scholarly journals Glaciological research in Antarctica

1994 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
H.H Thomsen ◽  
J.O Hagen
Keyword(s):  
Research Effort ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Polar Center ◽  
Research Institute

During 1991 and 1992 the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) was observer on behalf of the Danish Polar Center in and preparation of a common Nordic research effort in Antarctica. The Nordic Antarctic Research Programme (NARP) involves Norway, Sweden and Finland, which are all Antarctic Treaty Consultative Partners, whereas Denmark is an observer. A natural continuation of this work was Danish participation in the Antarctic research, and a GGU glaciologist took part in the Norwegian Antarctic Research Expedition (NARE) 1992/93 arranged by the Norwegian Polar Research Institute.

scholarly journals A newly detected ablation phenomena in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

1995 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 93-96
Author(s):  
C.E Bøggild ◽  
J.-G Winther
Keyword(s):  
Research Effort ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Deep Drilling ◽  
Dronning Maud Land ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
New Research ◽  
Climate Studies

From November 1993 to February 1994 members of the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) participated in a Nordic research effort in Antarctica. The Nordic Antarctic Research Programme (NARP) involves Norway, Sweden and Finland, which are all Antarctic Treaty Consultative Partners; Denmark as an observer has participated only since 1992 (Thomsen, 1994; Boggild et al., 1995). The member countries of NARP have traditionally carried out research in Dronning Maud Land. This region of Antarctica has recently gained new research interest, including survey for a joint European deep drilling programme planned for 1995/96. Future Norwegian climate studies on blue ice will therefore be closely related to the joint European deep drilling programme.

scholarly journals The SCAR Astronomy & Astrophysics from Antarctica Scientific Research Programme

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S288) ◽  
pp. 275-295
Author(s):  
John W. V. Storey ◽  
Lyu Abe ◽  
Michael Andersen ◽  
Philip Anderson ◽  
Michael Burton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
International Investment ◽  
Related Field ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Astronomy And Astrophysics ◽  
New Facilities

AbstractSCAR, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, is, like the IAU, a committee of ICSU, the International Council for Science. For over 30 years, SCAR has provided scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty System and made numerous recommendations on a variety of matters. In 2010, Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica was recognized as one of SCAR's five Scientific Research Programs. Broadly stated, the objectives of Astronomy & Astrophysics from Antarctica are to coordinate astronomical activities in Antarctica in a way that ensures the best possible outcomes from international investment in Antarctic astronomy, and maximizes the opportunities for productive interaction with other disciplines. There are four Working Groups, dealing with site testing, Arctic astronomy, science goals, and major new facilities. Membership of the Working Groups is open to any professional working in astronomy or a related field.

Focussing an Antarctic research programme: the Australian experience

Polar Record ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 28 (164) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce W. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
Australian Experience ◽  
Maturity Management ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Antarctic Environment ◽  
Antarctic Treaty System

AbstractThis paper illustrates the manner in which inceased political and community interest in Antarctica is shifting the focus of Australian Antarctic research towards environmental management, creating tensions amongst bureaucrats and scientists as to programme priorities and funding allocations, and argues the existence of three distinct eras, each with particular chacteristics and orientation, but all reflecting political and scientific perspectives about Antarctic at the relevant time: (a) idosyncratic individualism in the ‘heroic age’ of Antarctic exploration 1890–1945; (b) hydra-headed science programmes within the Antarctic Treaty system 1945–1959–1990; and (c) prospective maturity management of the Antarctic environment in the post-CRAMRA era, 1990 onwards.

John Arnfield Heap, CMG

Polar Record ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-267
Author(s):  
Mike Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Polar Regions ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Antarctic Treaty System ◽  
Research Institute

John Heap's whole working career was one devoted to the polar regions, primarily the Antarctic — as scientist, then as a distinguished, internationally respected polar diplomat, and finally to holding the Directorship of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge (Fig. 1). Much of the stability and innovative development of the Antarctic Treaty System during the crucial period of the 1970s and 1980s can be attributed to Heap's long tenure as Head of the UK Delegation to successive Antarctic Treaty meetings.

Italian engagement in Antarctica

Polar Record ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (161) ◽  
pp. 121-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Manzoni ◽  
M. Zucchelli
Keyword(s):  
Technical Research ◽  
Transport Aircraft ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
Scientific Station ◽  
Logistic Support ◽  
The Antarctic

AbstractFollowing Italy's accession to the Antarctic Treaty in 1981, the Italian Parliament made provision for a six-year programme of Antarctic research, to be administered by the Ministry for University and Scientific and Technical Research. The programme, Progetto Antartide, centres on a permanent scientific station at Gerlache Inlet, installed in 1986–87 for a staff of up to 60. Chartered ships, helicopters, snow vehicles and heavy transport aircraft provide logistic support for a substantial scientific and field programme, ranging widely from the base, the scope and extent of which is likely to increase.

scholarly journals Education and outreach by the Antarctic Treaty Parties, Observers and Experts under the framework of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings

Polar Record ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
José C. Xavier ◽  
Dragomir Mateev ◽  
Linda Capper ◽  
Annick Wilmotte ◽  
David W. H. Walton
Keyword(s):  
International Union ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
International Polar ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
Education And Outreach ◽  
The Antarctic

AbstractThe development of formal discourse about education and outreach within the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (ATCM), and the influence of major international activities in this field, are described. This study reflects on the ATCM Parties’ approach to implementing the ambition of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty Article 6.1.a, to promote the educational value of Antarctica and its environment, and examines the role of workshops and expert groups within the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes. These early initiatives, which emerged in the 1990s, were a prelude to the development and implementation of a large number of International Polar Year (IPY) education and outreach programmes. The establishment of an Antarctic Treaty System Intersessional Contact Group, and an online forum on education and outreach during the 2015 ATCM in Bulgaria, is a legacy of IPY and is the next step in fostering collaboration to engage people around the world in the importance and relevance of Antarctica to our daily lives.

scholarly journals Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update

Polar Record ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Turner ◽  
Nicholas E. Barrand ◽  
Thomas J. Bracegirdle ◽  
Peter Convey ◽  
Dominic A. Hodgson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Assessment Report ◽  
The Past ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Relevant Material

ABSTRACTWe present an update of the ‘key points’ from the Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment (ACCE) report that was published by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) in 2009. We summarise subsequent advances in knowledge concerning how the climates of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean have changed in the past, how they might change in the future, and examine the associated impacts on the marine and terrestrial biota. We also incorporate relevant material presented by SCAR to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, and make use of emerging results that will form part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report.

Mules of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–13

Polar Record ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (160) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
D. L. Harrowfield
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
First Year ◽  
New Information ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Unbalanced Diet ◽  
The Antarctic

AbstractHorses were first used in Antarctica when eight Manchurian ponies provided support for Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09). Scott's British Antarctic ‘Terra Nova’ Expedition (1910–13) used 17 ponies during its first year, and seven Indian mules in the following season. This paper presents new information on the mules, which suffered severely from the effects of an unbalanced diet and low temperatures. They were the last horses ever used to support an Antarctic expedition. In January 1989 when the stables of Scott's hut at Cape Evans were reclad and cleared of ice by a working party from the Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme), artefacts relating to their occupancy by Manchurian ponies and Indian mules were located.

Radio echo sounding map of Antarctica, (˜90°E–180°)

Polar Record ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 17 (109) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Drewry
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Antarctic Ice Sheet ◽  
Natural Environment Research Council ◽  
The Us ◽  
Radio Echo Sounding ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
Logistic Support ◽  
The Antarctic

In 1967 the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) undertook the first longrange airborne radio echo soundings of the Antarctic ice sheet. The results of this season were encouraging and led to other programmes being organized in 1969–70, 1971–72, and 1974–75. The initial impetus for this work came from A. P. Crary of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), who suggested that the radio echo equipment that had been developed at SPRI under the direction of S. Evans and G. de Q. Robin, with financial assistance from the Royal Society's Paul Instrument Fund and later from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) should be operated over the Antarctic ice sheet, and he offered the logistic support of the US Antarctic Research Program (USARP). Since those early flights, a productive relationship has been developed between SPRI and that arm of NSF represented by USARP and US Navy Task Force 43 (now 199) and, up to the end of the 1971–72 season, it had resulted in 210000 km of radio echo profiling in the Antarctic. A further 135 000 km was accomplished during the 1974–75 season.

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