The Rothera Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey base on the Antarctic Peninsula, located at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Rothera also serves as the capital of the British Antarctic Terri
Rothera seen from a ship in January 2026
The base in summer, looking southeast
Rothera Station from Reptile Ridge (above the station) in November 2003. The preceding winter had been one of very heavy snow accumulation.
The New Bonner Lab at Rothera Station in November 2003
Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, 139 kilometres long and 37 kilometres wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger I
Rothera Research Station
…The Rothera Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) base on the Antarctic Peninsula, located at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Rothera also serves as the capital of the British Antarctic Territory, a British Overseas Territory. Rothera station was established…
Adelaide Base, February 1962
Mackay Point in February 2011.