Andrew Fleming
@ahfleming.bsky.social
I am Head of MAGIC (Mapping and Geographic Information Centre) at the British Antarctic Survey. All things spatial - especially in cold places.
Very cool @ptfretwell.bsky.social. Nicely done - can't wait to read this.
Dive into the fascinating world of penguins with The Penguin Book of Penguins, written by @ptfretwell.bsky.social and illustrated by @lisaefretwell.bsky.social! Thank you so much for visiting the store and signing copies of your charming new book, published by @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social✍️
#penguins
#penguins
October 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Very cool @ptfretwell.bsky.social. Nicely done - can't wait to read this.
A long term project comes to a close. We have been in Potsdam at the last meetings of the EU Arctic Passion project. Our final reporting about improving risk information for ships in sea ice is complete, but publications are coming. More information soon. www.arcticpassion.eu.
October 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A long term project comes to a close. We have been in Potsdam at the last meetings of the EU Arctic Passion project. Our final reporting about improving risk information for ships in sea ice is complete, but publications are coming. More information soon. www.arcticpassion.eu.
We’re back from en excellent meeting at the annual International Ice Charting Working Group meeting in Tromsø. Lots of lively discussion, catching up with colleagues and we presented @bas.ac.uk work on AI for sea ice information plus the Ice Logistics Portal (www.icelogistics.info).
September 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We’re back from en excellent meeting at the annual International Ice Charting Working Group meeting in Tromsø. Lots of lively discussion, catching up with colleagues and we presented @bas.ac.uk work on AI for sea ice information plus the Ice Logistics Portal (www.icelogistics.info).
You learn something every day. Fun and instructive day out with colleagues.
MAGIC was out test flying our eBee VISION platforms in advance of the upcoming Antarctic field season this week. The eBee VISION UAVs can fly for 90 minutes and operate up to 20 km from the pilot. Here's a short clip of one of them in action! 🛩️
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August 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You learn something every day. Fun and instructive day out with colleagues.
Amazing work.
We are currently hosting an intern digitising ice floes from satellite radar (SAR) imagery in the Weddell Sea.
The resulting labelled data will be used in the NERC DEFIANT and QUASAR projects to assess the performance of machine learning methods and quantify errors in sea ice concentration data.
The resulting labelled data will be used in the NERC DEFIANT and QUASAR projects to assess the performance of machine learning methods and quantify errors in sea ice concentration data.
July 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Amazing work.
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We've been busy on a new project making polygon boundaries for place names, using Alexander Island as a case study.
Creating polygons for Antarctic names is about more than cartographic precision. It’s about improving how we understand, search, & use data in one of Earth’s most remote environments.
Creating polygons for Antarctic names is about more than cartographic precision. It’s about improving how we understand, search, & use data in one of Earth’s most remote environments.
July 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We've been busy on a new project making polygon boundaries for place names, using Alexander Island as a case study.
Creating polygons for Antarctic names is about more than cartographic precision. It’s about improving how we understand, search, & use data in one of Earth’s most remote environments.
Creating polygons for Antarctic names is about more than cartographic precision. It’s about improving how we understand, search, & use data in one of Earth’s most remote environments.
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We have been working along with engineers from Phase One and Rocky Mountain Aircraft over the past week to install and test our new Phase One PAS aerial camera into BAS's Twin Otter aircraft. 🛩️
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July 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We have been working along with engineers from Phase One and Rocky Mountain Aircraft over the past week to install and test our new Phase One PAS aerial camera into BAS's Twin Otter aircraft. 🛩️
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This week we have been at a @polomints.bsky.social project meeting, planning details of how to use fixed stereo cameras, RPAS and our new air camera to monitor calving of the Sheldon Glacier on Adelaide Island. For more information visit polomints.ac.uk.
July 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This week we have been at a @polomints.bsky.social project meeting, planning details of how to use fixed stereo cameras, RPAS and our new air camera to monitor calving of the Sheldon Glacier on Adelaide Island. For more information visit polomints.ac.uk.
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We're hiring a GIS and Mapping Specialist to manage our Geospatial Helpdesk and to contribute to our Topographic Map Series.
This is a really exciting opportunity at the British Antarctic Survey to support colleagues across the organisation. Details here: shorturl.at/bA4fd #GISjobs
This is a really exciting opportunity at the British Antarctic Survey to support colleagues across the organisation. Details here: shorturl.at/bA4fd #GISjobs
June 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We're hiring a GIS and Mapping Specialist to manage our Geospatial Helpdesk and to contribute to our Topographic Map Series.
This is a really exciting opportunity at the British Antarctic Survey to support colleagues across the organisation. Details here: shorturl.at/bA4fd #GISjobs
This is a really exciting opportunity at the British Antarctic Survey to support colleagues across the organisation. Details here: shorturl.at/bA4fd #GISjobs
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The newly released NERC 'Forward Look for Environmental Science' highlights Polar View (www.polarview.aq) as a vital service helping users navigate safely & efficiently in the polar regions. We've been developing Polar View for 20 years now & love hearing from all sorts of users.
shorturl.at/veId0
shorturl.at/veId0
A forward look for environmental science
www.ukri.org
June 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The newly released NERC 'Forward Look for Environmental Science' highlights Polar View (www.polarview.aq) as a vital service helping users navigate safely & efficiently in the polar regions. We've been developing Polar View for 20 years now & love hearing from all sorts of users.
shorturl.at/veId0
shorturl.at/veId0
Our published Arctic map looking great. Bigger is better sometimes. Nicely done @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social.
New map alert! Looking forward sharing at conferences and events before too long!
June 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Our published Arctic map looking great. Bigger is better sometimes. Nicely done @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social.
Fascinating stuff.
BBC Verify is hiring for an exciting new role: Senior Infographic Designer in the digital live reporting space - to visualise verification, bring satellite data to life and create everything from charts to complex diagrams. Hybrid working, up to £55k apply by 10 Jun careers.bbc.co.uk/job/London-S...
May 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Fascinating stuff.
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A few months ago, we surveyed Rothera Point using our fixed-wing eBee-X UAV. We've now processed the data and produced this beautiful, orthorectified mosaic, as well as a Digital Elevation Model.
We carry out these surveys every year, allowing all of BAS to work with current and accurate data!
We carry out these surveys every year, allowing all of BAS to work with current and accurate data!
May 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A few months ago, we surveyed Rothera Point using our fixed-wing eBee-X UAV. We've now processed the data and produced this beautiful, orthorectified mosaic, as well as a Digital Elevation Model.
We carry out these surveys every year, allowing all of BAS to work with current and accurate data!
We carry out these surveys every year, allowing all of BAS to work with current and accurate data!
Nicely done MAGIC.
We're proud to share that our Bedmap3 map won "Best Map" at the International Map Industry Association (IMIA) forum in London last week! 🏆
This international award celebrates Outstanding Cartographic Design & we’re honoured to be recognised alongside leading names in the field from previous years. 🗺️
This international award celebrates Outstanding Cartographic Design & we’re honoured to be recognised alongside leading names in the field from previous years. 🗺️
May 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Nicely done MAGIC.
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If you are at #EGU25 this week, there are a lot of people from BAS to say hello to. 👋
Come and check out our poster, presenting an update to Antarctic rock outcrop, at X5. The data has been extracted from Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery & provides a much needed update in terms of accuracy & currency!
Come and check out our poster, presenting an update to Antarctic rock outcrop, at X5. The data has been extracted from Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery & provides a much needed update in terms of accuracy & currency!
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you are at #EGU25 this week, there are a lot of people from BAS to say hello to. 👋
Come and check out our poster, presenting an update to Antarctic rock outcrop, at X5. The data has been extracted from Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery & provides a much needed update in terms of accuracy & currency!
Come and check out our poster, presenting an update to Antarctic rock outcrop, at X5. The data has been extracted from Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery & provides a much needed update in terms of accuracy & currency!
Come work with us. Variety and interest guaranteed.
📢 We are looking for a Geomatics Surveyor to join our team at the British Antarctic Survey. 📢
Are you a surveyor with experience of collecting & managing geospatial survey data? Would you like to get the opportunity to work at Rothera Research Station? Apply today!
Details here: shorturl.at/RwAZV
Are you a surveyor with experience of collecting & managing geospatial survey data? Would you like to get the opportunity to work at Rothera Research Station? Apply today!
Details here: shorturl.at/RwAZV
April 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Come work with us. Variety and interest guaranteed.
Sentinel-1 back to full capacity. Thanks @esa.int and Copernicus.
🎉 Imagery from the newly launched Sentinel-1C Copernicus satellite is now accessible via Polar View www.polarview.aq and the Ice Logistics Portal www.icelogistics.info/antarctic?ce...! This addition significantly increases the repeatability of SAR observations in the Polar Regions 🛰️
April 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sentinel-1 back to full capacity. Thanks @esa.int and Copernicus.
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#throwbacktuesday to when our now BCS President Paul Naylor took a break from our conference in 2023 @bas.ac.uk 🤣
March 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#throwbacktuesday to when our now BCS President Paul Naylor took a break from our conference in 2023 @bas.ac.uk 🤣
This iceberg has a long and varied history. I’m not betting against it hanging around for a while yet. 😉
The world's largest iceberg, A23a, appears to have grounded close to South Georgia. We've been monitoring and mapping this berg for many years now and we're watching closely to see what it might do next! These maps show its route since 1986 and the latest position to the SW of South Georgia ❄️🐧
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March 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This iceberg has a long and varied history. I’m not betting against it hanging around for a while yet. 😉
Another big successful day out today. Now refuelling for tomorrow. 😬
MAGIC staff are currently deployed at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica. While on site they are undertaking a series of surveys around the local area, including a minimum snow cover survey of the station and monitoring the retreat of the ice ramp that links the station to Adelaide Island.
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Another big successful day out today. Now refuelling for tomorrow. 😬
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February 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Kudos @jonnydawe.github.io.
We’ve designed Antarctic map-themed loaders for our polar mapping applications. ❄️🗺️ You can copy these and use them for any of your polar-themed web applications too! See them in action on CodePen: codepen.io/JDawe/pen/yy...
February 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Kudos @jonnydawe.github.io.
MAGIC in the field.
Last night we were on The One Show!
We were so excited to see this short film about South Georgia, seals and penguins by Robert Fuller - featuring some of the team from King Edward Point Research Station.
🐧 Jump to 20:00 on iPlayer to watch the clip:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
We were so excited to see this short film about South Georgia, seals and penguins by Robert Fuller - featuring some of the team from King Edward Point Research Station.
🐧 Jump to 20:00 on iPlayer to watch the clip:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
February 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
MAGIC in the field.
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"You are taught, during maritime training, how not to hit things. So to get to drive a ship that’s designed to hit the ice is great fun."
Our own Captain Will Whatley chatted to @theguardian.com about being in charge of a royal research ship in Antarctica 🚢
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our own Captain Will Whatley chatted to @theguardian.com about being in charge of a royal research ship in Antarctica 🚢
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I’m obsessed with icebreaking: I was trained not to hit anything – now I drive my ship into ice 24/7
As the captain of a royal research ship, I break ice to get to British stations in the Antarctic. It’s great fun - but getting stuck is always a risk
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"You are taught, during maritime training, how not to hit things. So to get to drive a ship that’s designed to hit the ice is great fun."
Our own Captain Will Whatley chatted to @theguardian.com about being in charge of a royal research ship in Antarctica 🚢
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our own Captain Will Whatley chatted to @theguardian.com about being in charge of a royal research ship in Antarctica 🚢
www.theguardian.com/environment/...