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The SCAR Bulletin is issued around two or three times a year and reports on SCAR meetings and SCAR’s involvement in the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and other major activities. 

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pdf SCAR Bulletin 117 – 1995 April – 23rd Meeting of SCAR, Rome, Italy, 1994

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SCAR Bulletin 117 - 1995 April - 23rd Meeting of SCAR, Rome, Italy, 1994

SCAR Bulletin, No. 117, April 1995

Twenty-third Meeting of SCAR, Rome, Italy, 4-9 September 1994

Highlights:

  • Associate Membership applications accepted from: Canada; Ukraine; Bulgaria
  • Meetings of SCAR Subsidiary Groups, COMNAP and SCALOP
  • SCAR Global Change Programmes
  • Discussion of XVIII ATCM Recommendations

Other Content:

  • Report of the XXlll SCAR Finance Committee
  • Membership of the SCAR Executive Committee, September 1994
  • Chief Officers of SCAR Groups, September 1994

pdf SCAR Bulletin 118 – 1995 July – Summary Reports to XXlll SCAR, Rome, Italy, 1994

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SCAR Bulletin 118 - 1995 July - Summary Reports to XXlll SCAR, Rome, Italy, 1994

SCAR Bulletin, No. 118, July 1995

Summary Reports to XXlll SCAR, Rome, Italy, 4-9 September 1994

  • Summary Report from SCAR Working Group on Biology
  • Summary Report from SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information
  • Summary Report from SCAR Working Group on Geology
  • Summary Report from SCAR Working Group on Glaciology
  • Summary Report from SCAR Working Group on Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere

pdf SCAR Bulletin 119 – 1995 October – Summary Reports to XXlll SCAR, Rome, Italy, 1994

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SCAR Bulletin 119 - 1995 October - Summary Reports to XXlll SCAR, Rome, Italy, 1994

SCAR Bulletin, No. 119, October 1995

Summary Reports to XXlll SCAR, Rome, Italy, 4-9 September 1994

  • Summary Reports from SCAR Working Group on Human Biology and Medicine
  • Summary Report from SCAR Working Group on Solar-Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
  • Summary Report from SCAR Working Group on Solid-Earth Geophysics
  • Joint Summary Report from SCAR Working Groups on Geology and Solid-Earth Geophysics
  • Summary Report from Groups of Specialists in Cenozoic Palaeoenvironments of the Southern High Latitudes
  • Summary Report from Group of Specialists on the Structure and Evolution of Antarctic Lithosphere
  • Summary Report from ad hoc Planning Group on Antarctic Data Management
  • Reports from COMNAP and SCALOP meetings

pdf SCAR Bulletin 12 – 1962 September – Abstracts for Symposium on Antarctic Biology, Paris, France, 1962

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SCAR Bulletin 12 - 1962 September - Abstracts for Symposium on Antarctic Biology, Paris, France, 1962

SCAR BULLETIN, No. 12, September 1962

Reprinted from Polar Record, Vol. 11, No. 72, 1962 pp 815-848

Abstracts of papers to be read during the Symposium on Antarctic Biology to be held in Paris, 2-8 September 1962

Sessions:

  • Life sciences in the Antarctic
  • Medical Research
  • Microbiology
  • Biogeography and systematics – Botany
  • Biogeography and systematics – Marine Zoology
  • Biogeography and systematics – Terrestrial Zoology
  • Marine productivity
  • Ecology of invertebrates
  • Ecology of vertebrates
  • Conservation
  • Animal physiology

pdf SCAR Bulletin 120 – 1996 January – Summary Report to XXlll SCAR: Group of Specialists on Global Change and the Antarctic

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SCAR Bulletin 120 - 1996 January - Summary Report to XXlll SCAR: Group of Specialists on Global Change and the Antarctic

SCAR Bulletin, No. 120, January 1996

Summary Report to XXlll SCAR: Group of Specialists on Global Change and the Antarctic

Other Content:

  • Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter, 1995 ,
  • Membership of SCAR and its Subsidiary Groups

pdf SCAR Bulletin 121 – 1996 April – Decisions, Measures and Resolutions adopted at the 19th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 1995

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SCAR Bulletin 121 - 1996 April - Decisions, Measures and Resolutions adopted at the 19th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 1995

SCAR Bulletin, No. 121, April 1996

Decisions, Measures, and Resolutions adopted at the XIXth Antarctic Treaty Consulative Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 8-19 May 1995

NOTE: Recommendations now categorised as Decisions, Measures or Resolutions

  • Decisions 1 – Measures, Decisions and Resolutions
  • Decisions 2 – Rules of Procedure: Amendment
  • Measure 1 – Revised Descriptions and Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas
  • Measure 2 – Revised Description and Management Plan for Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  • Measure 3 – Antarctic Protected Area System: Specially Protected Areas
  • Measure 4 – Antarctic Protected Area Systems: New Historic Sites and Monuments
  • Measure 5 – Historic Sites and Monuments: Amendment
  • Resolution 1 – Strengthening Cooperation in Surveying and Charting of Antarctic Waters
  • Resolution 2 – Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • Resolution 3 – Reporting of Tourism and Non-governmental Activites
  • Resolution 4 – Fuel Storage and Handling
  • Resolution 5 – Antarctic Inspection Checklists
  • Resolution 6 – Environmental Impact Assessment: Circulation of Information
  • Resolution 7 – Extension of the Expiry Dates for Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  • Resolution 8 – New Historic Sites and Monuments: Suggested Guidelines for the Designation of Historic Sites
  • Resolution 9 – Uniform Model for Management Plans

This material appeared also in Polar Record 32 (181): 184-195 (1996)

pdf SCAR Bulletin 122 – 1996 July – Meeting of SCAR Executive Committee, Siena, Italy, 1995

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SCAR Bulletin 122 - 1996 July - Meeting of SCAR Executive Committee, Siena, Italy, 1995

SCAR Bulletin, No. 122, July 1996

Meeting of the SCAR Executive Committee, Siena, Italy, 16-20 September 1995

Antarctic Protected Areas: Annexes to the Measures adopted at the XIXth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 8-19 May 1995

  • Annex A to Measure 1 (1995) – Management Plan, for Specially Protected Area (SPA) No. 13, Moe Island, South Orkney Islands
  • Annex B to Measure 1 (1995) – Management Plan, for Specially Protected Area (SPA) No. 15, Southern Powell Island and Adjacent Inlands, South Orkney Islands
  • Measure 2 (1995) – Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 11, Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus, Ross Island
  • Annex to Measure 3 (1995) – Management Plan for Specially Protected Area No 24, Pointe-geologie Archipelago

pdf SCAR Bulletin 123 – 1996 October – Stations of SCAR Nations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1996

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SCAR Bulletin 123 - 1996 October - Stations of SCAR Nations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1996

SCAR Bulletin, No. 123, October 1996

Content:

  • Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter, 1996
  • Address List of SCAR Executive Committee, Honorary Members, National Committees, Delegates and Chief Officers

pdf SCAR Bulletin 124 – 1997 January – Membership of SCAR Subsidiary Groups

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SCAR Bulletin 124 - 1997 January - Membership of SCAR Subsidiary Groups

SCAR Bulletin, No. 124, January 1997

Content:

  • Membership of SCAR Subsidiary Groups
  • Changes to addresses listed in SCAR Bulletin No 123 for October 1996
  • World Wide Web – sites that relate directly to SCAR activities

pdf SCAR Bulletin 125 – 1997 April – 24th Meeting of SCAR, Cambridge, UK, 1996

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SCAR Bulletin 125 - 1997 April - 24th Meeting of SCAR, Cambridge, UK, 1996

SCAR Bulletin, No. 125, April 1997

Content:

  • Twenty-fourth Meeting of SCAR, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 12-16 August 1996
  • XXIV SCAR Recommendations
  • List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Report of the XXIV SCAR Finance Committee
  • Changes to addresses list in SCAR Bulletin No 124 for January 1997
  • Advertisment for VII International Biology Symposium
  • Advance Notice of the Symposium on Polar Aspects of Global Change

pdf SCAR Bulletin 126 – 1997 July – Summary Reports to XXIV SCAR, Cambridge, UK, 1996

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SCAR Bulletin 126 - 1997 July - Summary Reports to XXIV SCAR, Cambridge, UK, 1996

SCAR Bulletin, No. 126, July 1997

Summary Reports to XXIV SCAR, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 12-16 August 1996

  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Biology
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Geology
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Glaciology
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Human Biology and Medicine (WGHB&M)
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere (PACA)
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Solar-Terrestiral and Astrophysical Research
  • Summary Report from the Working Groups on Geology and Solid Earth Geophysics

pdf SCAR Bulletin 127 – 1997 October – Resolutions and Measures adopted at the XXth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1996

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SCAR Bulletin 127 - 1997 October - Resolutions and Measures adopted at the XXth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1996

SCAR Bulletin, No. 127, October 1997

Content:

  • Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1997 (typo on front page of Bulletin, where is says 1996)
  • Resolutions and Measures adopted at the XXth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 29 April -10 May 1996
    • Resolution 1 – Additional text to Resolution 5 (1995)
    • Resolution 2 – Promotion of understanding and appreciation of the value of Antarctica through art, culture and education
    • Resolution 3 – Extension of the Expiry dates for Sites of Special Scientific Interest
    • Resolution 4 – Effective management and conservation of Historic Sites and Monuments
    • Resolution 5 – Revised renumbering of Antarctic Protected Areas
    • Measure 1 – Revised Description and Management Plan for Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) – Management Plan for SSSI No 9 – Rothera Point, Adelaide Island and Management Plan for SSSI No 19 – Linnaeus Terrace, Asgaard Range, Victora Land
    • Measure 2 – Antarctic Protected Area System: New Historic Sites and Monuments
  • Announcement of the 6th Symposium on Antarctic Glaciology, Lanzhou, China
  • Announcement of the 7th International Biology Symposium – Christchurch, NZ
  • Announcement of the Symposium on Polar Aspects of Global Change, Tromsø, Norway

pdf SCAR Bulletin 128 – 1998 January – Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the 21st Antarctic Treaty Meeting, Christchurch, NZ, 1997

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SCAR Bulletin 128 - 1998 January - Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the 21st Antarctic Treaty Meeting, Christchurch, NZ, 1997

SCAR Bulletin, No. 128, January 1998

Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the XXlst Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand, 19-30 May 1997 

  • Measure 1 (1997): Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Description and Management Plan for Specially Protected Area
    • Management Plan for Specially Protected Area (SPA) No. 5 Beaufort Island, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea
  • Measure 2 (1997): Antarctic Protected Areas System: Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas;
    • Management Plan for Specially Protected Area (SPA) No 25 for Historic Sites No 16 and 17
    • Management Plan for Specially Protected Area (SPA) No. 26 Lewis Bay, Mount Erebus, Ross Island
  • Concerning Management plans for specialling protected areas: Beaufort Island; Cape Evans (inc Terra nova hut); Lewis Bay, Mount Erebus;
  • Measure 3 (1997) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Descriptions and Management Plans for Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSS!)
  • Measure 4 (1997) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Historic Sites and Monuments: Memorial Cross, Lewis Bay, Ross Island
  • Measure 5 (1997) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Historic Sites and Monuments: Amendment to Number 41: Stone Hut on Paulet Island
  • Decision 1 (1997) – Revised Rules of Procedure (1997)

Other Content:

  • Events in 1998

pdf SCAR Bulletin 129 – 1998 April – Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the 21st Antarctic Treaty Meeting, Christchurch, NZ, 1997

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SCAR Bulletin 129 - 1998 April - Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the 21st Antarctic Treaty Meeting, Christchurch, NZ, 1997

SCAR Bulletin, No. 129, April 1998

Measures, Decisions and Resolutions adopted at the XXlst Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand, 19-30 May 1997

  • Measure 3 (1997) -Antarctic Protected Areas System: Revised Descriptions and Management Plans for Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
    • Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 12 Canada Glacier, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land
    • Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 13 Potter Peninsula, 25 de Mayo (King George) Island, South Shetland Islands
    • Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 14 Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands
    • Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 15 Cierva Point, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
    • Management Plan for Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) No. 37 Botany Bay, Cape Geology, Victoria Land
  • Decision 2 (1997) – Consultative Status
  • Resolution 1 (1997) – Emergency Response Action and Contingency Planning
  • Resolution 2 (1997) – Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation (CEE): Methodology for Reviewing Activities for which a CEE has been Prepared
  • Resolution 3 (1997) – Standard Form for Advance Notification and Post-Visit Reporting on Tourism and Non-Governmental Activities in Antarctica

Other Content:

  • Forthcoming Symposia

pdf SCAR Bulletin 13 – 1963 January – Sixth Meeting of SCAR, Boulder, USA, 1962

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SCAR Bulletin 13 - 1963 January - Sixth Meeting of SCAR, Boulder, USA, 1962

SCAR BULLETIN. No.13, January 1963

Reprinted from THE POLAR RECORD, Volume 11. Number 73, January 1963

Sixth Meeting of SCAR, Boulder 1962

Contents

  • Matters arising from minutes of 5th Meeting
  • Second consultative meeting of Antarctic Treaty
  • Reports of permanent working groups
  • Supply of information to Secretariat on Antarctic stations
  • SCAR programme amendments to Bulletin No 3
  • Reports from SCAR symposium on Antarctic Biology 1962
  • Reports from SCAR antarcitc logistics symposium 1962
  • The cartographic activities of SCAR, by P. B. Lambert
  • Antarctic Meterological Observations 1960

pdf SCAR Bulletin 130 – 1998 July – Meeting of SCAR Executive Committee – Cape Town, South Africa, 1997

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SCAR Bulletin 130 - 1998 July - Meeting of SCAR Executive Committee - Cape Town, South Africa, 1997

SCAR Bulletin, No. 130, July 1998

Meeting of the SCAR Executive Committee Cape Town, South Africa, 25-29 August 1997

Appendix 1: Joint Meeting of the SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees Cape Town, South Africa, 27 August 1997

Other Content:

  • Symposium on Polar Aspects of Global Change

pdf SCAR Bulletin 131 – 1998 October – Decisions, Resolutions and Measures adopted at the 22nd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Tromsø, Norway, 1998

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SCAR Bulletin 131 - 1998 October - Decisions, Resolutions and Measures adopted at the 22nd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Tromsø, Norway, 1998

SCAR Bulletin, No. 131, October 1998

Content:

  • Stations of SCAR Nations operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1998
  • Decisions, Resolutions and Measures adopted at the XXllnd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Tromsø, Norway, 25 May- 5 June 1998
    • Decision 1 (1998) – Bulgaria to become a Consultative Party
    • Decision 2 (1998) – Rules of Procedure for the Committee for Environmental Protection
    • Decision 3 (1998) – Liability
    • Decision 4 (1998) – Marine Protected Areas
    • Measure 1 (1998) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas
    • Measure 2 (1998) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Historic Sites and Monuments: South-West Coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
    • Resolution 1 (1998) – Annex V. Protected Areas
    • Resolution 2 (1998) – Guide to the Preparation of Management Plans for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
    • Resolution 3 (1998 – International Code of Safety for Ships in Polar Waters
    • Resolution 4 (1998) – Antarctic Data Management
    • Resolution 5 (1998) – ATCM Home Page
    • Resolution 6 (1998) – Emergency Response Action and Contingency Planning
  • Address List of SCAR Executive Committee, Honorary Members, National Committees, Delegates and Chief Officers

pdf SCAR Bulletin 132 – 1999 January – 22nd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Tromsø, Norway, 1998

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SCAR Bulletin 132 - 1999 January - 22nd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Tromsø, Norway, 1998

SCAR Bulletin, No. 132, January 1999

XXllnd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Tromsø, Norway, 25 May – 5 June 1998

Measure 1 (1998) – Antarctic Protected Areas System: Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas

  • Management Plan for Specially Protected Area (SPA No 27), for Historic Site No. 15, Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island
  • Management Plan for Specially Protected Areas (SPA No 28) for Historic Site No. 18, Hut Point, Ross Island

Other Content:

  • Errata: SCAR Bulletin 131, October 1998
  • Address List of SCAR Working Groups and Groups of Specialists
  • Events in 1999
  • Advertisment: VIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand

pdf SCAR Bulletin 133 – 1999 April – 25th Meeting of SCAR, Concepción, Chile, 1998

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SCAR Bulletin 133 - 1999 April - 25th Meeting of SCAR, Concepción, Chile, 1998

SCAR Bulletin, No. 133, April 1999

Twenty-fifth Meeting of SCAR, Concepción, Chile, 27-31 July 1998

  • XXV SCAR Recommendations
  • Report of the XXV SCAR Finance Committee
  • Amendments
  • New Group of Specialists – Group of Specialists on Antarctic Neotectonics (ANTEC)

Other Content:

  • Advertisment: Vlll llnternational Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand
  • Events in 1999

pdf SCAR Bulletin 134 – 1999 July – Summary Reports to 25th SCAR, Concepción, Chile, 1998

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SCAR Bulletin 134 - 1999 July - Summary Reports to 25th SCAR, Concepción, Chile, 1998

SCAR Bulletin, No. 134, July 1999

Summary Reports to XXV SCAR, Concepción, Chile, 17-23 July, 1998

  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Biology
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Human Biology and Medicine (WGHB&M)
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Solid-Earth Geophysics
  • Summary Report from the Working Groups on Geology and Solid Earth Geophysics
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Geology
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
  • Summary Report from the Working Group on Solar-Terrestiral and Astrophysical Research (STAR)

Other Content:

  • Advertisment: VIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand

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