We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Minister for the Americas, Caribbean and the Overseas Territories David Rutley gave a speech at an Arctic reception at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
This document sets out the UK government's approach to the Arctic, and provides an update to the UK Arctic policy framework.
The British Antarctic Territory (BAT) is a UK Overseas Territory administered in London by the Polar Regions Department of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
This document sets out the UK government's overall approach to the Arctic, and provides an update to the Arctic policy framework.
This consultation seeks the views of industry on the implementation of the safety related requirements in the Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021.
BEIS invites UK experts to express their interest in acting as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors or Review Editors for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The Minister’s responsibilities include: Overseas Territories (except Falklands and Gibraltar) & Polar Regions Caribbean Children, Youth and Education (including girls’ education) Gender Equality and Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights Inclusive societies (LGBT, civil society, disability, ageing, social protection, Leave...
This privacy notice outlines the data the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Polar Regions Department processes for permit applications to enter Antarctica.
How to apply for funding
The governments of the United Kingdom and Norway have agreed to continue our positive cooperation on shared polar objectives.
A temporary export bar has been placed on Antarctic Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Polar Medal
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone.