The annual NERC Arctic Research Station ‘Open Day’ will take place on Monday 26th January 2026, at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge and online, using Zoom meeting.
For people who have registered to attend in person, registration, with coffee and tea will be open from 1030. The meeting will start at 1045 and finish at 1430.
If you are a current user of the NERC Arctic Station in Ny-Ålesund, or if you are considering applying to use the Station in the future or just interested in finding out more about the Station, then we strongly recommend attending this informative event and meeting some of the Station team. The Station provides excellent facilities and accommodation for researchers from across all UK universities, research institutes and other recognised organisations, and their international collaborators, wanting to carry out a range of environmental research which includes ecological, glacial/periglacial geomorphology, hydrology and atmospheric chemistry and marine research.
Registration
Registration is free and you can register to attend via this link: https://forms.office.com/e/P3nnZqPpbW
Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided to those who have registered to attend the event in person.
The deadline to register to attend in person is now closed.
The deadline to register to attend online is Friday 23rd January 2026. Zoom meeting details will be sent to all those who have registered to attend online by close of play on 23rd January.
If you have any additional questions, please email us at arctic@bas.ac.uk
Programme
1030 – 1045 Registration for those who have registered to attend in person (Coffee/Tea will be available)
1045 – 1050 Welcome and Introduction – Henry Burgess, Head, NERC Arctic Office
1050 – 1125 NERC Arctic Research Station overview – Dr Iain Rudkin, Arctic Operations Manager, BAS
1125 – 1130 Station science facilities – Dr Guy Hillyard, Arctic Lab Manager, BAS
1130 – 1145 Svalbard Research Office overview – Dr Geir Gotaas, Lead, Norwegian Polar Institute and Thomas Hansteen, Head of Office, Research Council of Norway Svalbard Office (online)
1145 – 1200 Ny-Ålesund Flagship Programmes overview – Fieke Radar, Research Coordinator, Norwegian Polar Institute (online)
1200 – 1245 LUNCH
1245 – 1305 Arctic Radiometer Deployment to Validate Satellite-Derived Surface Temperatures for Climate Services – Dr Abigail Waring, University of Leicester (online)
1305 – 1325 Sources and cycling of organic matter along glacial-proglacial-fjord flow paths (SCOOP) – Dr Eva Doting (online)
1325 – 1345 Silicon cycling in glaciated environment – Prof Kate Hendry, BAS
1345 – 1405 Microplastics in the Arctic Environment: Snow, Ice, and Atmosphere – Dr Liam Kelleher, Birmingham University
1405 – 1425 Arctic Snowfall – Dr Hamish Pritchard, BAS
1425 – 1430 Wrap up and Close of Meeting
NERC Arctic Research Station in the Spring – BAS.