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After a 1-year delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Arctic summer-time cyclones field campaign took place in July and August 2022, where we flew through Arctic cyclones and took…Read More >

Contribution by Miriam Bennett (UEA) – On August 12th, I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to sit in the cockpit of the BAS Twin Otter aircraft during…Read More >

Achieved our first science flight through an Arctic cyclone just behind the centre of the low as it progressed eastwards, passing close by the south of Svalbard. The MASIN Twin…Read More >

On the third flight of the field campaign, I had my first opportunity to be on the science team flying on the Twin Otter aircraft. We were targeting a region…Read More >

Excitement and some relief today as the British Antarctic Survey aircraft lands in Svalbard for the experiment. The aircraft could not make the flight from mainland Norway yesterday due to…Read More >

Team excitement builds as the scientific instruments are being fitted to the British Antarctic Survey’s MASIN aircraft at Duxford in readiness for its transit to Svalbard on 23rd July. The…Read More >

The focus of my PhD project is investigating the physical mechanisms behind the growth and evolution of summer-time Arctic cyclones, including the interaction between cyclones and sea ice. The rapid…Read More >