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  • Thumbnail for Military activity in the Antarctic
    been little military activity in the Antarctic. The Antarctic Treaty, which came into effect on June 23, 1961, bans military activity from the continent...
    6 KB (605 words) - 01:28, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for United States Antarctic Program
    United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or...
    38 KB (4,633 words) - 19:11, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for McMurdo Station
    States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is the largest community in Antarctica, capable of supporting up...
    37 KB (3,123 words) - 04:27, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Australian Antarctic Territory
    Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is administered by the Australian Antarctic Division...
    25 KB (1,971 words) - 16:41, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for British Antarctic Territory
    has been suspended since the Antarctic Treaty came into force in 1961, Article 4 of which states "No acts or activities taking place while the present...
    24 KB (2,334 words) - 18:01, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antarctic Treaty System
    The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to...
    47 KB (4,163 words) - 00:15, 6 September 2024
  • of Antarctic activities, in order to avoid or mitigate the harmful impacts on the environment that they could cause. Article 7 prohibits any activity relating...
    25 KB (2,799 words) - 14:31, 28 July 2024
  • co-ordinate all Antarctic related activities. The Antarctic Programme was launched by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), with the full support of Pakistan...
    8 KB (772 words) - 06:21, 28 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Chilean Antarctic Territory
    Chilean Antarctic Territory is exercised in conformity with the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. This treaty established that Antarctic activities are to be...
    50 KB (5,726 words) - 00:59, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Indian Antarctic Programme
    to ₹200 million (US$2.4 million). Logistical support to the various activities of the Indian Antarctic Programme is provided by the relevant branches...
    16 KB (1,375 words) - 11:05, 1 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mount Takahe
    that are buried underneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are probably even larger. It is part of the West Antarctic Rift System along with 18 other known...
    53 KB (5,483 words) - 10:04, 17 July 2024
  • provision of logistic support Develops policy proposals and provides advice on Australia's Antarctic interests Promotes Australia's Antarctic interests within...
    20 KB (1,513 words) - 04:57, 24 July 2024
  • Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Robert C. Balchunas, U.S. Navy, Executive Officer for Antarctic Support Activities during Operation Deep...
    748 bytes (107 words) - 01:08, 18 September 2020
  • Thumbnail for Antarctica
    Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic...
    145 KB (15,657 words) - 12:16, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for French Southern and Antarctic Lands
    Southern and Antarctic Lands at any time, but they are mainly made up of military personnel, officials, scientific researchers and support staff. On 5...
    28 KB (2,235 words) - 12:13, 30 July 2024
  • structures used during the annual Antarctic summer, whereas others are little more than tents used to support short term activities. Field camps are used for...
    61 KB (517 words) - 15:12, 27 February 2024
  • provides offices, laboratories and workshops to support the scientific and logistic activities in the Antarctic. The BAS also operates the Ny-Ålesund Research...
    23 KB (1,857 words) - 17:55, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Research stations in Antarctica
    camps are established each summer to support specific projects.[dubious – discuss] During the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration in the late 19th century...
    78 KB (2,409 words) - 22:36, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Territorial claims in Antarctica
    territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and study facilities within their respective claimed...
    47 KB (4,802 words) - 16:59, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty
    Antarctic Treaty System and ensuring that all activities carried out in Antarctica are consistent with the purposes and principles of the Antarctic Treaty...
    8 KB (819 words) - 16:13, 3 February 2024
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