The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has a vacancy for a marine biologist/zoological field assistant to work at the applied fisheries research laboratory at King Edward Point (KEP) (www.antarctica.ac.uk/Living/Stations/South_Georgia.html) on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The successful candidate will assist with the laboratory and field-based research programme undertaken by BAS on behalf of the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) (www.sgisland.org). He/she will be required to carry out fieldwork in support of a recently established monitoring programme close to KEP focussing on the monitoring of colonies of Antarctic furseals and gentoo penguins. The post requires the candidate to spend periods at sea on fishing vessels in order to carry out at-sea o