University of Portsmouth scientists head to South Pole with Royal Navy ice patrol ship

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The effects of tourism and climate change in the Antarctic will be put under the microscope by scientists from the University of Portsmouth this Christmas. 
 
The scientists will be living on board HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s icebreaker, during the ship’s annual mission to the Antarctic.  Living alongside the crew, the two scientists from Portsmouth will be calling the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean home for five weeks during December and January.

The trip will help gather important evidence about the potential pollution caused by increased tourism in the area, as well as crucial data on how glaciers are being affected by climate change.