Copyright Policy

This policy does not apply to all pages on this website. Check the policy on each page to see which applies.

Most content on this website is subject to copyright protection and is published under the Open Government Licence (OGL) , which explains any exempted content.

Most content is owned by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) , to which the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ,
and its parent the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) , both belong.

Where content has different copyright arrangements, we’ll credit the author and/or copyright holder as appropriate.

Item copyright

This website contains pages providing information about items (covering a range of material from maps to online services), from a variety of providers and authors (including external organisations).

Copyright for these items, and any files or related information this website may link to, varies item to item. Each item page includes a licence tab explaining the copyright arrangements applicable for that item.

This copyright policy is limited to these information pages, not the items themselves.

Questions about copyright

If you have a question about copyright for an item (a map, dataset, etc.), please use the contact tab on the relevant item page to contact the relevant team.

If your question relates to this website more generally, please by submitting feedback.

Changes to this policy

2025-05-08

Simplifying and clarifying how policy applies to items vs website pages.

2020-05-11

Initial policy.