British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council

Location: 

British Antarctic Survey
Madingley Road
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
United Kingdom
Description

Collection owner: 

Scientific Research Institute

Holdings: 

Collection name: SODAR Audio Tapes; Subjects: Wildlife & Natural Sounds: Series includes 10 sound recordings. Scientific data - Continuous records of turbulence intensity in the atmospheric boundary layer obtained using a monostatic acoustic sounder (sodar); items: 10 Open Reel Tape, Copies of the data should be held by the scientific data manager. Collection name: Acquisitions Awaiting Cataloguing; Subjects: Oral History; Wildlife & Natural Sounds; Documentary & News; Speeches & Events: Includes 10 sound recordings. Sound tracks for films, commercial LPs and broadcasts, copies of oral history interviews from other institutions, bird vocalisations; items: Lacquer Disc,3 Vinyl Disc, 32 Open Reel Tape, 2 Compact Cassette, DVD-R x 1. Collection name: Faraday Station Base Magazines; Subjects: Popular Music & Jazz: Series includes 1 sound recording. Songs and music by station members for recreation; items: 1 Compact Cassette, Each copy of the magazine would have had a copy of the cassette. Collection name: VLF Analogue Data Tapes; Subjects: Wildlife & Natural Sounds: Series includes 5533 sound recordings. Scientific data - recordings of whistlers, very low frequency electromagnetic (radio) waves passing through the upper atmosphere. Frequencies of terrestrial whistlers are 1 kHz to 30 kHz, with a maximum amplitude usually at 3 kHz to 5 kHz. Although they are electromagnetic waves, they occur at audio frequencies, and can be converted to audio using a suitable receiver. Studying whistlers one can learn about the structure of the upper atmosphere; items: 5533 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Records of the Helicopter Disturbance of Birds project; Subjects: Wildlife & Natural Sounds: Series includes 8 sound recordings. Scientific data - recordings of penguin vocalisations compared with low-level flights by helicopters in the colony area. South Georgia; items: 8 DAT, Physical copies held by the researcher. Collection name: Base and Field Reports; Subjects: Oral History: Series includes 1 sound recording. Recording made at Faraday Station during the search for 3 base members who went missing during a climbing trip in 1976; items: 1 Open Reel Tape, Physical copies of original on CD-R. Collection name: Recordings of Events at BAS Relevant to Oral History; Subjects: Speeches & Events: Series includes 4 sound recordings. The series currently consists of speeches made during presentations to senior staff on retirement from BAS. These reflect on the career of the person retiring and generally include amusing anecdotes; items: 4 Compact Cassette, Physical copies of some originals on cassette. Collection name: Audio Visual Material; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio; Speeches & Events: Series includes 40 sound recordings. Recordings of lectures given at BAS training events, commentaries to corporate and personal films and slide shows, copies of radio broadcasts featuring BAS staff; items: 1 Shellac Disc, 7 Open Reel Tape, 25 Compact Cassette, 1 DAT, 1 Audio CD-R, 2 Digital Audio Files, Physical copies of some originals/masters on cassette, CD-R, DAT. Collection name: Gifts from Individuals and Organisations; Subjects: Oral History; Wildlife & Natural Sounds; Documentary & News; Speeches & Events: Series includes 9 sound recordings. Mainly copies of recorded interviews, talks or wildlife sounds and commentaries to silent films; items: 11 Open Reel Tape, 6 Compact Cassette, 3 Audio CD-R, 5 Digital Audio Files, Physical copies of some originals/masters on cassette, CD-R, DVD-R. Collection name: Oral History Recordings Made by or on Behalf of BAS Archives Service and British Antarctic Oral History Project; Subjects: Oral History: Series includes 217 sound recordings. Recordings of reminiscences of former Operation Tabarin, FIDS and BAS staff, and others closely connected with the organisations. Includes output of the British Antarctic Oral History Project (BAOHP); items: 15 Compact Cassette, 191 Audio CD-R, 162 Digital Audio Files, Physical copies of some originals/masters on cassette, CD-R. Collection name: Oral History Recordings Made by Other Organisations or Private Individuals; Subjects: Oral History: Series includes 41 sound recordings. Recordings of reminiscences of FIDS and BAS staff, past and present, by other individuals and organisations; items: 9 Compact Cassette, 25 DAT, 10 Audio CD-R, 6 Digital Audio Files, Physical copies of some originals/masters on cassette, CD-R. Collection name: Loans from Individuals and Organisations; Subjects: Oral History; Documentary & News; Speeches & Events: Series includes 8 sound recordings. Mainly interviews by scientist David Wynn-Williams with historic polar figures and copies of broadcasts; items: 13 Compact Cassette, 1 Audio CD-R. Collection name: Publicity Material; Subjects: Wildlife & Natural Sounds: Series includes 1 sound recording. CD of Antarctic sounds accompanying a multimedia electro-acoustic composition; items: 1 published CD,
Contacts

Telephone: 

01223 221400

Contact name 1: 

Ieuan Hopkins

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