The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), part of the Natural Environment Research Council, aims to undertake a world-class programme of scientific research, and to sustain for the UK an active and influential regional presence and a leadership role in Antarctic affairs.
Recent studies suggest that Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, might soon experience a wholesale change in its oceanographic regime with potentially dramatic consequences for the ice shelf, its tributary ice streams and sea level rise. Based within the Polar Oceans programme in Cambridge, you will contribute to a project aiming to assess this threat by gathering glaciological and oceanographic measurements that will optimise and validate a suite of regional models. Those models will then be used to provide the best possible prediction of the 21st century contribution of FISS to global sea level.
You will be responsible for helping to prepare for, and participate in, the fieldwork component of the project. The oceanographic activities will centre on a set access holes that will be made through Filchner Ice Shelf using a hot-water drill. You will help make oceanographic measurements in the water column beneath the ice shelf and then process and analyse the resulting diverse datasets. You will be expected to present the findings from the analyses at international meetings, and ultimately to prepare scientific papers for publication.
Qualifications: You will have a degree in one of the physical sciences, be highly numerate, and be capable of getting the best out of scientific instruments in potentially harsh environments. The ability to work easily within a group is an essential requirement of the post.
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