Founding Rothera Research Station | from the Archives: an oral history | British Antarctic Survey

Rothera Research Station is the largest of the UK’s Antarctic stations and an important logistics hub for scientists on the Antarctic Peninsula. A hub for biological research and home to labs, offices, vehicles workshops, a runway and a wharf, it's the perfect place to begin an Antarctic expedition or understand Antarctica's unique animals and environment. But how did it come to be founded? Hear from those involved in their own words. Made up from extracts of the British Antarctic Oral History Project, this is the story of the early years of this important Antarctic research station and the people who worked to found it in extreme conditions. The story starts in 1957, when a surveyor, John Rothera, crossed the frozen sea ice from a nearby survey station and explored the area now known as Rothera Point. 🎥 Based on research by Ieuan Hopkins; edited and narrated by Tabitha Taylor Buck. --- The British Antarctic Oral History Project (BAOHP) is a collaboration between British Antarctic Survey (BAS), BAS Club, UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) and Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) to capture reminiscences and preserve the memories of those involved in British polar science, with particular focus on those who worked for, or closely with, Operation Tabarin, 1943–45, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1945–61, and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1962–present. 🔗 https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/british... #antarctica #historyuncovered #archivecore