Documents

SCAR Bulletin, No. 89, April 1988

Recommendations from the 14th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5-16 October 1987

• Recommendation XIV-1: Operation of the Antarctic Treaty System: Public availability of the documents of Consultative Meetings
• Recommendation XIV-2: Man’s impact on the Antarctic environment: Environmental impact assessment
• Recommendation XIV-3: Man’s impact on the Antarctic environment: Safeguards for scientific drilling
• Recommendation XIV-4: Facilitation of scientific research: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Interim Guidelines extension of designation
• Recommendation XIV-5: Facilitation of scientific research: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Interim Guidelines additional sites – new Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Yukidori Valley, Lutzow-Holm Bay; Svarthamaren, Dronning Maud Land; Summit of Mt Melbourne, North Victoria Land; Marine Plain, Princess Elizabeth Land; Chile Bay, South Shetlands; Port Foster, South Shetlands; South Bay, Palmer Archipelago.
• Recommendation XIV-6: Marine Sites of Special Scientific Interest
• Recommendation XIV-7: Antarctic meterology and telecommunications
• Recommendation XIV-8: Historic sites and monuments
• Recommendation XIV-9: Air safety in Antarctica
• Recommendation XIV-10: Marine meterological and sea ice information services for navigation in the Treaty Area of the Southern Ocean

SCAR BULLETIN, No. 9, September 1961

Reprinted from THE POLAR RECORD. Volume 10, Number 69, September 1961

Antarctic Meteorology: Proceedings of the symposium held in Melbourne from 18 to 25 February 1959 – Review by J. M. van Mieghem

Discourse on science presented at symposium 

Other Content:

• Satellite studies over the Southern Ocean
• Synoptic meterological application of neph-analyses from Tiros II – by G. T. Rutherford
• Science in Antarctica – a supplement to the “Progress of Antarctic Research during 1959-60”
• Stations occupied in the Antarctic- Winter 1961
• Exchange of foreign observers in the Antarctic, 1960-61

SCAR Bulletin, No. 90, July 1988

Meeting of SCAR Executive Committee, Paris, France, 28-31 March 1988

Highlights:

• Republic of Korea joins as Associate member
• Sweden, Italy and Uruguay have submitted applications for full membership
• Updates from Working Groups, Groups of of Specialists and Ad Hoc panels
• ICSU – Because of conflict of timing of meetings, SCAR would not be represented at the 22nd General Assembly of !CSU in Beijing from 11 to 16 September 1988
• International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
• International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Programme (IGACP)
• Fourteenth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
• Full time SCAR Secretariat with expanded office space at Scott Polar Research Institute
• Recently established Antarctic Research Activities of some Associate Members of SCAR
• New SCAR/ICSU publication: International Research in the Antarctic

SCAR Bulletin, No. 91, October 1988

• Recommendations of Working Groups:
  • SCAR Working Group on Glaciology – meeting in Bremerhaven 6, 10 and 11 September 1987
  • SCAR Working Group on Solid Earth Geophysics – meeting in Cambridge, UK, 30 August 1987
  • SCAR Working Groups on Geology and Soild Earth Geophysics – joint meeting Cambridge, UK, 31 August 1987
• SCAR Group of Specialists on South Ocean Ecology – Report of a meeting, Paris, 27-29 May
• Stations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1988

SCAR Bulletin, No. 92, January 1989

Twentieth Meeting of SCAR, Hobart, Australia, 12-16 September 1988

Highlights:

• Reports from all working groups and specialists submitted and groups retained
• Conference on Antarctic Science strongly supported for 1991
• SCAR Strategy
• SCAR functions – Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting on Recommendations XIII-4, XIII-5 and XIV-10
• Possible implications for the Antarctic science of The Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities
• Integration into SCAR activites of representatives of new national programmes
• Review of Working Groups (WGs)
• Review of Groups of Specialists
• Ad hoc Committee on the Coordination of Antarctic Data
• Report of Finance Committee
• Meeting of the SCAR Working Group on Biology: Summary Report
• Meeting of the SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Cartography: Summary Report
• Joint Meeting of the SCAR Working Groups on Geodesy and Cartography, Geology and Solid Earth Geophysics: Summary Report
• Meeting of the SCAR Working Group on Geology: Summary Report
• Meeting of the SCAR Working Groups on Geology and Solid Earth Geophysics: Summary Report
• Meeting of the SCAR Working Group on Soild Earth Geophysics: Summary Report
• Meeting of the SCAR Working Group on Human Biology and Medicine: Summary Report
• Meeting of the SCAR Working Group on Upper Atmosphere Physics: Summary Report
• Meeting of the SCAR Working Group on Logistics and Managers of National Antarctic Programmes: Summary Report

SCAR Bulletin, No. 93, April 1989

Twentieth Meeting of SCAR, Hobart, Australia, 12-16 September 1988

Highlights:

• SCAR Group of Specialists on Seals: Summary Report
• SCAR Group of Specialists on Southern Ocean Ecology: Summary Report
• SCAR Group of Specialists on Antarctic Sea Ice: Summary Report
• SCAR Group of Specialists on the Evolution of Cenozoic Paleoenvironments of Southern High Latitudes: Summary Report
• SCAR Group of Specialists on the Structure and Evolution of the Antarctic Lithosphere: Summary Report
• Meeting of BIOMASS Executive Committee: Summary Report
• Objectives of Conservation in the Antarctic

SCAR Bulletin, No. 94, July 1989

Final Act of the Fourth Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting on Antarctic Mineral Resources

• Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities

Other Content:

• Three Recent Publications: Waste disposal in the Antarctic; The role of Antarctica in global change; Antarctic krill.
• The BIOMASS Scientific Series

SCAR Bulletin, No. 95, October 1989

Meeting of the SCAR Executive Committee, Siena, Italy, 28-30 June 1989

Highlights:

• International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
• Antarctic Science Conference proposals
• Establishment of Councils of MNAP and SCALOP
• Updates from Groups of Specialists, Working Groups 
• SCAR Meetings
• XV Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM)
• Relationships with other ICSU bodies
• Relations with other bodies
• Finance
• SCAR strategy and functions

Other SCAR Content:

• Stations of SCAR Nations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1989
• Three recent SCAR Books

SCAR Bulletin, No. 96, January 1990

SCAR Ad Hoc Group on Space Related Human Factors Research. Report of an inaugural meeting, Aberdeen, Scotland, 12-13 June 1989

Use of Antarctica as an analogue for space

Other Content:

• Report from SCAR Group of Specialists on Environmental Affairs and Conservation (GOSEAC) – Summary report of a meeting at Cambridge, UK 11-14 September 1989
• SCAR Biotas Workshop – Introduction to BIOTAS and report of the workshop held at British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge 27-29 September 1989
• Announcement of 1st Antarctic Science Conference

SCAR Bulletin, No. 97, April 1990

Recommendations Adopted by the XVth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, Paris, 19-20 October 1989

• Recommendation XV-1 Comprehensive measures for the protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems
• Recommendation XV-2 Comprehensive measures for the protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems
• Recommendation XV-3 Human impact on the Antarctic environment: waste disposal
• Recommendation XV-4 Human impact on the Antarctic environment: Prevention, control and response to marine pollution
• Recommendation XV-5 Human impact on the Antarctic environment: environmental monitoring in Antarctica
• Recommendation XV-6 Antarctic Protected Area System: new Sites of Special Scirntific Interest: Ablation Point-Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island; Avian Island, North-West Marguerite Bay; Mount Flora, Hope Bay; Cape Shirreff.
• Recommendation XV-7 Antarctic Protected Area System: redesignation or Specially Protected Area No 11, Cape Shirreff, as Site or Special Scientific Interest No 32
• Recommendation XV-8 Antarctic Protected Area System agreed measures for the Conservation of Antarctica Fauna and Flora: Amendment to Article VIII (Management plans for Specially Protected Areas)
• Recommendation XV-9 Antarctic Protected Area System: development of imprived descriptions and management plans for Specially Protected Areas
• Recommendation XV-10 The Antarctic Protected Area System: Establishment of Specially Reserved Areas (SRAs)
• Recommendation XV-11 Antarctic Protected Area System: establishment of Multi-use Planning Areas (MPAs)
• Recommendation XV-12 Antarctic Protected Area System: new Historic Sites and Monuments
• Recommendation XV-13 Antarctic Protected Area System: Historic Sites and Monuments (Amendment to description or HM 53)
• Recommendation XV-14 Promotion of international scientific cooperation: a declaration
• Recommendation XV-15 Promotion of international scientific cooperation
• Recommendation XV-16 Facilitation of scientific research: comparability and accessibility of Antarctic scientific data
• Recommendation XV-17 Facilitation of scientific research: the siting of stations
• Recommendation XV-18 Cooperation in meteorological and sea ice information services for maritime and air navigation in Antarctica
• Recommendation XV-19 Cooperation in the hydrographic charting of Antarctic waters
• Recommendation XV-20 Air safety in Antarctica
• Recommendation XV-21 Use of Antarctic Ice
• Recommendation XV-22 Antarctic Treaty Thirtieth Anniversary Commemorative Stamp Issue

SCAR Bulletin, No. 98, July 1990

Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) together with the Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations (SCALOP), Summary Report of Meeting, Cambridge, UK, 5-6 October 1989

Including:

• SCALOP Meeting, 5-6 October 1989, Chairman’s Report

Other Content:

• SCAR publications currently available: July 1990
• Loose leaf: Book announcement “Chronological list of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events”

SCAR Bulletin, No. 99, October 1990

Stations of SCAR Nations Operating in the Antarctic, Winter 1990

Other Content:

Three Recent SCAR Books: The role of Antarctica in global change; Antarctic krill; Larval Antarctic fishes