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Dr Mark Brandon

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Doctor Mark Brandon is a senior lecturer in the Earth Sciences Department at The Open University.

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Life in the polar sea ice Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image polar bear / fruchtzwerg's world / http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

26 October 2011

Mark Brandon discusses the tiny life trapped in the sea ice that is the foundation for the entire food chain at the poles  Read more : Life in the polar sea ice

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Frozen Planet: Explore the polar regions Featuring: activity, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University), Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University), Dr David Robinson (The Open University)

20 October 2011

Use this interactive map to explore the history, places and species of the Arctic and Antarctic  Read more : Frozen Planet: Explore the polar regions

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The Roundtable Featuring: video,audio, Production team

By Dr Patricia Ash (The Open University), Dr Wendy Maples (The Open University), Dr David Sharp (The Open University), Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University), Glynda Easterbrook (The Open University), Dr Susie West (The Open University)

21 July 2010

The fifth series of Coast marks the end of a relationship between the Coast production team and Open University experts that has lasted the best...  Read more : The Roundtable

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View from a cliff-side: sea-cliff climbing Featuring: audio, Dreamstime

By Caroline Heaney (The Open University), Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

21 July 2010

What is it that drives people to climb up sheer cliff walls - and how do they prepare mentally? Mark Brandon offers a view from...  Read more : View from a cliff-side: sea-cliff climbing

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Frozen Planet: The all-night sunsetCopyrighted Image Mark Brandon

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

19 April 2010

As Spring arrives in Svalbard, Mark Brandon is treated to a six-hour sunset  Read more : Frozen Planet: The all-night sunset

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Frozen Planet: Filming with the expertsCopyrighted Image Mark Brandon

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

15 April 2010

A skidoo trip takes Mark to his date with the camera team  Read more : Frozen Planet: Filming with the experts

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Frozen Planet: The cemetery that could save millions of livesCopyrighted Image Mark Brandon

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

14 April 2010

How could six deaths, a century ago, hold the potential to save millions of lives?  Read more : Frozen Planet: The cemetery that could save millions of lives

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Frozen Planet: Svalbard, 2amCopyrighted Image Mark Brandon

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

14 April 2010

Mark Brandon arrives in Svalbard, and steps into a biting wind  Read more : Frozen Planet: Svalbard, 2am

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Frozen Planet: Packing for a cold journey Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image ru_24_real under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

12 April 2010

As Mark prepares for his trip to the Arctic, he faces his first challenge: Packing.  Read more : Frozen Planet: Packing for a cold journey

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Frozen Planet: Off to the Cold CoastCopyrighted Image Mark Brandon

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

12 April 2010

Mark Brandon is heading North - once more into the icy extremes of the planet.  Read more : Frozen Planet: Off to the Cold Coast

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Research [10]

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Brandon, Mark and Smith, Jonathan (2010). Creative climate: a global ten-year communications, research and learning project about environmental change. In: Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union, 13-17 Dec 2010, San Francisco, California, USA..

Brandon, M. A.; Enderlien, P. and Murphy, E.J. (2010). The far field effect of ice shelf calving: the oceanographic effect of the decay of large tabular icebergs at South Georgia. In: Abstract C23C-0648 presented at AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Brandon, Mark A.; Cottier, Finlo R. and Nilsen, Frank (2009). Sea ice and oceanography. In: Thomas, David N. and Dieckmann, Gerhard S. eds. Sea Ice. UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Wallace, Margaret I.; Meredith, Michael P.; Brandon, Mark A.; Sherwin, Toby J.; Dale, Andrew and Clarke, Andrew (2008). On the characteristics of internal tides and coastal upwelling behaviour in Marguerite Bay, west Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55(18-19), pp. 2023–2040.

Clarke, Andrew; Meredith, Michael P.; Wallace, Margaret I.; Brandon, Mark A. and Thomas, David N. (2008). Seasonal and interannual variability in temperature, chlorophyll and macronutrients in northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55(18-19), pp. 1988–2006.

Dowdeswell, J. A.; Evans, J.; Mugford, R.; Griffiths, G.; McPhail, S.; Millard, N.; Stevenson, P.; Brandon, M. A.; Banks, C.; Heywood, K. J.; Price, M. R.; Dodd, P. A.; Jenkins, A.; Nicholls, K. W.; Hayes, D.; Abrahamsen, E. P; Tyler, P.; Bett, B.; Jones, D.; Wadhams, P.; Wilkinson, J. P.; Stansfield, K. and Ackley, S. (2008). Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and investigations of the ice-ocean interface: deploying the Autosub AUV in Antarctic and Arctic waters. Journal of Glaciology, 54(187), pp. 661–672.

Meredith, Michael P.; Brandon, Mark A.; Wallace, Margaret I.; Clarke, Andrew; Leng, Melanie J.; Renfrew, Ian A.; van Lipzig, Nicole P.M. and King, John C. (2008). Variability in the freshwater balance of northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula: Results from δ18O. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55(3-4), pp. 309–322.

Walker,, Dziga P.; Brandon, Mark A.; Jenkins, Adrian; Allen, John T.; Dowdeswell, Julian A. and Evans, Jeff (2007). Oceanic heat transport onto the Amundsen Sea shelf through a submarine glacial trough. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(L02602), pp. 1–4.

Banks, C. J.; Brandon, M. A. and Garthwaite, P. H. (2006). Measurement of sea-ice draft using upward-looking ADCP on an autonomous underwater vehicle. Annals of Glaciology, 44(1), pp. 211–216.

Meredith, Michael P.; Brandon, Mark A.; Murphy, Eugene J.; Trathan, Philip N.; Thorpe, Sally E.; Bone, Douglas G.; Chemyshkov, Pavel P. and Sushin, Viacheslav A. (2005). Variability in hydrographic conditions to the east and northwest of South Georgia, 1996-2001. Journal of Marine Systems, 53(1-4), pp. 143–167.

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Out of sight is never out of mind

Comment posted by als376

23 Mar 2012

I enjoyed reading about your experience raising the orange buoy and getting a small insight into the life of a scientist in such a fascinating environment. Shame you were too involved to see the... Read more : Out of sight is never out of mind

Frozen Planet: Filming with the experts

Comment posted by zz850367

03 Nov 2011

I liked all your topics I just read. I'm interested in this topics because my oldest daughter studies biology and I'm an English teacher in Guatemala, so I found this good material for both of us. Read more : Frozen Planet: Filming with the experts

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Doctor Mark Brandon is a senior lecturer in the Earth Sciences Department at The Open University. In Spring 2007 he blogged for us under the guise of Our Man in the Antarctic. Mark spent many years working for the Scott Polar Research Institute and the British Antarctic Survey before joining The Open University.

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