

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA: Marguerite Bay

Blaiklock Island: 6733'S, 6714'W, on beach on west coast of Blaiklock Island, Bigourdan Fjord; established March 1957. Accommodation for 4 people; food and fuel. Used intermittently by BAS field parties from Rothera Research Station. Considered to be part of Horseshoe Island base and designated along with Horseshoe as Historic Site and Monument No. 63 at the XIX ATCM in March 1995. Last visited by BAS personnel in 1999.

Lagoon Island: 6735'S, 6815'W, on small rocky beach on Lagoon Island, part of the Anchorage Islands; established November 1989. Accommodation for 4 people; food and fuel. Used regularly by field parties from Rothera Research Station.

Horseshoe Island: 6748'S, 6718'W, in Sally Cove on north-west coast of Horseshoe Island; established 11 March 1955. Accommodation for 10 people; food and fuel. Used regularly by field parties from Rothera Research Station and occasionally by other national operators. Designated as Historic Site and Monument No 63 at the XIX ATCM in March 1995. A programme of renovation was carried out during March 1997. Last visited by BAS staff in 2002.

Stonington Island: 6811'S, 6700'W, on small rocky island attached to glacier on mainland, Falličres Coast; established February 1946. Accommodation for 18 people; food. Generators. Buildings watertight and in reasonable condition. Clean-up by two-man team in February 1992 with removal of fuel, hazardous wastes and empty drums. Designated as Historic Site and Monument No 64 at the XIX ATCM in March 1995. Emergency repair work undertaken by two-man team during January 2003.

ANNEX IX

ADVICE NOTE FOR CONSULTATIVE PARTIES TO THE ANTARCTIC TREATYPROJECTED USE OF RADIOCHEMICALS AND RADIONUCLIDES

BY BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY 2005– 2006 SEASON

Research Worker

Base Project Radiochemical Activity

Potential Work by Keiron Fraser

Rothera Marine Primary production

14C-sodium bicarbonate 3.7 Mbq

Paula Roberts/ Kevin Newsham

Signy AFI 15/32 Organis N turnover in soil

14C 3.7 MBq

ANNEX X

NOTICE OF SHIPS CARRYING OUT SUBSTANTIAL OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROGRAMMES IN THE

ANTARCTIC TREATY AREA

To be completed from RRS James Clark Ross & Ernest Shackleton (in March – see dates below)

Cruise JR136

Contact point: Christina De La Rocha

Project Title/Location: Behaviour of trace element and isotope ratios of sea-ice brine and microalgae Marguerite Bay (AFI 4/02)

Personnel :Damien Carson + Kate Hendry

Dates : Dec 2005 and March 2006

Logistics: In conjunction with the AFI project of Tim Jickells et al., we will be revisiting the sediment trap moorings set out during cruise JR112 in Jan 05 (67°55.39S, 68°24.15W at 841 m, and 67°34.02S, 68°14.02W at 522 m). We will be swapping cups in the sediment traps and doing a CTD cast and collecting water from sites near the moorings.

(In addition there will be a cruise in March to swap trap cups, collect water, and additionally collected box cores from near the mooring sites.)

Equipment: Standard to the JCR and including CTD. (For the second cruise the BAS box corer will be needed as well).

Samples: We will collect the samples that have been collecting in the sediment traps. We will also collect water from profiles taken near the coring sites. (In the March cruise box cores will also be taken). Water samples will be analyzed for chlorophyll and nutrient concentrations, in addition to trace elements and stable isotopes listed below.

Science plan: Our goals are to couple high resolution sampling of phytoplankton growth (before, during and after the spring bloom) in the local water column with the nearby collection of concurrently sedimenting particles (via sediment traps) and recently sedimented materials (via box core collection). These data will be compared to samples taken from water column profiles near the mooring sites. In addition, samples from sea ice brines will be taken and the sea ice signal searched for in the sediment trap and box core samples.

The materials collected will be analyzed for their isotopic and trace element composition and related to changes in productivity and nutrient cycling. This will help us to verify that recently established opal-based proxies for nutrient use (δ30Si, δ15N, δ13C) and primary production (Ba) are working the way we believe them to work. Additionally we will try out even newer proxies, such as the Ge isotopic composition of opal, or the Zn/Si ratio of diatoms, to see what information may be gleaned from them.

To be completed from RRS James Clark Ross & Ernest Shackleton (in March – see dates below)

Cruise JR137 AFI 4/13

Contact point: Tim Jickells

Project Title/Location: Biogeochemical particle flux study in Marguerite Bay

Personnel: Dr Keith Weston

Dates: December 2005 and March 2006

Weston will be at Rothera for 10 weeks in the summer season. In December the ship will be used for the recovery and re-deployment of sediment trap moorings in Marguerite Bay (see Cruise JR136).

Work by Weston at Rothera will utilise the analytical facility in the Bonner Laboratory, and will involve sampling at the oceanographic station in Ryder Bay (the RaTS station). This work involves CTD casts and water sampling from an inflatable boat and is associated with the Rothera Long Term Oceanographic and Biological Monitoring (RaTS) project.

To be completed from RRS James Clark Ross

Cruise JR138POLContact point: Pete Foden

Project Title/Location: Drake Passage

Dates: December 2005

We would like to recover the 3 Drake Passage BPRs and re-deploy 2 of them at Drake North and Drake South. We have no plans to put anything back at Drake Middle.

We would like to put a new MYRTLE in at Drake South at a position 50 km east of the BPR. This is to get it into deep water so we can leave MYRTLE down for up to five years. If we place it at the normal 1000 metre position the amount of frame corrosion increases greatly.

We would like if possible to call in at Vernadsky to recover our data from the tide gauge and to discuss with the base team the installation (by them) of a new tide gauge and also repairs to the existing equipment.

Whilst at Rothera we would like to service the tide gauge and download the data from the logger.


Cruise JR150

PSD

Contact point: Mike Meredith

Project Title/Location: CTD section across Marguerite Trough (BAS LTMS-P)

Personnel : Mike Meredith + 2 scientific staff + ITS engineer + ETS engineer

Dates : December 2005

Logistics: We will conduct a short sequence of CTD stations (~9) along a line that crosses Marguerite Trough, on the western shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula (see diagram).

Equipment: Standard to the JCR; CTD and salinometer work, plus oceanologger and vessel-mounted ADCP.

Samples: CTD, ADCP, oceanologger etc data will be collected and stored as usual for JCR. Samples will be collected for salinity analysis, for calibration of CTD (using JCR salinity bottles). Samples will also be collected for oxygen isotope analysis – these will be cool-stored on JCR and transported back to UK for laboratory analysis here. Science plan: The intention is to conduct a small number of CTDs in a line across the Marguerite Trough. This is a deep trench that runs from the shelf break of the western Antarctic Peninsula into Marguerite Bay, and acts as an important conduit for warm water from the open Southern Ocean to impinge on ice shelves. The CTDs will be used to identify the core of the warm water within the trough, and characterise its temperature structure. As part of BAS LTMS (Long-Term Monitoring and Survey), this line of CTDs will be repeated at least annually, building up a time series of deep water temperature in this location.


Cruise JR151

PSD

Contact point: Keith Nicholls

Project Title/Location: LTMS-P Orkney Passage moorings

Personnel : Povl Abrahamsen (BAS)

Dates : One day, around 25th December 2005

Logistics: JR151 is a one day LTMS-P cruise which will be undertaken during the passage from Rothera Base to the LTMS-B six-day core box cruise (JR141). One mooring will be recovered, and three will be deployed. CTD stations will be occupied at each mooring sites, and EM120 swath data will be collected to improve our knowledge of the bathymetry of the area.

Equipment: Standard to the JCR.

Samples: Salinity samples will be collected for CTD calibration.

Science plan: Orkney Passage is the principal route for Weddell Sea Deep Water (WSDW) to escape north into the Scotia Sea, and onwards into the World Ocean. The plan is to monitor this outflow using three moorings. The moorings will be equipped with current meters and temperature/conductivity instruments. At present, a mooring (M4) belonging to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, is deployed at 60° 39.164'S, 042° 4.774'W. We will attempt to recover M4, and will be collaborating with LDEO, using both their equipment and BAS’ in order to supply an adequate level of instrumentation for the three new LTMS moorings.

A CTD profile, with associated water samples, will be obtained at each of the mooring sites (M4 and the three new moorings) using the BAS SBE911plus. In addition to this work, the ship’s EM120 will be used to improve the coverage of topography in the area. This will help in the interpretation of the mooring data.


Cruise JR141GSDContact point: Rob Larter

Project Title/Location: GRADES-QWAD (Glacial Retreat in Antarctic and Deglaciation of the Earth System – Quaternary West Antarctic Deglaciations)/ Amundsen Sea

Personnel: Rob Larter, Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Roy Livermore + 2 new GSD recruits + 1 new PSD recruit

Dates : 8 January 2006 – 22 February 2006

Logistics: We will image the sea floor on the continental shelf and slope using the multibeam echo sounder, the sub-bottom profiler and a seismic profiling system with a small airgun source. These data will be used to select 40 sites at which we will collect vibrocores and box cores. We will also collect oceanographic data using the conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) system. On passage to and from the Amundsen Sea we will collect multibeam echo sounder, sub-bottom profiler and magnetic data.

Equipment: Standard to the JCR, plus BGS vibrocorer and seismic profiling system, and GSD towed magnetometer.

Samples: Vibrocores up to 6 m long and 0.3 m x 0.3 m box cores will be collected from up to 40 sites.

Science plan: The Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, which drain into the Amundsen Sea, exhibit the most rapid elevation change/ice thinning and grounding-line retreat in Antarctica. It has been suggested that these changes may be a forerunner of collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). The marine record of Quaternary glaciations is key to understanding the stability and climate sensitivity of ice sheets, and to refining glaciological models that can be used to predict future change. The history of the major glacial systems draining >40% of the area of the WAIS towards the Pacific Ocean remains virtually unknown. We intend to carry out a systematic investigation of changes on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf since the Last Glacial Maximum using sediment cores, seismic profiles and the state-of-the-art sonar systems on RRS James Clark Ross. The results will allow us to address questions about the timing and rate of grounding line retreat from the continental shelf, the dynamic characteristics of the ice that covered the shelf, and its influence on glaciomarine processes on the adjacent continental slope.


Cruise JR144

BSD

Contact point: Katrin Linse

Project Title/Location: Collections of marine and terrestrial invertebrates and pelagic microbes along the island chain of the Scotia Sea

Personnel : Katrin Linse + 8 science staff

Dates : End February to mid April 2006

Logistics: We will dredge the sea floor to using an Agassiz trawl, epibenthic sledge and Rauschert dredge (7 transects along continental slope with 4 depth levels), dive at least 4 islands of the Scotia Sea and filter marine microbes from the water column (28 locations). We will also collect terrestrial invertebrates by hand ashore (5 sites).

Equipment: Standard to the JCR, except for benthic dredging equipment: Agassiz trawl, Rauschert dredge, Epibenthic sledge.

Samples: We will collect marine invertebrates from the seafloor, marine microbes from water column and terrestrial invertebrates from islands.

Science plan: The Scotia Sea region is a transitory area between the Magellan and Antarctic regions. Magellanic species (e.g. from Burdwood Bank and Falkland Islands) are thought to differ in their DNA to Antarctic ones, as response to their evolution under climate and physical constrains. We will study the gene expression in selected target species linked to environmental variation as we collect specimens from different latitudes and temperature regimes. We will assess the biodiversity at local and regional scales and investigate the phylogenetic relationships of selected marine and terrestrial invertebrate taxa and their biogeography in reference to the climatological, oceanographical and geological history of the Scotia Sea. The marine microbes will be used for the construction of metagenome libraries. The results will be used to determine of the role of Antarctica and extreme environments in general in evolutionary innovation and generation of global biodiversity. More info: www.antarctica.ac.uk search for BIOFLAME.



Cruise JR145 (AFI6/16)

Cruise: BIOPEARL

Personnel: Dr A. North and Dr J. Rock + one other

Location: Sites around Scotia Arc

Dates: Feb/March 2006

GENE FLOW IN ANTARCTIC FISHES: THE ROLE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND LIFE HISTORY

Logistics: Field work on BIOPEARL (5 dedicated days) will focus on sampling on adults, with opportunistic sampling of juveniles, from sites around the Scotia arc, together with simultaneous CTD and ADCP data. The sampling programme has been integrated with requirements of AFI 6/33 (Dr L. Allcock: 1 day) based on similarity of sampling gear and sample distribution. The aim is to follow the general BioPerl cruise track fairly closely, with small detours to deploy and retrieve nets. The plan assumes that the cruise leaves from Falkland Islands, and proceeds anticlockwise to sample at Burdwood Bank, the South Shetland Islands (Livingston I., Deception I., King George I., Elephant I.), the S. Orkney Is., S. Sandwich Is (S. Thule-Cook I.), South Georgia and Shag Rocks. It incorporates the day allocated to Louise Alcock's AFI-16-33.

Equipment: Standard to the JCR except 2 otter trawls and trammel nets.

Science plan: The research will examine the influence of oceanographic processes, bathymetry and life history variation on dispersal and gene flow in two Antarctic fishes (Champsocephalus gunnari, Nothonthenia rossii) that differ in the distribution of eggs and larvae and longevity. Ocean general circulation models such as the Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Model (OCCAM) will predict transport speed and direction of planktonic fish eggs and larvae spawned at different locations around Antarctica. A high resolution oceanographic model of the shelf processes around one region will be used to examine the drift and retention of early life history stages and shelf-open ocean transport such that the behaviour and life history can be incorporated into the wider ocean circulation patterns. Molecular markers (microsatellites) will be used to analyse population structure at both circumpolar and regional geographic scales, which will be compared with predictions from the oceanographic model.


Cruise JR147

Proposed sampling plan for AFI-6/33 in the BIOPEARL cruise

Contact point: Louise Allcock

Project Title: Did Antarctic octopuses colonise the deep sea? (AFI 6/33)

Location: Scotia Arc

Personnel: Jan Strugnell

Dates : Feb/March 2006

Background to project: We are using octopuses as model organisms to test the hypothesis that the Antarctic has acted as a centre for evolutionary radiation and as a source of taxa that have invaded the deep sea. It is likely that the deep-sea fauna was depauperate following extinction events associated with past global climate change causing, for example, deep-ocean oxygen minima. Such events have been recorded from the Late Cretaceous and Palaeocene / early Eocene, prior to the opening of the Drake Passage. The subsequent development of deep-water connections between the Southern Ocean and the major surrounding oceans would have facilitated the expansion of biogeographic boundaries. Our study aims to characterise the micro- and macro-evolutionary processes of endemic Antarctic octopod fauna and the macro-evolutionary processes of the deep-sea octopod fauna using molecular techniques. Bayesian methodologies incorporating fossil constraints will then be used to estimate the divergence times of these taxa thereby providing a means of testing the hypothesis that, in evolutionary history, Antarctic taxa invaded the deep sea. We are using JR147 to collect samples for micro-evolutionary studies.

We propose to target three species of octopus: Pareledone charcoti, Pareledone turqueti and Adelieledone polymorpha using the otter trawl. It is likely that some samples of these species will also be captured by Agassiz trawling conducted by other groups. We will target two locations: Elephant Island and the South Orkney Islands. We have precise trawl location data for Elephant Island from previous CCAMLR fish surveys reducing the need for acoustic surveys of the proposed trawl track in this area. We do not have this information for the South Orkney Islands, although this information may be provided by AFI-6/16. The otter trawl will only be used on good ground. We estimate that each deployment will take 1-1½ hours, comprising 30 minutes trawl time and 30-60 minutes handling and veer/haul time depending on the depth of deployment. Trawling speed needs to be high at approximately 4 knots. This will also maximise the fish catch and reduce the amount of unwanted benthos in the catch (at low trawl speeds the net tends to dig in rather than 'bounce'). Additional time will be required to steam between locations.

This plan has been devised in close consultation with the PI of AFI-6/16. We wish to use the same gear in similar areas and hence we propose to combine our allocated time to maximise efficiency. Both projects aim to follow the general BIOPEARL cruise track fairly closely

(see map), with small detours to deploy and retrieve nets. The plan assumes that the cruise proceeds in an anticlockwise direction around the Scotia Sea. Our strategy is similar to that of AFI 6/16. We aim to get at least 50 specimens of the target species at each site, by fishing with flexible tactics depending upon initial results. This will involve close on-board collaboration with the AFI 6/16 team. Target species have peak abundance at 100m depth (Pareledone charcoti), 100-200m depth (Pareledone turqueti) and 250-350m depth (Adelieledone polymorpha). Because of the high abundance of P. charcoti in shallow waters it is likely that only a single trawl at 100m depth will be required to catch the required numbers.

For preservation of samples we estimate that we need 5 litres of 96% ethanol and 25 litres of 40% formalin (which will be diluted to 4% formalin with seawater as and when it is required during the cruise). We plan to ship all the octopuses back that we catch (so that identifications can be checked by Louise Allcock) which is why we need so much formalin. We consider it better to order it at 40% and dilute it rather than to have a large volume on board.

ANNEX XI

NOTICE OF PERMITS ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANTARCTIC ACT 1994

a) Notice of permits issued for activities under Section 3 of the Antarctic Act 1994 (British Expeditions)

Permit No. S3-01/2005: Mr Anthony Haile of 83 Islip Street, London, UK to trek unsupported from McMurdo to South Pole. Valid between 20 January 2005 – 1 March 2006.

Permit No. S3-02/2005: Mr Doug Allan of 1-2 Thorndale Mews, Clifton, Bristol, UK to film a documentary programme. Valid between 30 January 2005 – 1 April 2005.

Permit No. S3-03/2005: The Director of the British Antarctic Survey of Cambridge, UK to undertake the activities specified by him and approved by the permitting authority. Valid between 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2010.

Permit No. S3-04/2005: Saga Shipping Company Ltd of Kent, UK to undertake a tourist cruise between 25 January 2006 – 31 January 2006.

b) Notice of permits issued under Section 5 of the Antarctic Act 1994 (British vessels, aircraft and hovercraft entering Antarctica)

Aircraft

Permit No. S5-02/2005: Issued to British Antarctic Survey authorising a fixed wing multi-engine DHC-7 aircraft to enter Antarctica between 22 August 2005 – 5 September 2005.

Permit No. S5-03/2005: Issued to British Antarctic Survey authorising five fixed wing multi-engine DHC-6/7 aircraft to enter Antarctica between 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2010.

Vessels

Permit No. S5-04/2005: Issued to British Antarctic Survey authorising the RRS Ernest Shackleton and the RRS James Clark Ross to enter Antarctica between 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2010.

Permit No. S5-05/2005: Issued to James ‘Skip’ Novak of 92 Satchell Lane, Hamble, Hampshire, UK to cruise the Antarctic Peninsula between 2 January 2006 – 17 January 2006. Permit pending.

Permit No. S5-06/2005: Issued to James ‘Skip’ Novak of 92 Satchell Lane, Hamble, Hampshire, UK to cruise the Antarctic Peninsula between 7 January 2006 – 20 February 2006. Permit pending.

Permit No. S5-07/2005: Issued to James ‘Skip’ Novak of 92 Satchell Lane, Hamble, Hampshire, UK to cruise the Antarctic Peninsula between 6 February 2006 – 22 February 2006. Permit pending.

c) Notice of permits issued under Section 6 of the Antarctic Act 1994 (Mineral resource activities).

Permit No. S6-01/2005: Issued to Tim Burton of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK authorising collection of rocks and fossil fragments between 1 January 2006 – 31 March 2006.

Permit No. S6-02/2005: Issued to Dr John Smellie of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK authorising collection of rocks and fossil fragments between 1 January 2006 – 31 March 2006.

Permit No. S6-03/2005: Issued to Dr Joanne Johnson of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK authorising collection of rock samples between 1 January 2006 – 30 April 2006.

Permit No. S6-04/2005: Issued to Hugh Corr of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK authorising an aerogeophysical survey between 1 October 2005 – 31 January 2006.

Permit No. S6-05/2005: Issued to Dr Claire Allen of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK to collect sea floor sediment cores between 20 February 2006 – 25 April 2005.

Permit No. S6-06/2005: Issued to Dr Robert Larter of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK to collect profiles, data and cores between 1 January 2006 – 28 February 2006.

Permit No. S6-07/2005: Issued to Dr Michael Flowerdew of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK to collect rock specimens between 14 February 2006 – 14 April 2006.

Permit No. S6-08/2005: Issued to Professor Jane Francis of Leeds University, Leeds, UK to map and collect rock and fossil samples between 12 December 2005 – 31 March 2006.

Permit No. S6-09/2005: Issued to Dr Michael Bentley of the University of Durham, Durham, UK to collect boulders, bedrock and sediment samples between 1 November 2005 – 31 March 2006.

Permit No. S6-10/2005: Issued to Dr Joanne Johnson of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK to collect profiles, data and cores between 1 January 2006 – 30 April 2006.

d) Notice of permits issued under Section 12 of the Antarctic Act 1994 (Interfering with flora and fauna).

Permit No. S7-01/2005: Issued to Mike Dunn of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK to undertake counting, weighing and diet sampling of penguins between 1 October 2005 and 1 April 2006.

Permit No. S7-02/2005: Issued to Mike Dunn of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK to take blood or feather samples from Macronectes giganteus, Catharacta lonnbergi and Catharacta maccormicki between 1 October 2005 and 1 April 2006.

e) Notice of permits issued under Section 12 of the Antarctic Act 1994 (Introduction of non-native animals and plants into Antarctica)

None.

f) Notice of permits issued under Section 12 of the Antarctic Act 1994 (Entry into Protected Areas)

Permit No. S9-01/2005: Issued to Ms Katherine Snell of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK authorising entry into Rothera Point (ASPA 129) between 1 November 2005 – 31 October 2006.

Permit No. S9-02/2005: Issued to Dr Kevin Newsham of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK authorising entry into Ablation Valley and Ganymede Heights (ASPA 147) between 1 November 2005 – 28 February 2006.

Permit No. S9-03/2005: Issued to Dr David Pearce of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK authorising entry into Deception Island (ASPA 140, sub-sites A, D, F and K) between 1 February 2006 – 30 April 2006.

Permit No. S9-04/2005: Issued to Michael Dunn of British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK authorising entry into Moe Island (ASPA 109) between 1 November 2005 – 31 April 2006.

g) Notice of permits issued under Section 12 of the Antarctic Act 1994 (Entry into a CCAMLR CEMP site)

None.

ANNEX XII

WASTE MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR PERIOD1 OCTOBER 2005 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2006

PART 1 GENERAL

Country: United Kingdom

Waste Management Official: Mr Rod Downie

Job Title: BAS Environmental Manager

Postal Address: British Antarctic SurveyHigh Cross, Madingley RoadCambridge, CB3 0ET, UK

Telephone Number: 01223 221248

Facsimile Number: 01223 221427

Electronic Mail Number: [email protected]

PART 2 TRAINING OF EXPEDITION MEMBERS

1) Is training given to expedition members on waste management:

prior to leaving for Antarctica? [Y] [ ]

Briefings given at annual introductory conferencesfor new personnel.

while in Antarctica? [Y] [ ]

Briefings and hands-on training given for on site procedures and equipment on board BAS vessels and at BAS research stations

Written material available [Y] [ ]

(i) BAS Waste Management Handbook (4th Ed. 2004)(ii) Station and field camp waste guidelines (iii) Notices on research stations and ships

2) Are expeditions advised of any PVC products being provided? [Y] [ ]

The BAS discourages the use of PVC products and only uses them when there is no practical alternative. Details of products where the major constituent is PVC are supplied to each research station.

3) Are expeditions advised that pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), [Y] [ ]non-sterile soil or polystyrene beads, chips or similar forms of packaging shall not be sent to Antarctica?

A section of the BAS Waste Management Handbook and the BAS Participants Handbook deals with prohibited products. The Logistics Purchasing Section of BAS makes every effort to prevent such products from being sent to Antarctica. The BAS packaging guidelines stipulate that polystyrene beads or chips must not be used as packaging material for goods being sent to Antarctica.

PART 3 WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR EACH FIXED SITE, FIELD CAMPS GENERALLY, AND FOR EACH SHIP.

1) Current and planned programmes for cleaning up existing waste disposal sites and abandoned work sites:

Existing waste disposal sites and abandoned work sites

i) Maintenance work carried out at Base A, Port Lockroy during 2004/05. Base operated by BAS with guidance from the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

ii) Minor restoration work and condition survey undertaken at Wordie House (Base F) in March 2005

iii) Conservation Strategy for Whalers Bay (including British Base B) was adopted at ATCM XXVIII in June 2005

iv) Automated Geophysical Observatories A80, A81 and A84 will be demolished and removed during the 05/06 season, as well as redundant deep field fuel depots.

v) Planning is underway for the demolition and removal of Station C at Cape Geddes , (Lat. 60°41'S, Long. 44°34'W ), Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands during the 2006/07 season.

vi) The removal of the abandoned station at Detaille Island (Lat. 66 °52 'S, Long. 66 °48 'W ), Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast is under discussion with the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

2) Current and planned waste management arrangements, including final disposal:

i) Biodegradable wasteSewage, wet food waste, bones and grey water are disposed of on-site and are not returned from Antarctica. A sewage treatment plant is in operation at Rothera.

ii) General non-hazardous wasteNon-recyclable wastes are taken by BAS ships to the Falkland Islands where a contractor disposes of them properly and safely to landfill. Waste oils and fuel are also taken to the Falkland Islands and used as heating oil. Empty fuel drums produced by BAS are reused by the major fuel supplier on the Falkland Islands.

iii) Hazardous and recyclable wastesAll hazardous wastes are returned to the UK where they are properly and safely disposed of by specialist contractors. Hazardous wastes are disposed of in a number of ways including high temperature incineration and controlled landfill. The UK Environment Agency is notified of all movements of BAS hazardous wastes when BAS vessels reach UK. Recyclable wastes, including paper, glass, cardboard, aluminium and steel, batteries, photo-chemicals and printer cartridges, are also returned to UK for recycling by specialist contractors.

During 2004/05, BAS sent more of its waste for reuse or recycling than was sent to landfill. This is the first time that this has been achieved, demonstrating BAS’s ongoing commitment to reducing the amount of waste it sends to landfill.

3) Current and planned arrangements for analysing the environmental effects of wastes and waste management:

i) Current environmental monitoring programme

The incidence of marine debris at Signy.Monitoring of the sewage treatment plant at Rothera

4) Other efforts to minimize any environmental effects of wastes and waste management:

i) BAS tested a prototype AVTUR burning incinerating toilet at Rothera during 2004/05 season. Field trials will be undertaken at Sky-Blu and other deep field sites in 2005/06.

ii) Drum steam cleaning trials are planned for the 2005/06 season to determine whether empty fuel drums can be decontaminated on site for re-use.

iii) BAS is liaising with a local engineering company to develop a portable drum crusher that can be manually loaded onto, and powered by, a Twin Otter aircraft, for use at deep field fuel depots.

Documents

Antarctic Treaty Secretariat · Web viewPermit No. S6-09/2005: Issued to Dr Michael Bentley of the University of Durham, Durham, UK to collect boulders, bedrock and sediment samples