Follow the journey to Antarctica!
Read the journalThis is an adventure to the coolest place on Earth.
The Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough set sail for Antarctica on Sunday 13 October 2024.
Almost 16,000 of you signed up, as individuals, families and schools, to be a part of this incredible journey. All these names were added to a time capsule that travelled with us to Rothera Research Station, where it will be displayed in our new Discovery Building.
Visit the ‘Travel Journal‘ page to follow the journey and meet the crew as they travel over 8,000 nautical miles to a frozen world. There, you’ll see icebergs, penguins and whales, and meet scientists and teams working in and around Antarctica.
British Antarctic Survey has five research stations, and in our updates you can see how our people live and work there – making discoveries about our planet and how it is changing.