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The Antarctic Monument Campaign Since the British Government established its first permanent research base in Antarctica in 1944 at Port Lockroy over 2000 men and women of the British Antarctic Survey and its predecessor the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey have worked in the worlds most treacherous conditions to help us understand the world in which we live. Twenty eight men and one woman have died in the pursuit of this scientific knowledge. The British Antarctic Monument Trust is a charity set up to celebrate the achievements of the men and women whose scientific exploration in the British Antarctic Territory has led to a new understanding of our planet and to honour those amongst them who did not return. Memorial and Monuments We have placed a memorial made of Welsh slate and Carrara marble in the crypt of St Pauls Cathedral.