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Cambridge, U.K. 1

British Antarctic Survey Keeps Its Identity
英国南极研究中心免于被兼并（翻得很勉强。怎么说才好？）

U.K. scientists were relieved by a decision last Friday to stop a highly unpopular proposed merger between the celebrated British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the National Oceanography Centre. The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which oversees both centers, proposed the merger earlier this year as a cost-cutting measure.

英国南极研究中心（BAS）和国家海洋研究中心原计划要合二为一，但是该计划饱受非议并最终于上周五流产，英国科学家为此而松了一口气。自然环境研究咨询委员会（NERC）作为两个研究中心的主管部门早先为了节约成本提出了该合并计划。

Researchers strenuously objected, arguing that the merger was ill-conceived and might hamper BAS’s mission; three BAS senior staff members left the survey earlier this year, possibly because of conflicts over the proposal. The furor prompted NERC to make its decision last week, a month sooner than planned. On 31 October, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee urged NERC to cancel the merger on the grounds that NERC hadn’t made its case.

科学家们强烈反对合并，认为这个计划简直就是用脚丫子想出来的，BAS的使命可能会因此而受到损害。三个BAS的员工今年早先时候离开了BAS，很可能就是因为抵触该合并计划。大家的强烈抗议促使NERC在上周做出了最后的决定，而按计划本来是在一个月之后进行。十月三十日，普通科技议会议员基于NERC提出该计划时缺乏考虑，督促NERC取消该合并计划。

Despite the merger’s cancellation, ongoing uncertainty about the survey’s future funding and its current leadership vacuum have cast a pall over what was supposed to be a banner year for BAS, including plans to drill into a subglacial Antarctic lake in December. NERC has committed itself to funding BAS at £42 million annually through 2015.

尽管取消了合并计划，但是BAS未来财政支持的不确定性和目前领导层的真空，给本来应该是标志性的一年蒙上了一层阴影，其实BAS今年十二月份要在冰川湖Antarctic lake进行钻探。NERC已经承诺寄予BAS每年四千二百万英镑的拨款会持续到2015年。

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