| Region |
Title |
Summary |
| Argentina |
Instituto Antartico Argentino |
The institute was created to orientate, control, address and perform scientific and technical research and studies concerning this region, in coordination with the Comisin Nacional del Antrtico, an institution depending on the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
| Australia |
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre |
ACE CRC leads Australia's effort to understand the roles of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the global climate system and climate change. Its research focuses on projecting future changes in sea level, understanding the ocean's processing of greenhouse gases and managing marine ecosystems, as well as analysing the policy implications of its science. |
| Australia |
Australian Antarctic Division |
The Australian Antarctic Division leads Australia's Antarctic program. As a division of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, its charter is to ensure Australia's Antarctic interests are advanced. |
| Australia |
Metagenomics of Antarctic Lakes: a Model for Defining Microbial Biogeochemical Processes in the Cold |
This project under the Australian Antarctic Program is examining (1) Mechanisms of adaptation - What are the consequences of Antarctic environmental change and how will/do high latitude ecosystems, communities and species respond to change? (2) Responses to adaptation - What are the consequences of environmental change on biodiversity? (3) What effect will predicted climate change have on natural ecosystems? |
| Australia |
University of Tasmania: Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies |
The Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS) offers an undergraduate science degree, and graduate diploma, honours, research masters and PhD programs for students to study a range of environmental topics with specific reference to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. |
| Belgium |
Belgian Polar Platform |
The Belgian Polar Platform website from the Belgian Science Policy Office (Belspo) informs scientists, policy makers and the general public about: Belgian history and science in the poles; laws and treaties regulating polar activities and Belgium's involvement; rules and obligations related to the planning of polar activities; and publications, workshops and events regarding polar activities. |
| Brazil |
Programa Antrtico Brasileiro |
The Brazilian Artarctic Programm (PROANTAR) contributes to the development of Antarctic science. |
| Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Antarctic Institute |
The Bulgarian Antarctic Institute is the national operator of the Bulgarian Antarctic Program. The Institute organizes annual Antarctic campaigns and operates the Bulgarian Antarctic base St. Kliment Ohridski. A long-term National Program for Antarctic Research provides the general framework for organization and coordination of scientific projects in Antarctica. This program is guided and financed by the Bulgarian National Fund for Scientific Research operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. |
| Canada |
Canadian Polar Commission (Polar Continental Shelf Project) |
Established in 1991 as the lead agency in the area of polar research, the Canadian Polar Commission has responsibility for: monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions; contributing to public awareness of the importance of polar science to Canada; enhancing Canada's international profile as a circumpolar nation; and recommending polar science policy direction to government. |
| Chile |
Instituto Antartico Chileno (Chilean Antarctic Institute) |
The Chilean Program For Scientific and Technological Research In Antarctica brings together the projects that are financed, organized, coordinated, and executed by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (Instituto Antrtico Chileno - INACH), whether directly or through support of universities and centers for scientific research. The projects request financing from various sources through open and transparent competition that is subject to peer review. |
| China |
Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA) |
The Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA), which is affiliated to the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) of China, is responsible for the organization of Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Program, as well as providing logistic support to the Antarctic expedition. |
| Denmark |
Danish Polar Center |
The Danish Polar Centre is a knowledge, service and facilitation centre for researchers, public agencies and institutions who are engaged in polar research and Arctic conditions. |
| Ecuador |
Instituto Antartico Ecuatoriano (Ecuador Antarctic Institute) |
The Ecuadorian Antarctic Institute (INAE) participates in scientific research in Antarctic. |
| Finland |
Antarctic Coordination Group (Finland) |
The authority responsible for Finnish Antarctic research is the Ministry of Education. The Ministry set up the Antarctic Coordination Group, the purpose of which is to promote the cooperation of different authorities, to establish the priorities for Finnish Antarctic research and to supervise the logistics of expeditions to the Antarctic. |
| Finland |
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland |
The University of Lapland's Arctic Centre is a research and science centre located near the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Centre conducts internationally high-level multidisciplinary research, carries out project services, maintains an Science Exhibition, Information Service and a library, and also provides education. As part of the Centre's research, the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) focuses on environmental and minority law. |
| Finland |
Finnish Institute Of Marine Research (Baltic Sea Portal) |
The Portal provides information about the activity of the Finnish Institute Of Marine Research an the Baltic Sea environment in finnish, swedish and eglish. |
| France |
Institut Polaire Francais (Polar Institute of France) |
The French Polar Institute (IPEV) includes nine public agencies responsible for research in polar regions. |
| Germany |
Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research |
The Alfred Wegener Institute carries out research in the Arctic and Antarctic as well as in the high and mid latitude oceans. The institute coordinates German polar research and makes available to national and international science important infrastructure, e.g. the research ice breaker "Polarstern" and research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic. |
| Global |
Antarctic Treaty Papers |
This site is maintained by Jack Bobo as a resource for those conducting research on the law of Antarctica |
| Global |
Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) |
The Census of Antarctic Marine Life will investigae the distribution and abundance of Antarctica's vast marine biodiversity to develop a benchmark for the benfit of humankind. |
| Global |
Census of Marine Life (CoML) |
The Census of Marine Life is a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. The world's first comprehensive Census of Marine Life-past, present, and future-will be released in 2010. |
| Global |
COMNAP - The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs |
The purpose of COMNAP is to develop and promote best practice in managing the support of scientific research in Antarctica, by serving as a forum to develop practices that improve effectiveness of activities in an environmentally responsible manner; facilitating and promoting international partnerships; providing opportunities and systems for information exchange; and providing the Antarctic Treaty System with objective and practical, technical and non-political advice drawn from the National Antarctic Programs' pool of expertise. |
| Global |
International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators |
IAATO is a member organization founded in 1991 to advocate, promote and practice safe and environmentally responsible private-sector travel to the Antarctic. |
| Global |
International Census of Marine Microbes (ICOMM) |
The role of the International Census of Marine Microbes (ICoMM) is to promote an agenda and an environment that will accelerate discovery, understanding, and awareness of the global significance of marine microbes. |
| Global |
International Polar Year |
The International Polar Year is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009. |
| Global |
The International Society for Extremophiles (ISE) |
The International Society for Extremophiles (ISE) was founded at the initiative of the members of the Editorial Board of the Extremophiles Journal in 2002. The ISE is intended to be a forum for the exchange of information and experience in the rapidly growing field of research on extremophiles. |
| Global |
OECD Bioeconomy Department |
The bioeconomy, a new concept, covers a broad range of economic activities, all benefiting from discoveries, and related products and services arising out of the biosciences. The project will assess how pervasive biotechnological applications are likely to become, prospects for further development over the next two to three decades, potential impact on the economy and society, and the policy agenda needed to promote and diffuse this new wave of innovations in a way that is consistent with broader socioeconomic goals. |
| Global |
Ocean Biogeographic Information System |
OBIS was established by the Census of Marine Life program (www.coml.org). It is an evolving strategic alliance of people and organizations sharing a vision to make marine biogeographic data, from all over the world, freely available over the World Wide Web. |
| Global |
SCAR-MarBIN - Regional OBIS Node for the Antarctic |
SCAR-MarBIN (SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network) establishes and supports a distributed system of interoperable databases, forming the Antarctic Regional OBIS Node, under the aegis of SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research). |
| Global |
70 South - News and Information Resources |
70South, "The No.1 source for Antarcticles", is an award winning website, recognised as a leading independent news and information resource on Antarctica and other polar related topics. The site is designed to be dynamic and can be updated by the community with the latest news and information on or related to Antarctica. |
| Global |
UNEP Key Polar Centre |
The Polar Programme advocates sustainable development of the Arctic and Antarctica through building knowledge and awareness for sound decision-making, participating in international stakeholder processes, and further developing the capacity of Arctic peoples. |
| Global |
UNEP-GRID Antarctica and the Southern Ocean |
UNEP/GRID-Christchurch co-operates with UNEP/GRID-Arendal to prepare environmental information for decision making and raising awareness on matters relating to the Antarctic environment. |
| Global |
University of the Arctic |
The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a cooperative network of universities, colleges, and other organizations committed to higher education and research in the North. Our members share resources, facilities, and expertise to build post-secondary education programs that are relevant and accessible to northern students. Our overall goal is to create a strong, sustainable circumpolar region by empowering northerners and northern communities through education and shared knowledge. |
| India |
Indian National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR) |
The mandate of NCAOR is to plan, promote, co-ordinate and execute the entire gamut of polar science and logistic activities of the country in order to ensure a perceptible and influential presence of India in Antarctica and to uphold our strategic interests in the global framework of nations in the southern continent and the surrounding oceans. |
| Italy |
Consorzio per l'attuazione del Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) |
Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) is the national Antarctic programme of Italy. |
| Japan |
National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Japan |
NIPR participates in advanced interdisciplinary joint research projects and international research programs at and around the Japanese Stations, Syowa Station and Dome Fuji Station in the Antarctic and Ny-lesund Station in the Arctic, as well as in the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. Research is carried out from the perspective of the polar regions as subsystems of the earth, time capsules of the global environment, windows on space, and areas of biodiversity. It is an Inter-University Research Institute and a key agency for implementing Antarctic research projects. In 2004, NIPR became a component of the Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS). |
| Netherlands |
Nederlands Polair Programma (NPP) |
The Netherlands Polar Programme (NPP) includes the Antarctic and Arctic Programme, coordinated by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). |
| New Zealand |
Antarctica New Zealand |
Antarctica New Zealand is the Crown Entity responsible for developing, managing and executing New Zealand Government activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, in particular the Ross Dependency. Antarctica New Zealand manages Scott Base, New Zealand's Antarctic research station. Key activities include supporting scientific research, conserving the intrinsic values of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and raising public awareness (in part through arts, media and youth programmes) of the international significance of the continent. |
| New Zealand |
University of Canterbury: Gateway Antarctica |
Gateway Antarctica is a centre for Antarctic studies and research at the University of Canterbury. |
| Norway |
Norsk Polarinstitutt (Norwegian Polar Institute) |
The Norwegian Polar Institute is Norway's central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions. The Institute is the Norwegian authorities' consultant and supplier of knowledge, and contributes to the best possible administration of Norwegian polar areas. |
| Peru |
Instituto Antartico Peruano - INANPE (Peruvian Antarctic Institute) |
The Peruvian Antarctic Instituto (INANPE) aims to promote scientific knowledge, to assure the conservation the resources and the protection of the ecosystem in the Antarctic. Its main objectives are to promote the active and permanent participation of Peru in the Antarctic, to preserve their use for peaceful aims, to contribute to the efforts of the international community to preserve the Antarctic environment, to promote scientific research, in order to contribute to the national development, to foment the Antarctic knowledge, and to promote the international cooperation with the Member States of the Antarctic Treaty. |
| Poland |
Committee on Polar Research (Poland) |
The Committee for Polar Research (under the Polish Academy of Sciences) represents the polar research community both domestically and abroad. The Committee acts as the Polish National Committee for Cooperation with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Polish National Committee for Cooperation with the International Arctic Sciences Committee (IASC) and the National Committee for Cooperation with International Permafrost Association (IPA) |
| Republic of Korea |
Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) |
The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) undertakes a world-class programme of scientific research, survey and long term observations addressing key issues of global or fundamental importance that require access to the Arctic/Antarctic or related regions. |
| Russia |
Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) |
The State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute belongs to the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring. Organized in 1920, AARI is the oldest and the largest Russian research institution in the field of comprehensive studies of the Polar Regions. |
| South Africa |
South African National Antarctic Programme |
The mission of the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) is to increase understanding of the natural environment and life in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean through appropriate science and technology. |
| Spain |
Comite Polar Espanol |
The Spanish Polar Committee (CPE) coordinates all of the dependent activities of the Polar National Authority. |
| Sweden |
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat |
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is a government authority under the Ministry of Education and Research. Its task is to promote Swedish Polar research by organising and leading research expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic, primarily as part of international efforts. |
| Ukraine |
National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ukraine |
NASC is the State operator of Ukraine in Antarctica. The NASC personnel together with scientists of Institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), the most authoritative higher educational establishments, domestic and foreign science centers became the leader in studying of Ice Continent and South Ocean. |
| United Kingdom |
British Antarctic Survey |
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is one of the world's leading environmental research centres and is responsible for the UK's national scientific activities in Antarctica. |
| United Kingdom |
British Antarctic Survey: Biodiversity, evolution and ecosystems |
Biodiversity, evolution and ecosystems research at the British Antarctic Survey. |
| United Kingdom |
Scott Polar Research Institute |
The Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) is a well-known and long-established centre for research into both polar regions. It is part of the University of Cambridge and is a sub-department of the Department of Geography. |
| Uruguay |
Instituto Antrtico Uruguayo (Uruguayan Antarctic Institute) |
The Uruguayan Antarctic Institute is the national organisation of the Ministry of National Defense in charge of developing scientific and technical activities in the Antarctic, with a view to establish the National Antarctic Program. |
| Uruguay |
Determinacion de la prevalencia de STEC (E. coli productor de toxina Shiga) en la fauna antrtica. Aislamiento, caracterizacion molecular y estudio de la sensibilidad y de la resistencia antibiotica de las cepas. |
Determination of the prevalence of STEC (producing E. coli of Shiga toxin) in the Antarctica fauna. Isolation, molecular characterization and study of the sensitivity and the antibiotic resistance of the stock. |
| Uruguay |
Estudio Molecular de Comunidades Microbianas Diazotrofas en la Antartida Martima |
Molecular study of Microbial Communities Diaztrofas in the Marine Antarctic. |
| USA |
The Cold Regions Bibliography project |
The American Geological Institute (AGI) is continuing the Antarctic Bibliography and the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology as part of the Cold Regions Bibliography Project. These bibliographies provide coverage of - Antarctic research and exploration- Cold Regions engineering and physical science information. |
| USA |
Chemical ecology of Antarctic marine organisms. |
A team of biologists and chemists working from the research ship Laurence M. Gould and (primarily) from Palmer Station who study how organisms utilize chemical compounds to defend themselves from predators, competitors, and organisms that would overgrow or infect them. |
| USA |
Environmental, Organismal and Evolutionary Physiology of Freeze Avoidance in Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes. |
ANT - Antarctic Sciences Division. Grant runs between 2007 - 2010. |
| USA |
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica |
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), created LIMA from more than 1,000 Landsat ETM+ scenes. |
| USA |
Microbial diversity and function in the permanently ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. |
The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MCM) represent the driest and coldest ecosystem known and have, until relatively recently, been thought to harbor little life. The overarching theme of this research carried out by the Montana State University is to understand both how the environment controls the diversity of organisms and how diversity itself controls the functioning of these ecosystems. |
| USA |
Office of Polar Programs (OPP), USA |
The Office of Polar Programs (OPP) manages and initiates National Science Foundation funding for basic research and its operational support in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The funds are provided as NSF grants to institutions (mainly U.S. universities), whose scientists perform the research at the institutions or in a polar region, and as cooperative agreements or contracts to support organizations including contractors and the U.S. military. |
