Documents

SCAR BULLETIN No. 1, January 1959

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol. 9, No. 61, 1959, pp. 360-372.

Aims and establishment of SCAR

Other Content

• Member list – Permenant delegates as of Oct 1958: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, NZ, Norway, UK, USA, USSR, IGU, IUBS, IUGG, URSI
• First meeting of SCAR – The Hague, Feb 1958
• Second meeting of SCAR – Moscow, August 1958
• Constitution of SCAR
• Scientific investigations recommended by SCAR

SCAR BULLETIN, No. 10 JANUARY 1962

Fifth Meeting of SCAR held at Wellington, 9 to 14 October 1961

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol. 11, No. 70, 1962, pp. 90-111.

Discourse from 5th meeting, including:

• Structure of ICSU and alteration of title for SCAR – now Scientific Committee, not Special Committee
• Organisation of working groups
• Reports and recommendations of working groups
• Antarctic Treaty
• Exchange of data

SCAR Bulletin, No. 100, January 1991

Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes. Report of Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil, 17-20 July 1990

Other Content:

• Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations (SCALOP). Report of Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil, 17-20 July 1990
• Working Group on Glaciology. Report of Meeting, Seattle, USA, 20-24 August 1989
• Three Recent SCAR Books: The role of Antarctica in global change; Antarctic krill; Larval Antarctic fishes

SCAR Bulletin, No. 101, April 1991

Twenty-first Meeting of SCAR, São Paulo, Brazil, 23-27 July 1990

Highlights:

• Executive proposed that the Executive Committee should be increased by one additional member
• Reports from all working groups and specialists submitted and groups retained
• Antarctic Science: Global Concerns – Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany, 23-28 September 1991
• SCAR strategy
• SCAR functions – Response to 15th ATCM Recommendations
• Review of SCAR Subsidiary Groups: Antarctic Climate Research and Antarctic Sea Ice to be discontinued
• Summary reports to XXI SCAR: Report of the Finance Committee and Working Groups

SCAR Bulletin, No. 102, July 1991

SCAR Groups of Specialists: Summary Reports to Twenty-first Meeting of SCAR, São Paulo, Brazil 24-27 July 1990

• Summary report from Environmental Affaris and Conservation
• Summary report from BIOMASS Executive
• Summary report from Seals
• Summary report from Southern Ocean Ecology
• Summary report from Antarctic Sea Ice
• Summary report from Antarctic Climate Research
• Summary report from Evolution on Cenozoic Palaeoenvironments of the Southern High Latitudes (GOSC)
• Summary report from Structure and Evolution of the Antarctic Lithosphere

SCAR Bulletin, No. 103, October 1991

Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1991

SCAR Bulletin, No. 104, January 1992

Meeting of the SCAR Executive Committee, Zürich, Switzerland, June 1991

Highlights:

• Antarctic Science Conference – planning group established and met
• International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
• Antarctic scientific data
• Updates from COMNAP and SCALOP
• Updates from Groups of Specialists and Working Groups
• Antarctic Treaty Meetings – SCAR to present a forceful and proactive statement on SCAR activities past and future.
• SCAR finance, strategy and functions
• SCAR secretariat. Will get a laptop.
• Rules for new members

Other Content:

Recommendations adopted by the 16th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, 7 – 18 October 1991, Bonn, Germany:

• Recommendation XVI-1 Exchange of Information
• Recommendation XVI-2 Antarctic Protected Area System: New Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
• Recommendation XVI-3 Antarctic Protected Area System: New Marine Sites of Special Scientific Interest
• Recommendation XVI-4 Antarctic Protected Area System: Specially Protected Area: Re-designation of SSSI no 30, Avian Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, to a Specially Protected Area
• Recommendation XVI-5 Antarctic Protected Area System: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Interim Guidelines: SSSI No 6, Byers Peninsular, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
• Recommendation XVI-6 Antarctic Protected Area System: Specially Protected Areas: Revised Descriptions and Proposed Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas
• Recommendation XVI-7 Antarctic Protected Area System: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Extension of Designation
• Recommendation XVI-8 Antarctic Protected Area System: Specially Protected Areas: Cryptogam Ridge Mount Melbourne, Victoria Land
• Recommendation XVI-9 Antarcitc Protected Area System: Specially Protected Areas: Forlidas Pond and Davis Valley Ponds
• Recommendation XVI-10 Antarctic Protected Area System: Review of the System
• Recommendation XVI-11 Antarctic Protected Area System: New Historic Sites and Monuments
• Recommendation XVI-12 Accessibility of Antarctic Geophysical Data

SCAR Bulletin, No. 105, April 1992

Meeting of Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP), Bologna, Italy 20-21 June 1991

Including:

• The Antarctic Environmental Impact Assessment Process: Practical Guidelines (produced by COMNAP)

Other Content:

Meeting of Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations (SCALOP), Bologna, Italy, 20-21 June 1991

SCAR Bulletin, No. 106, July 1992

SCAR ad hoc Group on Antarctic Space-related Human Factors Research. Meeting at European Space Agency (ESA), Paris, France, 1-2 October 1991

SCAR Bulletin, No. 107, October 1992

Stations of SCAR Nations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1992

Other Content:

Membership of SCAR and its subsidiary groups

SCAR Bulletin, No. 108, January 1993

Content:

SCAR Bulletin, No. 109, January 1993

Content:

• Reports to XXll SCAR, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, 15-19 June 1992
• Report of the XXll SCAR Finance Committee: Summary
• Reports of Working Groups to XXll SCAR
• Membership of SCAR and its Subsidiary Groups

SCAR BULLETIN, No. 11, May 1962

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol. ll, No. 71, 1962, pp. 201-209

Recording Sea Ice Distribution Meteorological Satellites, by D. Q. Wark

Other Content

• Image from TIROS II of change in sea ice March 1961
• Antarctic Glaciological Report, 1960, by A. P. Crary
• Notes on Isotope Glaciology, by E. Picciotto
• Stations Operating in the Antarctic, Summer 1961-61, Winter 1962

SCAR Bulletin, No. 110, July 1993

Content:

• Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
• Schedule to the Protocol
• Annex I – Environmental Impact Assessment
• Annex II – Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora
• Annex III – Waste Disposal and Waste Management
• Annex IV – Prevention of Marine Pollution
• Annex V – Area Protection and Management

SCAR Bulletin, No. 111, October 1993

Meeting of SCAR Executive Committee, Stockholm, Sweden, 13-14 and 16 April 1993

• Appendix 1: Report of a Joint Meeting of the SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees, Stockholm, Sweden, 15 April 1993
• Appendix 2: List of Acronyms

Other Content:

Recommendations adopted by the XVllth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, 11-20 November 1992, Venice, Italy

• Recommendation XVII-1 Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
• Recommendation XVII-2 Revised Descriptions and Proposed Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas
• Recommendation XVII-3 Antarctic Protected Areas New Historic Sites and Monuments
• Recommendation XVII-4 Global Change Research and International Cooperation in Antarctica

SCAR Bulletin, No. 112, January 1994

Content:

• Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP), Report of Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand, 21-25 June 1993
• Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations (SCALOP), Report of Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand, 21-25 June 1993
• Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1993

Errata given in: SCAR Bulletin No. 113

SCAR Bulletin, No. 113, April 1994

Membership of SCAR and its Subsidiary Groups: Changes and deletions to the lists in SCAR Bulletin No 107, October 1992, and SCAR Bulletin No 109, April 1993

Other Content:

• Errata – SCAR Bulletin No 112, January 1994, pages 4 and 6
• Two new Antarctic books: Antarctic seals – research methods and techniques; Southern Ocean Ecology: The BIOMASS perspective
• Antarctic Digital Database: Antarctic maps on Compact Disc
• Two New SCAR publications: The distribution and abundance of Antarctic and Subantarcit penguins; The role of Antarctic in Global Change: an international plan for a regional research programme

SCAR Bulletin, No. 114, July 1994

Recommendation adopted by the XVIIIth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, 11-22 April 1994, Kyoto, Japan

• XVIII-1 Tourism and Non-governmantal Activites

Other Content:

• SCAR-COMNAP ad hoc Planning Group on Antarctic Data Management, Report of the Second Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, September 1993
• BIOMASS data set now available

SCAR Bulletin, No. 115, October 1994

Content:

Stations of SCAR Nations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1994

BIOMASS dataset now available

Erratum given in: SCAR Bulletin No. 116

SCAR Bulletin, No. 116, January 1995

Science in Antarctica ’93: A Report of the Second International Seminar, Santiago, Chile, 12-14 May 1993

Other Content:

• Erratum: SCAR Bulletin No. 115
• SCAR Secretariat: Changes to Telecommunications. SCAR has email for the first time.