British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is one of the world's leading environmental research centres and is responsible for the UK's national scientific activities in Antarctica.

This website covers a number of different subjects including general, venous and arterial surgery. It also contains information about high altitude disease. Viewers of this site should be aware it contains a number of graphic medical images.

Professor Chris Imray, faculty member of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, provides great advice on his website and, in emergencies only, over the phone.

Prof. Chris Imray, Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon | Coventry and Warwickshire County Vascular Unit | University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire | Clifford Bridge Road | Coventry, CV2 2DX. Tel: 0247 696 4000  E Mail: chrisimray@aol.com
 

Scott Base has been New Zealand's permanent base in Antarctica since 1959. The Base provides services and accommodation for the many research parties and groups who visit Antarctica during the summer. The Base is located on Ross Island in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. Ross Island is 3932 km (2114 nautical miles) from Christchurch New Zealand and 1500 km from the South Pole. The Antarctic mainland is 70 km across McMurdo Sound from Scott Base. The closest neighbour to Scott Base is the American base, McMurdo Station, a 3km walk over the hill.

The Institute is a well-known and long-established centre for research into both polar regions. It is part of the University of Cambridge and is a sub-department of the Department of Geography.