By J. Brock (SARTMA)

Members of the Select Committee and others who travelled to the Antarctic on Friday include: Lord Parry Mitchell, Baroness Joan Walmsley, Lord Ron Oxborough, Rebecca Neal, Linda Capper, Professor John Lawton and David Adam.

Members of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology are in the Antarctic conducting an investigation into international treaties – in this case, the Antarctic Treaty – and looking at the British Antarctic Survey’s science programme with a view to procuring funding for the next few years. Along with the group is Dr. Andrew Tyler of the Science, Innovation and Technology Board, who chairs the review of the British Antarctic Survey’s new suite of scientific programmes. Professor Chris Rapley, Chairman of British Antarctic Survey, Professor David Walton, BAS’s Chief scientist is also in the group, as well as Professor John Lawton, Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council (Bas Parent Body).

The group arrived in the Falklands on Thursday's delayed Tri-star and took off early on Friday morning for Rothera Research Station in the Antarctic on Friday morning.

Members of the Lords Select Committee, who travelled via BAS Aircraft Dash – 7, are :

Lord Parry Mitchell, Baroness Joan Walmsley and Lord Ron Oxborough. Ms. Rebecca Neal, Clerk to the Committee, also was on the mission, along with Ms. Linda Capper, Head of Public Relations and Mr. David Adam, Science writer for the Guardian Newspaper. Mr. Adam is doing a series of features and news articles about BAS Science at Rothera Research Station.