National Antarctic Program

A national Antarctic program is any government operated or supported program which is mandated with managing the support of scientific research and contributing to the governance and protection of the Antarctic environment on behalf of its nation and in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty. The Antarctic Treaty, the international agreement that regulates Antarctic activity, has been signed by 54 countries. Of those, 38 have national Antarctic programs. 33 of these programs have a permanent presence in Antarctica and are members of Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP). Four countries have no permanent presence in Antarctica, but have programs that are observers to COMNAP. Only one country, Pakistan, maintains a national Antarctic program with no affiliation to COMNAP.

List of programs

References

1. National Antarctic Research Program
2. United States Antarctic Program
3. South African National Antarctic Programme
4. Antarctic gateway cities
5. Antarctic Treaty System
6. Belgian Antarctic Program
7. Argentine Antarctic Program
8. Brazilian Antarctic Program
9. Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs
10. Research stations in Antarctica
11. British Antarctic Survey
12. Australian Antarctic Division
13. Australian Antarctic Territory
14. Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
15. Flag of Antarctica
16. SANAE IV
17. McMurdo Station
18. Indian Antarctic Programme
19. Pakistan Antarctic Programme
20. ANSMET