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Mark Brandon

@iceymark.bsky.social
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Polar Oceans. Open University, UK. Londoner. Proud to work with the BBC on Frozen Planet 2, Blue Planet 2, Frozen Planet & others. Heart always in the ice. MBE. Polar Medal.

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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
On days like this I like to look at pictures that remind me what climate I like. For 30 yrs we’ve been arguing that heat waves such as we have in London right now are what our summer will look like. And we’re here. Hoping the people less able to cool themselves are not suffering too much
Mark Brandon standing in front of a sign saying “Palmer Station”, Antarctica
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
London Dawn. Have a great day
Dawn over London.
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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre @magic.bas.ac.uk · 29/04/2025
📢 We're hiring a GIS Specialist to support the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme. This is a really exciting opportunity at the British Antarctic Survey for someone to help us integrate GIS and BIM for infrastructure projects in Antarctica. Details here: shorturl.at/Mf983
Virtual 3D scene of Rothera Station, Antarctica comprising a 3D model of Discovery Building, aerial imagery and elevation model. The Discovery Building is a pale blue and has an air traffic control tower on top. Other buildings can be seen around Rothera. The background of the image shows rocky and icy terrain.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Watching Orion in South Wales
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David N. Thomas @dnthomas01.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Just published 🎉 Excited that this work, superbly led by @polaur.bsky.social , is now out - it really is worth a look "Observation‐Based Estimate of Net Community Production in Antarctic Sea Ice" Open Access link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy days from a few weeks ago. How I miss it.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
South Georgia is truly an amazing place. Particularly as the whaling stations are decaying and the wildlife is recovering after the amazing and successful rat eradication project
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Some places looks truly... OTHERWORLDLY! 🪐❄️ This is Nordenskjold Peak (2354 m asl) one year ago (Feb 2024), emerging far above the sea, as seen from the east coast of South Georgia Buxton/Cook glaciers in the foreground Pic @iceymark.bsky.social
A conical peak emerges far above the clouds, with tidewater calving glaciers in the foreground
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Heading towards the weekend like a zodiac returning to its ship
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Helen Amanda Fricker @helen-amanda.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Really enjoyed doing this interview when we were at the Cry2Ice meeting in Iceland! Thanks @cpom-uk.bsky.social!
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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
🧪🌊 🧵 As the minimum in Antarctic sea-ice extent has now dipped below 2 million km² for the third year in a row, it is looking increasingly like this is the new normal. In the 10 years up to 2015 the minimum extent averaged more than 3 million km². Graph from @nsidc.bsky.social 1/n
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Huw Griffiths @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Stunning view of a #humpback #whale in the sunshine! #BIOPOLE2 has been blessed with #wildlife encounters! @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A lovely view of South Georgia from the ISS. And a particularly great image if you wanted to explain to people the route Shackleton, Worsley and Crean took across the island to reach Stromness. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15400...
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Snowy South Georgia Island
Penguins outnumber people on this remote, mountainous island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
After a tough drive through ice to visit a derelict base, this humpback was around the ship when we returned. Just off Spring Point on the Antarctic Peninsula
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Always thought what Narwhals did this. Now a team have observed it and written it up "clear evidence of narwhals chasing fish and using their tusks to interact directly with the fish and to influence the fish’s behavior." www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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Frontiers | Use of tusks by narwhals, Monodon monoceros, in foraging, exploratory, and play behavior
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Great movie of the drift of Antarctic Iceberg A84 that is caught in the coastal current at the base of the Antarctic Peninsula earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15396...
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New Antarctic Iceberg Speeds Off
Iceberg A-84 has spent part of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer zipping along West Antarctica’s coastline.
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Christopher Darvill @chrisdarvill.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Job Alert! Permanent Lecturer in Physical Geography (Teaching & Research), specialising in peatland science. Come join our Department of Geography at The University of Manchester! Deadline 27 March 2025 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Lecturer in Physical Geography :Oxford Road
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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems. Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good. 🌊🥼❄️🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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World's sea-ice falls to record low
The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Congratulations to @jfrumble.bsky.social for beIng appointed Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory. (Finally some great news from the other place)
A tweet showing Jane Rumble OBE has been appointed commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Antarctica can be tough. It really can. But to makes me feel like this
Happy person in a boat
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
My last iceberg of the season. Now heading north and the long journey home
An Antarctic iceberg in the Bellingshausen Sea
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A rather amazing night in the Lemaire Channel, Antarctica, a couple of days ago.
A mountain in the Lemaire ChannelThe Lemaire Channel at sunset
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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 04/02/2025
In the interests of my resolution to not spread bad news, here's somethign positive - the #Antarctic #OzoneHole is getting smaller. My ace colleagues @dmidk.bsky.social have a webpage they update regularly on this stuff: psc.dmi.dk/antarctica/
Graph showing multiple coloured lines rising from zero to between 20 and 30 000 km2 and falling to zero again showing annual cycle in the ozone hole in Antarctica 2024 is shown in red and is mostly below the long term avergae shown in thick black line.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Antarctic icebergs from this season
Antarctic icebergAntarctic icebergAntarctic icebergAntarctic iceberg
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Standing off Palmer Station (US) for a visit after lunch. Anvers Island in the background.
Palmer Station, Anvers Island in the background
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Who wouldn’t look a bit awkward with that over your shoulder. At the southern end of Antarctic Sound
Mark Brandon standing in front of an iceberg in the North West Weddell Sea
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Colliding icebergs in Antarctic Sound
Two touching icebergs in Antarctic sound, Antarctica
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Adelie penguins on an a small bergy bit in Antarctic Sound
Adelie penguins on an a small bergy bit
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
A rather beautiful morning crossing Drake Passage
A view from the ship Island Sky in Drake Passage
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A Peale’s dolphin at New Island, Falkland Islands.
A Peale’s dolphin jumping at New Island, Falkland Islands. A Peale’s dolphin jumping at New Island, Falkland Islands.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A skua cruising above a king penguin colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia
A skua cruising above a king penguin colony at Gold Harbour
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Harpoon heads at Grytviken, South Georgia, and the result… fur seals playing on a great whales vertebrae
Harpoon heads in a shed at South Georgia Fur seal pups playing on a great whale vertebrae
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
At Gold Harbour this morning. South Georgia.
Gold Harbour, South Georgia Gold Harbour, South Georgia
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Kate Hendry @krhendry.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
We had the first sunset at Rothera in weeks a few days back, meaning the evening/night light is perfect for stunning Antarctic photos! @bas.ac.uk
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This mornings view. Cape Renard. By Hidden Bay. On the Antarctic Peninsula
Cape Renard on the Antarctic Peninsula
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Another random Lock Screen pic that makes me happy. A leopard seal from last week.
Screen grab of a leopard seal in the Antarctic
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
How is your morning so far. I’m in the Errera channel
The Errera channel
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Amazing Antarctic sunset at the Melchior Islands.
Sunset over the Melchior Islands. Sunset over the Melchior Islands through a ships port hole
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Pretty sunset tonight crossing Drake Passage heading south. No filters.
Sunset over the southern ocean. No filters. Sunset over the southern ocean. No filters.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I love how my phone changes background every hour with a random snap from my photos
Ship in front of a glacier at South Georgia. King Haakon Bay
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Out for a short walk in Ushuaia, enjoying the summer weather, before heading south once more
Wreck of a small tugboat in Ushuaia
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
From a friend. Being thoughtful in the Antarctic. En route into Port Lockroy
Mark Brandon sitting on a zodiac in the Antarctic.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Gentoo penguins in the snow at Damoy Point on the Antarctic Peninsula
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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Human-induced changes in Antarctica may unleash poorly understood processes that are best avoided eos.org/research-spo...
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Antarctic Ice Melt May Fuel Eruptions of Hidden Volcanoes - Eos
More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Me driving a zodiac in Hercules Bay, South Georgia
Driving a zodiac boat in Hercules Bay,
South Georgia
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
HNY from St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. Home of the largest king penguin colony.
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 31/12/2024
NEW: This is my last article of 2024! I spoke to scientists working in Antarctica about how climate change is making it increasingly difficult for them to carry out their fieldwork. 🧊 www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Mushy ice and lost kit: The scientists studying Antarctica as it melts
With Antarctica's climate warming at an unprecedented rate, scientists are battling with dangerously thin ice and equipment falling through into the sea.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Steaming up the coast of South Georgia towards Grytviken. Will be entering the clouds soon.
North coast of the island of South Georgia.
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Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Salisbury Plain. South Georgia.
King penguins on Salisbury Plain Salisbury Plain from the sea A fur seal and king penguins on Salisbury Plain. South Georgia
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