British Geological Survey

The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a public sector organisation, advising the Government on all aspects of geoscience, and providing impartial advice to academia, industry and the general public. BGS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), who reports to the Office of Science and Innovation.

NERC and BGS both regard climate change as being one of the dominant scientific research themes of our time. BGS Marine Geoscience, based in Edinburgh, are in talks with other national and international geological surveys, organisations and university departments with a view to setting up an Arctic research program, to try and further understand the feedback mechanisms that impact on our climate.

In September 2008 Cape Farewell will sail from Kangerlussaq up to Disko Bay, the biggest and fastest glacier in the world, then voyage north towards Savissivik and head into the Labrador current. BGS, working with Cape Farewell, plan to extend their scientific investigations of climate change in the Arctic below the seabed, building on the important scientific and artistic research begun in 2007.

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