Antarctic Science
International Bursary

Bursary awards are intended to support the career development for promising early career scientists worldwide, working in any field of Antarctic science

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Research Activities

Here are some of the projects recently funded by the Antarctic International Bursary Scheme

Alison BANWELL (University of Cambridge, UK)

Investigating how chain-reaction drainage of surface lakes triggers ice shelf break-up.

Ice-shelf fracture due to viscoelastic flexure stress induced by fill/drain cycles of supraglacial lakes.

Awarded £370


Amber Annett (University of Edinburgh, UK)

For a determination of near-shore mixing rates for a nutrient budget of Ryder Bay by means of short-lived radium isotopes.

Use of radium isotopes to estimate mixing rates and trace sediment inputs to surface waters in northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

Download: ASB-project-report-Annett.doc [3MB]

Awarded £4100

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