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The Team
The Researchers
The team consists of researchers from the British Antarctic Survey "Wildlife from Space" research team. In November of 2023 (summer in Antarctica) they travelled to Snow Hill Island and set up remote control operated drones, just like the ones you might see used recreationally, just a bit more resistant to the cold!
Peter Fretwell
Peter is a researcher from the British Antarctic Survey who leads the "Wildlife from Space" research team. The campaign has a variety of research monitoring penguins, seals, whales, walrus, and albatrosses from satellites that are constantly orbiting our planet. He is also involved in improving our maps of the seabed around Antarctica. On this expedition, he led the drone campaign over the island to monitor the Emperor penguin populations, which is the purpose of this citizen science campaign.
Norman Ratcliffe
Norman is a seabird ecologist from the British Antarctic Survey. He researches and tracks penguins, shags and auks - all birds found in the coastal regions of Antarctica. In particular, he studies how these birds move, what they eat, how many of them there are, and how they might be threatened by fisheries, predators, and climate change. On this expedition, Norman placed GPS tracking tags on Emperor penguins to see where in the ocean they go hunting for food.
Hugo Rodrigues Guimaro
Hugo is a PhD candidate on the "Wildlife from Space" team at the British Antarctic Survey. He is trying to find a way to better track the penguin diet and how it varies between colonies around the entire continent by analysing the colour of their guano from space. On this expedition, he collected guano samples to understand its composition.
Polar Observatory is supported by the British Antarctic Survey, WWF and the Antarctic Research Trust
