Antarctic waterway named after BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos

A stretch of water in Antarctica has been officially named after a British journalist. The Amos Channel, located between Rothschild Island and Alexander Island in western Antarctica, honours Jonathan Amos, a former science correspondent for the BBC. The UK Antarctic Place Names Committee recommended the naming. The committee is responsible for naming places in the British Antarctic Territory and nearby regions. It typically names geographic features after people who have made important contributions to polar science or exploration. Amos spent 38 years working in journalism, and the naming recognises his decades of reporting on polar research. His work helped the public understand what scientists were discovering in some of the world's most remote places.