Documents

SCAR BULLETIN, No 34, January 1970

The Polar Record, Vol. 15, No. 94, 1970, p 127-142

SCAR Working Group on Glaciology

Hanover, NH, 3 and 6 September 1968

• Proceedings to be published through CRREL
• Joint French-USA-USSR glaciological exploration discussed – International Antarctic Glaciologicial Expedition (IAGE)
• IHD/ICSl-Working Group co-operation
• Other future activities for the Working Group
• Election of Secretary
• Reports of Meetings of Sub-Committees

Other Content:

• SCAR Executive Committee Meeting Report – Cambridge, 14-16 July 1969
• International Symposium on Antarctic Glaciological Exploration (ISAGE) Report, Septtember 1968
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO): Executive Committee Working Group on Antarctic Meteorology Second Session, Buenos Aires, 7 to 25 April 1969
• Closure of the International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre, Melbourne

SCAR BULLETIN. No 35, May 1970

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol 15, No 95, 1970, p 271-280

Contents:

• SCAR Executive Committee
• National Committees of SCAR – amendments
• Permanent Delegates to SCAR – amendments
• Representatives of ICSU Committees
• Permanent Working Groups of SCAR – amendments
• Exchange scientists in the Antarctic, 1968-69
• Stations operating in the Antarctic, winter 1970

SCAR BULLETIN. No 36, September 1970

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol 15, No 96, 1970, p 435-447

Antarctic Ecology, A Review, by R. M. Laws

Compiled from proceedings of the Second Symposium on Antarctic Biology

Other Content:

• Pemanent Working Groups of SCAR – Amendments
• Call for Symposium on Energy Fluxes over Polar Surfaces 1971
• ERRATA, SCAR Bulletin 33

SCAR BULLETIN. No 37, January 1971

The Polar Record, Vol 15, No 91, 1971, p 619-649

Eleventh Meeting of SCAR, Oslo, 17 to 22 August 1970

Including:

• Consideration for the proposal of an International Antarctic Glaciological Project (IAGP)
• Biology, Glaciology, Oceanography and Upper Atmosphere Physics did not meet this time
• Specialist groups: Quarternary and Pack Ice Zone met
• Relations with ISCU bodies: consideration given to extend SCAR range of interest to the promoting of co-operation in the Arctic
• Relations with intergovernmental bodies: Antarctic Treaty – Telecommunications
• Symposia: Proceedings from Antarctic Ecology (1968); Antarctic Glaciological Exploration (1968); Quarternary Studies (1970); Antarctic Geology & Solid Earth Geophysics (1970) all to be published
• Symposia: Future symposia – Aspects of Antarctic Ice and Water masses, Tokyo 1970; Announcement for Energy Fluxes over Polar Surface, 1971
• SCAR structure procedures and constitution reviewed
• Uruguay seeking membership
• Dr G. de. Q. Robin elected President 1970-74

SCAR BULLETIN. No 38, May 1971

The Polar Record, Vol 15, No 98, 1971, p 821-835

Reports on the SCAR/IUGS Symposium on Antarctic Geology and Solid Earth Geophysics, Oslo, 6-15 August 1970

by R. W. Willett, R. D. Adams, and D. H. Griffiths

Symposium divided into regional rather than disciplinary basis with 132 papers submitted

Other Content:

• International Antarctic Glaciological Project (IAGP) is to be carried out long term by Australia, France, USA, USSR: Summary of objectives
• Stations operating in the Antarctic, winter 1971

SCAR BULLETIN. No 39, September 1971

SCAR Working Group on Oceanography, Tokyo, 22 September 1970

• Establishment of the Ross Ice Shelf Drilling Project as a specialist working group
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Southern Ocean Co-ordination Group 1st meeting draft – Brussells 1970

Other Content:

• Ad hoc group to consider functions and structure of the Working Group on Upper Atmospheric Physics after 11th meeting of SCAR – Oslo 1970
• SCAR Executive Committee – amendments
• Honorary Members
• National Committees of SCAR
• Permanent Delegates to SCAR
• Permenant Working Groups of SCAR – amendments
• Norwegian National Committee for Polar Research established to reflect both poles
• Appointment of new Director to the Instituto Antarctico Chileno

SCAR BULLETIN, No. 4, January 1960

Reprinted from THE POLAR RECORD, Volume 10, Number 64, January 1960

SCAR Programmes for 1959-1960

Other Content

• New Soviet stations in Antarctica, 1959
• Antarctic climatological studies in preparation by Argentina
• SCAR Bulletin now in Spanish
• Antarctic radio communications
• Recommendations on procedures for visual auroral observations
• International Antarctic Analysis Center, Melbourne, now operational

SCAR BULLETIN. No 40, January 1972

The Polar Record, Vol 16, No 100, 1972, p 179-195

SCAR Executive Meeting, Moscow, 2-5 August, 1971

Contents:

• SCAR Executive Meeting held in Moscow rather than Cambridge, as the Vice-President Professor G. A. Avsiuk, was unwell. Meetings will resume in Cambridge in future.
• Matters arising from XI SCAR recommendations: Gravity data; Co-ordination of Arctic Research; National contributions to SCAR
• SCAR Working Group on Upper Atmosphere Physics: proposal for special working group of polar aeronomy and space physics
• SCAR Working Group on Logistics needs a secretary
• SCAR Symposium on Antarctic Ice and Water Masses Tokyo 1970: Exchange publications for copies of latest Soviet Antarctic Atlas.
• Working Group on Glaciology will meet at the IUGG in Moscow 1971
• International Antarctic Glaciological Project (IAGP) will publish an annual progress report in SCAR Bulletins
• SCAR Symposium on Technical and Scientific Problems affecting Antarctic Telecommunications
• SCAR/ICPM/WMO Symposium on Energy Fluxes over Polar Surface: WMO will not edit or proof read the proceedings
• SCAR group of specialists on ice shelf drilling projects (ISDP) established
• SCAR presented at Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
• Council of Europe – Antarctic Programme: Initiation of a European Antarctic Programme
• Sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting: Man’s impact on the Antarctic environment; Use of radio isotopes in scientific investigations; data on the conservation of fauna and flora
• SCAR Bulletin distribution methods discussed
• Meeting of SCAR XII to be held in Canberra in 1972
• Future Symposia: SCAR Symposium on Human Biology and Medicine in the Antarctic; SCAR Biology Symposium 1974; SCAR Geology 1976
• Report on the Ross Ice Shelf Project (RISP)
• Arrangement of SCAR Symposium on Technical and Scientific Problems affecting Antarctic Telecommunications
• US Departments reassign Antarctic responsibility to Bureau of International Scientific and Technological Affairs from the Navy
• US NSF: new head appointed
• New commander of the Argentine Joint Antarctic Command

SCAR Bulletin, No. 41, May 1972

Paper: Seals and birds killed and captured in the Antarctic Treaty area, 1964-69, by R. M. Laws

Analysis based on information from Antarctic Treaty Arcticle XII of agreed measures for conservation of antarctic fauna and flora

Other Content:

• Changes of Address
• The International Antarctic Glaciological Project Standardization Document (whole)

SCAR Bulletin, No. 42, September 1972

Paper: Some Australian Activities Associated with Antarctic Meteorological Research, by H. R. Phillpot

Other Content:

• Paper: Weather analysis in the Antarctic, by G. T. Rutherford
• Paper: A review of Biological research by Australian National Antarctic research exeditions 1947-71, by G. W. Johnstone
• Poem: Antarctic Seals, by Ralph Harry
• Stations operating in the Antarctic Winter 1972
• Changes of Address

SCAR Bulletin, No. 43, January 1973

Twelfth Meeting of SCAR, Canberra, August 1972

Notes:

• ICSU considering revising its structure
• Antarctic Treaty: Recommendation VI-4, Man’s Impact on the Antarctic Environment, and recommendation VI-5, Use of Radio-isotopes in Scientific Experiments in the Antarctic
• International Conference on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals – SCAR to advise
• Proceedings published from following symposia:
  • SCAR/JUGS Symposium on Antarctic Geology and Geophysics, Oslo, 6-15 August 1970
  • SCAR Symposium on Some Aspects of Antarctic Ice and Water Masses, Tokyo, 19 September 1970
  • SCAR/ICPM/WMO Symposium on Polar Meteorology, Moscow, August 1971
  • SCAR Symposium on Technical and Scientific Problems Affecting Antarctic Telecommunications, Oslo, May 1972
  • SCAR/IUPS/IUBS Symposium on Human Biology and Medicine in the Antarctic, Cambridge, 19-21 September 1972
• Reports and recommendations of subsidary groups meeting at XII SCAR.

SCAR Bulletin, No. 44, May 1973

Polar Record, Vol 16, No 104, 1973, p 759-77

Content:

• Book Review: Antarctic Geology and Geophysics. Review by J. Sutton
• The EOLE-Iceberg Programme, by ING-GÉN G. R. Laclavère
• Statement Approved by the International Commission on Polar Meteorology, September 1972
• The Organization and Membership of SCAR
• Symposium on Meteorology in the Polar Regions

SCAR Bulletin, No. 45, September 1973

Polar Record, Vol 16, No 105, 1973, p 901-913

Content:

• Paper: Seals and Birds Killed or Captured in the Antarctic Treaty Area, 1969-70, by R. M. Laws
• Cambridge Workshop on Temperature and Isotopic Profiles in Polar Ice Sheets, 1973, by G. de Q. Robin
• SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Cartography
• SCAR Groups of Specialists – New Specialist Groups: Late Cenozoic Studies; Seals; Ice Shelf Drilling Projects
• Stations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1973
• Amendments to SCAR Manual

SCAR Bulletin, No. 46, January 1974

Polar Record, Vol 17, No 106, 1974, p·79-99

Content:

• Report of the SCAR Executive Meeting, Cambridge, 9 to 11 July 1973
• An International Glaciological Programme for the Antarctic Peninsula: Report of a meeting held in Cambridge, England, 27-30 April 1973
• The Organization and Membership of SCAR

SCAR Bulletin, No. 47, May 1974

Polar Record, Vol 17, No 107, 1974, p 199-211

Content:

• Book Review: Polar Human Biology, review by Laurence Irving
• SCAR Working Group on Meteorology
• SCAR Group of Specialists on Late Cenozoic Studies, by Peter N. Webb
• The ICPM Meetings in Melbourne, January 1974, Report by M. J. Rubin
• SCAR Symposia: Conference on Quaternary Studies, 1972; Symposium on Human Biology and Medicine in the Antarctic, 1968
• Global Environmental Monitoring System: Action Plan

SCAR Bulletin, No. 48, September 1974

Polar Record, Vol 17, No 108, 1974, p 331-52

Content:

• Errata
• Obituary for Dr R.W.Willet SCAR Secretary
• SCAR Working Group on Geology: Report of the Meeting at Canberra, 26-30 August 1973, by I. R. McLeod
• The SCOR/SCAR Polar Oceans Conference, By M. J. Dunbar
• The Ross Ice Shelf Project, Summary Report by Peter N. Webb
• Programme for International Southern Ocean Studies, by Victor T. Neal
• International Antarctic Glaciological Programme
• Stations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1974

SCAR Bulletin, No. 49, January 1975

Polar Record, Vol 17, No 109, 1975, p 429-56

Content:

• Thirteenth Meeting of SCAR, Jackson Hole, USA, 3 to 7 September 1974
• Summaries of Reports of Meetings of Subsidiary Groups at XIII SCAR
• SCAR Group of Specialists on Seals: Washington DC, 29 August 1974
• Ice-Core Drilling Symposium at the University of Nebraska, August 1974, by John F. Splettstoesser

SCAR BULLETIN No. 5, May 1960

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol. 10, No. 65, 1960, pp. 172-179.

Antarctic Symposium, Buenos Aires, 17-25 November 1959

Discourse on science presented at symposium 

Other Content

• Image of Japanese Syowq station
• Update of stations omitted from Bulletin No. 2

SCAR Bulletin, No. 50, May 1975

Polar Record, Vol 17, No 110, t975, p 575-90

Content:

• SCAR Working Group on Glaciology. Report of the meeting held in Cambridge, England, 23-25 September 1974
• The Disposal of Radioactive Wastes in the Antarctic Ice Sheet, Report of a meeting held at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, on 25 September 1974
• Third SCAR/IUDS Symposium on Antarctic Biology, Report by G. A. Knox
• The Organization and Membership of SCAR

SCAR Bulletin, No. 51, September 1975

Polar Record, Vol 17, No 111, 1975, p 711-721

Content:

• Report on the SCAR Executive Meeting, Cambridge, 25-26 June 1975
• The Status of the Antarctic Treaty, 1975
• Stations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1975