The British Antarctic Survey is a research-driven organisations which aims to be a world-leading centre for polar science and polar operations, addressing issues of global importance and helping society adapt to a changing world. Its objective is to understand how the Earth works and how it responds to human pressures, with a focus on the Polar regions. With a research focus on this area, the British Antarctic Survey is an international leader in Antarctic science that is relevant to global problems. The BAS delivers science that is excellent, exciting and innovative, and provide world-leading research infrastructure that enables scientists from the UK, and colleagues from many nations, to work safely and effectively in the polar-regions.