Newsletter for the Canadian Antarctic Research Networl< Bulletin pour le Réseau de recherches Antarctiques du Canada

From the ChaimulIl Mot ,lu préside"t Peter Suedfeld Peter Suedfeld

ARP ha now becn in existence for slightly more than e PRAC e t né il y a un peu plus de quatre an ,et j'en four years, and 1 have chaired its xecutive préside le comité exécutif depuis trois ans. Nous CCommillee for the past three. Considerable progress L avons fait des progrès considérables dans plusieurs has been made in a number of areas. Olav Loken has taken domaines. Olav Loken a rempli divers rôles de -ecrétaire du on the diverse rolc of Secretary of the CARP Executive comité exécutif, d'agent de l'Environnement et d'agent de Commillee, Environmental Officer, and liaison with the liaison avec la Commi sion canadienne des affaires polaires. Canadian Polar C mmission. He has also put together this Ce t à lui que n us devons ce numéro du Bullelin du RRAC edition of the CARN ewsleller, which-under Ihe editor­ qui-sous la direction du rédacteur en chef Warwick ship of Warwick Vincenl-has achieved wide circulation and Vincent- e t largement diffusé et est maintenant une entité is now a well-established entity. Our administrative budget bien établie. Notre budget administratif est maintenant stable, has been stabilized, thanks to Whit Fraser of the Canadian grâce à Whit raser, de la Commi sion canadienne des Polar Commission. The initiation of the Canadian Antarctic affaires polaires. Grâce au lancement de la ba e de données database and directory has contributed t a valued Canadian canadienne ur l'Antarctique et de J'annuaire, la présence presen<.:e at meeting of CAR, COM AP, SCALOP, canadienne 'est avérée précieuse aux réunions du CSRA, du lAATO, and variou scientific meetings concerned with Con eil des directeurs de programmes nationaux relatifs à Antarctic research and management. Many of our compatri­ l'Antarctique (CDP A), du SCALOP, de l'lAATO et autres ots have become more aware that "polar" (as in Canadian conférences scientifiques visant la recherche et la gestion de Polar Commission and the ircumpolar Ambassador) l'Antarctique. Nombre de nos compatriotes prennent de plus includes hoth poles. In addition, the newly establi hed en plus conscience du ens du mot «polaire» qui se rapporte PCSP/CARP Arctic-Antarclic Exchange Program (which (comme pour la Commission canadienne des affaire polaires recently approved its tir t two application) has helped the etl'amba' adeur circumpolaire) aux deux Pôles. En outre, le work of everal Canadians in the Antarctic and should sig­ nouveau programme d'échange Arctique-Antarctique des nilïcantly advance future international and bipolar re earch. PEPCP/PRAC, qui a approuvé dernièrement ses deux pre-

Inside Table de m:ltièrcs Chairman's Remark 1 Mot du président · 1 PUlling Canada on Ihe Anlarctic Map 3 Le Canada dan l'Arctique .3 Radar al Antarctic Mapping Project .4 Projet Radarsat de cartographie de l'Antarctique .4 Leller l'rom Australia .4 Lettrc d·Australie .4 Polar Scientist ew SERC Chair 5 Un scientifique spéciali édans le sciences polaires il la tête du CRS G 5 Recent Canadian Contributions to Antarctic Sciencc 5 Contributions récentes du Canada aux sciences antarctiques .5 Arctic-Antarctic Exchange Program 5 Programme d'échange Arctique-Antarctique " 5 Tour Opera tors OITer Research Support 6 Des voyagiste DOrent leur appui il la recherche 6 Environmcntal Monitoring Program 6 Programme de surveillance cnvironncmenlale 6 Bibliography of Canadian Contributions 10 Aniarclic Science 6 Bibliographie de contributions canadiennes aux sciences antarctiques 6 SomeAntarctic Web Sites 6 Sites Web relatifs il l'Antarctique 6 Futurc Meetings 6 Prochaines réunions 6 ew Cape Town-Antarclica Airlink 7 Nouvelle liaison aèrienne Le Cap-Antarctique 7 YlEW Foundation : 7 La Fondation VIEW 7 Canada and the XXI AntarcticTreaty Consultative Meeting 7 Le Canada et la XXle Assemblée consultative du Traité de l'Antarctique 7 Queen' Profe or to 7 Un professeur de 1Université Queen's en Antarctique 7 Correclion 8 Correction 8

Issue 4, ay 1997. Page 1 Although we should be pleased and proud about mières candidatures, a soutenu les travaux de plusieurs how far we have come in a short time, we are now moving Canadiens dans l'Antarctique ct devrait faire con idérable­ toward a higher level of activity and involvement. In my ment progresser la recherche internationale et bipolaire. opini n, ne of the mo t pressing issue is the achievement of a higher profile and wider recognition for Antarctic ci­ Même si nous devons être fiers et heureux des pro­ ence, especially in government circles. 11 is important that grè que nous avons réali és en peu de temps, nous nous diri­ CARP be recognized as the appropriate interface between geons encore vers beaucoup d'activité et de participation. À vari us Canadian organization and major international mon avis, l'une ct • questions les plus urgentes est d'atteindre agencie dealing with science and science-related maUers in un haut degré de visibilité et une plus vaste reconnaissance de Antarctica. The ec nd major goal i for Canada to move la scicnce antarctique, surtout dans les sphères gouverne­ from Associate to Full member hip in the Scientific mentale. Il t e entiel que le PRAC soit reconnu comme Commiltee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) and, eventually, l'interface idoine enlre les divers organismes canadiens et les to Consultative Membership in the Antarctic Treaty. grandes organisations internationales scientifique el connex­ es à la science antarctique. Le second objeeti f majeur pour le The e goals can only be achieved with major Canada est de devenir membre à part entière du Comité sci­ restructuring of the organizalion. A most members of the entifique pour les recherches antarctiques (CSRA) et, ultime­ Canadian Amarctic research community know, the activities ment, membre con ultatif du Traité de l'Antarctique. listed above were carried out primarily by fewer than half a dozen people almost ail of them unpaid volunteers who Ces objectifs ne peuvent être atteint qu'en procé­ looked arter CARP's affairs in their spare time. This makes dant à une restructuration profonde de l'organisalion. us unique among SCAR members, and could be 'ustained Comme le savent bien la plupart de membres de la collec­ nly becau 'e of the willingnes of these individuaL t spend tivité canadienne de' chercheurs sur l'Antarctique, le' activ­ lheir tim and energy. In eff'ect, Canada's Antarctic activitie ités énumérées ci-des us ont été menées par moins de cinq ou have been hanging on a shoestring-and a fraying shoeslring ix per onnes, toutes bénévoles et an salaire, qui se SOnt at!hat. o cupées des affaires du PRAC pendant leur temps libre. C'e t une caractéristique unique parmi les membres du arlier this year, 1 prop ed to the Canadian Polar C RA, qui ne peut durer que si ces personnes acceptent tou­ Commission that CARP's nature and relation 'hip ta the jour de con acrer à ces activités leur énergie et leur temps. Commission be overhauled. 1 believe that CARP should Ces activités canadienne' louchant 1 Antarctique sont become clearly an activity of the CPe. Until now, the rela­ menées avec des fonds précaires et infimes. lionship has been extremcly friendly, bu! rather ill-delïned, and largely dependent on the work of the current chairman. Plus tôt celle année, j'ai proposé à la Commission Aceordingly, the Commission should appoint someone, canadienne des affaires polaires de procéder à une refonte either t'rom the Commission's own staff or on a paid consult­ totale de la nature du PRAC et de ses rapports avec la CCAP. ing basis, who will aet as the Manager of the National Je suis certain que le PRAC devrait être manifestement une Antarctic Program of Canada (MNAP) and represent us at activité de la CCAP. Jusqu'à présent. le, rapports ont été fort o NAP. This wou Id bring the Canadian structure into hne amicaux mais mal définis, dép ndantlargement du travail du with lhose of other member countries. Repre entation at président. La COlllmission devrait nommer une personne, . oit SCALOP and other administrativellogistical eommiuees parmi son personnel oit un expert con eil payé, pour servir sh uld al 0 be regularized under lhe au pices of the Polar de gestionnaire du Programme antarctique national du Commission. Canada (GPAN) et pour nous représenter auprès du CDPNA­ COMNAP. La structure canadienne serait alors alignée 'ur 1 believe, too, that a serious effort must be made to celle des autre pays membres. Notre représenlation au rccruit Canadian scienti ts to serve as national representa­ SCALOP et aux autres comités admini tratifs el logistiques tives on the various SCAR Working Groups, and with the devrait également être régularisée ou: les au 'pices de la Inter-American Institute for Gl bal Change Re 'earch and Commission canadienne des affaires polaire'. similar bodies. If possible, this should he encouraged by at least partial CPC funding for travel 10 meetings. A consulta­ Il faut faire, à mon avis, un effort solide pour tive committee of scientists l'rom diverse sources (which 1 recruter des scientifiques canadiens qui pui sent représenter have tentatively dubbed the Advisory Committee on le Canada au sein des divers groupe. de travail du C RA et à Antarctic Science) should be appointed (perhaps From among l'In. titut interaméricain de recherche sur le changement Working Group representative ). Ils mi sion would be to: global et auprè d'autres organisme' du même genre. La advi e the MNAP and CPC on scientific matters, including CCAP pourrait favoriser ce mesures par un financement au peer review arrangements for the Ex hange Program and moins partiel de dépla "ements pour assister aux réunion de new initiatives related ro re earch; and 10 identify other ces organismes. Il faudrait également nommer un comité means of raising the vi ibility and activity level of Canadian consultatif (que j'ai appelé provisoirement Comité consul­ doing research in Antarctica. tatif sur les ciences antarctiques) composé de scientifiques

Page 2 As CARP, the CPC, and Canadian science in the provenant de sources diverses (peul-êlre de représentants Antarctic move toward the futur , we need ta know what our auprès des groupes de Iravail). Il serait chargé de conseiller colleague in the field think of these pas ibilities, and what le GPAN et la CCAP sur les que tians scientifiques, y c m­ other ugge lion they may have. Please send your com­ pri la revue par les pairs dans le cadre du Programme ment and questions either by po t, fax, or e-mail ta me, Olav d'échange el des nouv lies initiatives liées à la science; il Laken, or Ihe CPe. devrait aussi déterminer d'autre moyens de rehausser la vis­ ibilité et le niveau d'activité des chercheurs canadiens en Peter Suedfeld is Chairman of the Antarctique. CARP •xecutive Committee Le PRAC, la CCAP et la science canadienne dan l'Anlarclique progressenl vers l'avenir, et nous devons donc savoir ce que nos collègue dan le domaine pen ent de ces po sibilités et les suggestion qu'ils peuvent proposer. Veuillez faire parvenir vos commentaires et questions par la posle, par télécopieur ou par courrier électronique à mon intenlion ou à celle d'Olav L ken, ou à la CCAP.

Peter Suedfeld est président du Comité exécutif du PRAC

Putting Canada 011 the Alttarctic Map Whit Fraser Scielltists to Develop SCAR Application ta prior environmenlal impacl assessment and e tablishes environmenlal tandard, Ihrough its technical annexe. The .amicipated clevation of Canada la full member'hip in the Scientific Commillce on Anlarctic Rescarch (SCAR) will The ratilication of ail 26 C n ultative Parties to Ihe bring a new scnse of purposc ta our national Antaretic Treaty is nece ury for the Protocol to come into force. Wilh rcscarch effor!. IL will position Canada as an active player in U.S. ratification of the Protocol in mid-April, only two coun­ Ihe soulh polar region and facililale the exchange of infor­ trie. Russia and Japan, have yet to ratify the agreement. mation anJ expertise between ar lie and antarclic Ralification of the Treaty generally require the enactment of rescan.:hers. In consultation with Ihe Canadian Antarctic domestic legi lation 10 implement the ProtocoJ. Research Network ( AR ), the Commission has assembleJ a group of 13 Canadian Anlarctie experts from a wide rang IL is importantto realize that Canada i home ta the largest Antarclic touri t operator. While there is no sugges­ of scienlific disciplines 10 provide comment and inpulto the Canadian application. Seven members f the SCAR team are tion of ill intent on Ihe part of Canadian companie • the lack l'rom Canadian univer ities; six arc fr m governmenl agencies, of a Canadian regulatory regime and a legal ba is for imple­ menling the PrOlocol may mak compliance problematic. inclllding the major cience departmenlS. 111e co-operation of lhesc individuals will be e enliai in the preparalion of a dr. ft There is, for examplc, the risk Ihal operaIor localed in coun­ document, and tO provide recommendatians on the function, trie which have ratified the Protocol could relocate lO Slructure. composition. and operaling budget of the alional Canada and thereby avoid compliance wilh the environmen­ tal obligations of the agreement. SCAR Cammiltee. The Commission and CARN arc al '0 invili ng inpul From olher intcrested partie . (Commenls nd suggestions may be forward d to the Commission's Ouuwa It is imperativc that Canada (as weil as other ol1ïcc.) The Commission is hopefulthallhe draft application Conlra 'ting Parties) move 10 ralify the Protocol as quickly as possible, and enact appropriate domestic legislation 10 ensllre will be completed by laIe Augusl of 1997. compliance. The i sue wa' rai ed by the Antarctic and Soulhern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) at the last Antarctic Ratifyillg the AI/tarctie Protoeol Trealy Meeting in Ulrechl in 1996; both ASOC and the Canadian Polar Commission have expressed their eoncern Adopted in 1991, Ihe Protocol n Environmental Protection lO Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. applies ta ail aClivitie conducted wilhin the Antarctic Treaty area nol subject to regulation under existing internalional Whit Fraser is Chairman of the regimes, including lourist activity. Il eSlablish ' obligations Canadian Polar Commission.

Page 3 RADARSAT Antarctic Mapping Project On November 4, 1995, Ihe Canadian RADARSAT satellil plan to co-ordinate that complex acquisition and downlinking was carried aloft by a NASA rockel launched l'rom of Antarctic data is being developed by NASA's Jet Vandenburg Air Force Ba e. RADAR AT i . equipped with a Propul ion Laboratory. The Alaska SAR Facility (ASF) will C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar ( AR) capable of acquir­ be u ed a the primary data collection site supported by ing high-resolution (10 m) images of Eanh's surface day or collection' at the Canadian and McMurdo Ground night and under ail weather conditi n . Along with the attrib­ Station . ASF will process data into images which will he utes familiar to researcher working with SAR data t'rom the sent to OSU for eompositing into map products using state­ European Space Agency's Earth Remote Sensing Satellite of-the-art equipment to be designed by Vexeel Corporation of and the Japane e Earth Resources Satellite, RADARSAT Boulder, Colorado. Final products will be distributed through will have enhanced nexibility to collect data using a variety the ASF and the National Snow and ke Data Center which of swath widths, inciden e angles, and re olutions. Most are b th NASA Data Archive Cenlers. The mosaics and importantly, for scientÎ t intere ted in Antarctica, the agree­ ancillary information will be prepared on CD-ROM and ment for a U.S. launch of RADARSAT includes a provision made available to the science community through NASA for rotating in orbit the normally "right-l oking" SAR to a DAACs. "Ieft-looking" mode. This "Antarctic Mode" will providc for the first time a ncarly instantaneous, high-resolulion view of cience opportunltles envisioned for the program Antarclica on each of two proposed mappings separated by a include study of the dynamics and variability of the Antarctic two-year interval. Thi i an unprecedented opportunity to ice sheet including regions such as the Wordie Ice Shelf and finish mapping one of the few remaining uncharted regions the Larsen Ice Shelf which have recently experienced of the Earth. The completed map' will ais provide two unexplained and nearly catastrophic retreal. Geological important ben hmarks for gauging changes in the application include large-scale mapping of fault" volcanic Antarctica's ice coyer. feature , and mountain building processes (particularly the Tran antarctie Mountains). More generally, the digital maps The preparation of a digital mosaic of Antarctica is will provide an unprecedented opportunity to study many being conducted under a NASA Pathfinder Project awarded previously unexplored areas of the outhern Continenl. to the Byrd Polar Re earch Center of Ohio tate Univer ity. The primary goal l' this propo al i to compile digital AR For further information, contact: Prof. Kenneth Jezek, mosaics of the entire Antarctic continent using a c mbination Principle Investigator, Antarctic Mapping Project, Byrd Polar of standard and extcnded beams during the "Antarctic Mode" Research Centr , Ohio State Univer'ity, Columbus, Ohio. of the Radarsat Mi' ion. Present agreements with the Fax: 614292 4697. Canadian pace Agency cali for the first Antarctic Mapping Manoeuvre lO occur in September/October, 1997. A mission

These days the striking vi age of Amund en can To: CAR ewsleuer still he t'ound in Hobart, but in bronze, at the entrance to the Antarctic CRC and JASOS located on the Sandy Bay campus From: Warwick F. Vinccnt of the University ofTasmania. The former of th e two in ti­ Visiting Professor. Antarctic CRe tutes i a "Cooperative Researeh Centre", similar in some University of Tasmania respects to our "Center of Excellence' networks in Canada. GPO 252-80. Hobart,Tasmania 7001 Antarctic CRC has a staff of 64 and is funded by a direct AU TRA lA grant of about CAN$ 4 million p l' annum l'rom the Au tral ian government, with additional re ource of about $6 In March 1912 the orwegian vesse! Fram arrived in Hobart million pel' year l'rom the rive panner agencies (Australia and anchored off Sandy Bay near the edge of town. The ship Antarctic Division; Bureau of Meteorology; Australian had sailed directly From the Ross Ice Shelf, and on board was Geological Survey; CSIRO; and the Univer ity of Roald Amundsen with Lhe remarkable news that sorne weeks Tasmania). There is also commercial funding, specifically a earlier he and his team had successfully complcted the first contract with a pharmaceutical company to provide isolates ex.pcdition to the outh Pole. Unfortunalely his Antarctic­ of Antarctic micro-organisms for S reening and possible wealhered appearance was such (so the story g es) that the biotechnological application. The primary focus of this insti­ proprietor of the first hotel he entered becamc alarmed and tute i' in understanding the l'ole of the Antarctic region in showed him quickly to the door. global climate change, with l' search in Ùle areas of ocean

Page 4 processes, sea ice ice sheet dynamics, polar atmosphere and women 10 take up careers in 'cience and engineering. Dr. wealher, marine sediments, ice cores, environmenlal policy Williams has done fieldwork in the Arclic and in Anlarclica, and microbial processes (and biodiversity) in Ihe polar and is part of a small advi ory team on the content of environmenl. Apan l'rom Ihe large re earch commilmcnl of anada's application for full membership in the Scienlific this inslitute, it is also the home of the SCAR-Global Change Committee on Antarclic Research (SCAR). Programme Office and in July of Ihis year host . Ihe sympo­ sium "Antarcrica and Global Change: Inleractions and We congratulate Dr. Williams on her appoinlment Impacts". and wish her every succcss in her new posilion.

IASOS (lnstitute for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies) is a sister organization 10 Antarclic CRC (and shares the same director, Professor Garth Paltridge), with a primary Recellt Calladian Contributions to Alltarctic Science Focu on leaching and graduate research. The in titute l'uns the final honours year of a degree in Antarctic science (Nallles ofCanadian co-aU/hors are underlined, except when (encompas ing an impre sivc sweep of subjects, From law ail are Calladians.) and poliey thr ugh 10 krill biology and ice physics)as weil as a doctoral programme, with aboul 70 postgraduale students Giovinelto. M.B. and Zwalley, H.J. 1995: "An Asse sment of involved in research. the Mas Balance of Antarctica and using Accumulalion derived l'rom remotely sensed Data in areas of My own work here is Iinked in with the Microbial dry Snow". Zeitschrift fur Gletscherkunde und Processes group of Anlarclic CRC, with emphasis on Glazialgeologie, Band 31, 25-37. Arclic-Anlarclic COolpari ons and the modelling of ulu'aviolet radiation penetrali n and effecls in polar lakes. The visil has Goa, R .S. and 21 others incl. C.T.McElroy 1997: also been a welcome 0pp0rlunity to discuss Canada's "Partitioning of the reaetive nitrogen reservoir in the lower progress lowards full SCAR membership, t make conlact stralosphere of the outhern hemisphere: Observations and with Ihe many organizalions ba 'ed in Hobart that are modeling". Journal of Geoph sical Research, 102, D3, involved in Anlarclic research and management, and to enjoy 3935-3949. Ihe ri ch polar hist l'Y of this pari of Au tral ia a 'ociated with such name as James Cook, James Clark Ross, John Franklin Hall, K and Hall, A. 1996: "Weathering by wetting and drying; (who wa' Governor of Tasmania priaI' to his Arctic expedi­ ome experimental results". Earth Stllface Processes and tion). Dumont d'Urville, and of course Amundsen. Landfonns, 21, 365-376.

Warwick Vincent (co·chainnan of CARPIPRAC) is currently Marrel, F and deVernal A. 1997: "Dinoflagellatc cy t distri­ on sabbaticaJ at Antarctic CRC in Hobart, Tasmania bution in surface edimenls orthe Southern Indian Ocean". Marine Micropaleontology. 29, 367-395. Polar Scientist New NSERC Chair

Dr. Mary Williams was recently appointed to ne of rive new Arctic-Alltarctic Exchange Program uni ver ity chairs designed 10 encourage the participation of women in science and engineering. The chairs are sponsored Two field programs arc being support d by Polar Continenlal by the Natural ciences and ngineering Research Council Shelf Project (PCSP), alUl'al Resources Canada, under the of Canada (N ERC). Dr. Williams is appointed jointly 10 the Canadian Arctic-Antarctic Exchange Program thi year. aculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Faculty of cience al Memorial University SI. John's, Nild. Hel' The program, a joint velllure belween PCSP and the Chair is co-sponsored by Pelro-Canada. Canadian Antarctic Re earch Program. is de igned to encourage collaboration among Canadian Aretic and non­ The appoil1lees will devote up to half oF their time Canadian Al1\arctic scienrists wishing ta undertake joinl to the advocacy l'ole of the Chairs, and the remainder 10 sludies in the respeclive polar regions. profc sorial and research activities al the university. • Canadian sponsors of Ihe two program . to be con­ Dr. Williams is currently a Senior Research Officer ducted in 1997 are: Dr. Wayne Pollard, McGill Univer ity, al Nalional Research Council's Inslilute of Marine who is working with colleagues l'rom the Desert Research Dynamics, SI. John's, Ntld. In addition tO her re earch Institute, University of evada, and NASA's Ames Re earch accomplishmenl as one of Canada' foremo't researchers in Center on studies of the role of permafrosl and ground-ice in ice-engineering, he is w Il known for her ability to commu­ cold desert eeosystems; and, Professor Donald MeEwen, nicale 10 non-specialist audiences 10 encourage young Universily of Saskatchewan, who i working with a U..

Page 5 colleague in gathering complementary Arctic and Antarctic SOllle Antaretie Web Sites atmo. pheric and envir nmental data. Canadian Polar Commi ion IIttp://www.polareom.ge.ea Further information is available from Bonni Hrycyk, PCSP Director, at 947-)650. Arctic and Antarctic links on the web via the Nalional Polar Research Board (U.S.A.). Thi . site ha links to SCAR. IASC, ARCUS, and ICAIR ("Gat way to Anantarclica") and other Tour Operators o.ffer Researeh Support organizations. IIttp://www2.Ilas.edu/prb/ Reader are reminded of the generous l'fers of support extended by Advenlure Network International and Marine A Directory of Polar and CoId Regions Organizations li 'ting xpeditions Inc. for Canadian scientists wishing 10 work in some 2,000 instilutes, associati ns, NGOs, etc. eoncerned Antarctica. (See CAR Newsleller No. 3 for details.) The wilh the Antarctic and Arctic i hous d on Ihe cott Polar Canadian Antar tic Research Program will be con ulled in Research Sile. selecting uccessful candidate. http://www.spri.eam.ae.lIk/lib/organ/keyindex.htm

Byrd Polar Research Centre, Ohio State University Environmental Monitoring Program http://www-bpre.mps.oltio-slate.edu/BRPC.lltml

Marine xpedilions Inc., Ihe world's largest operalor of alional Science Foundation ( SF) USA eco-lour to Antarclica ha announced plans to develop an http://www.1Isigov environmental monitoring program. The Toronto-based company will have expedilion staff oblain baseline data on sile visit d in order 10 monilor impacls on an ongoing basis. Marine Expedilions currently handles 50 10 60 expeditions 10 the Anlarctic Peninsula each year. Anyone interested in assisling with the design and implementation l' Ihe program should contact Patrick Shaw 416-964-9069. Futllre Meetings During the la 1 summer season. Marine Expeditions completed ome 60 individual voyages belween Ushuaia, ATCM-XXI AI/taretie Trealy COl/sultative Meetillg Argentina and lh AntarclÎc Peninsula. In addition to regular ChriSlchurch. ew Zealand passengers, th company also supported Ihe science May 19-30. 1997 programs of Argentina. Germany, Poland, Ru sia and Ihe United States by transporling cienti ts, their equipment, and Ea,.'h-Oeeall-Atmosphere: Forces for Changes cargo between ites within the Marine xpeditions arca of elbourne, Auslralia operation. July 1-9. 1997

IlIlemational Symposilllll 0/1 Alltarc/iea and Global Bibliography of Canat/hm Contributiolls to Chalige Alltarctje Science July 13-18, 1997 Hobart, Tasmania, Auslralia

A bibliography on Canadian Conlribulions 10 Anlarctic Science is now in preparalion. and will form a componenl or COMNAP/SCAR Executive Meetings Canada's applicali n for full membership in Ihe cientitic ugust 25-29, 1997 Commillee on ntarclic Research laler Ihis year. Cape Town, Soulh Arriea Submission' 10 the volume should be forwarded a soon as Poles Apart: A Study ill COlltrasts possible 10: International Symposium on Arctic and Antarctic Issues Olav Loken eptember 25-27, 1997 (e-mail: oloken/lllail@polarcoJ/l.gc.ca/fax: 613-225-4234). University of Ollawa Your co- peralion in helping rnake Ihe bibliography a' Ollawa. Canada complete as po sible is apprecialed,

Page 6 New Cape Town-Antarctica Airlink Sci nce Foundalion grant to conduct tudies in fiord sedi­ mentoJ gy along the Antarctic Penin ula. Two field seasons Polar Logislics. a subsidiary of Vancouver-registered arc planned, starting in 1997-98. Prof. Gilbert has for sever­ Adventure Network International, initiated a new airlink al years conducted exten ive studie f fiord ediments along between Cape Town and a blue-ice runway in Dronning the cast coast of Baftïn Island and on Greenland. Maud Land in December 1996. The runway lies 200 km inland from the coa t at 71 32'S, 848'E, at an altitude of about 1000 m. The company used a Hercules aircraft for the 4,230-km. one-way trip which take' about 9 hours. During the nrst eason, Polar Logi tics assi ted the governments of lndia, Norway, and Russia by carrying cargo, mail and Foreign A.D'airs Committee Report: Canada and passengers. Two private expeditions were also supported. the Circllmpolar World

(Based on information provided by Dr. Chari s Swithinbank) The report of the Hous of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade was released April 22 in .

Canada and the Circl/mpotar World: Meeting the Challenges VIEW Foundation of Co-operatioll il/ta the Twel/ty-Firs/ Cemltry i a compre­ hen ive examination of Canadian foreign poliey in the cir­ This Toronto-based group eeks opportunities for interna­ cumpolar North. Based on cross-country consultations by the tional volunteers to support community and environmental committee, the report focuses on "a comprehensive agenda projects in various parts of the world. In co-operation with for achieving Canada's long-term interests as a circumpolar Marine Expeditions [ne. and the National Antarctic Programs power", with particular emphasis on the Arctic Council and of Russia and Ukraine, the group organized dean-up activi­ the creation of a Circumpolar AtTairs Division with the ties at Belling hausen and Vernen ky ba es on King George Department of Foreign AITairs and International Trade; how­ Island, Antarctica. During the last austral summer, 21 vol un­ ever, the 300-page report has little to sayon the topie of Leers from several 'ountries participated in collecting beach Canada's international relations with respect to the 'outh debris at the former station, and in gathering waste From a p lar region. fonner balloon launch site at the latter. Some of the debris has already been removed LO Ushuaia; other material will be Copie of the report are available from the Committee' removed next . eason. offices at (613) 996- 1533.

Cwrada at the XXI Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting v.s. Rat(fies Environmental Protocol

Dr. Fred Roots will r present Canada at the forthcoming The United State has joined the li 't of Consultali ve Parties ATCM in Christchurch, New Zealand. This will be the third 10 ratify the Environillentai Protoeol to the Antaretic Treaty. consecUlive year, this cxperienced and highly regardcd sci­ Notice of ratilication was tïled April 18. Last Scptember enti twill speak for Canada at the ATCM. CARP welcomes Congres passed implementing legislation (The Antarctic the trengthening of Canada's representation at these meet­ Sciellce, TOllrislIl al/d COllseervation Act of 1996) whieh was ings following the appointment of M . Mary Simon a, signed into law by President Clinton on October 2. Both the Circumpolar Ambassador. Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Coast Guard have ince prepared regulations r quired by the Act.

Only two countries-Russia and Japan-have yet to ratify Queen's Professor to A ntarctica the Protocol which requires the ratification of ail 26 Consultative Parties to enter into force. Prof. Robert Gilbert, Department of Geography, Queen's University, i' part of a team directed by Prof. E. Domack, (With information from Beth Clark. Antarctica Project) Hamilton College, New York, which has received a National

Page 7 Co-ordination ofAntarctic Data Correction The Canadian Polar Commi ion ha been selected to serve as Canada' Antarctic Data Co-ordination Centre, in parlner­ ln our last newsleller we reported lhat only two Canadian ship wilh the International Centre for Antarclic lnfonnation cientists would he working in Antarclica during the past austral and Research (ICAlR) in ew Zcaland. The centre will be summer. This wa incorrect. In addition to Kathy Conlan and responsible for idenLîfying existing Antarctic data ets in ail Caren Garripy-Ramseier, Peter Doran and Paul Langevin di ciplines, locating points of contact and preparing data were both on the continent. Both were working in the Dry descriptions, and co-ordinating 'ubmi ion of d criptions to Valley area as part of the U.S. Long-Tenn Ecological ICAIR's Antarctic Master Directory. Research (LTER) Program. We regret the omis ion.

Effort· are now underway 10 co-ordinate activities among representativ countries, to discus' guidelines for the opera­ CANADIAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH PROGRAM tion of national data centres, and to reline data description EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE software 100ls being developed by ICAIR for u 'e in the Master Directory. For further information or uggestions regarding the activities of CARP/PRAC, please contact any of the Further information is available from Alan Saunders, following committee members. Antarctic Data Manager, Canadian Polar Commission (613) 943-8605. Hugh French Office of the Dean, University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario KIN 6N5 Peter Hocbachka Deparlmenl of Zoology, University of Briti h Columbia Vancouver, Brili h Columbia V6T IZI David Lean National Inslitute of Water Re earch, Environment Canada CARN Newsletter Burlington, Ontario L7R4A6 Copyright ©1997 Canadian Antarctic Re earch Olav Loken NetworkiCanadian Polar Commi ion 1170 Bonnie Crescent Ollawa, Ontario Editor: lan Saunders K2C IZ5 Tel. & Fax (613) 225-4234 Material for this issue of the new letter wa compiled by Olav Loken. Dennis Stossel Polar Affairs 8 Nuffield Place Winnipeg, Manitoba Plea e end editorial R3T 4A5 correspondence to: Peter Suedfeld (Chair) Alan Saunders Department of P ychology Editor CARN ewsletter University of Canadian Polar Commission Vancouver, British Columbia Suite 1710, 360 Albert Street V6T IY7 Ottawa, Ontario Tel. (604) 822-5713 KIR 7X7 Fax (604) 822-6923 Tel. (613) 943-8605 E-mail: [email protected] Fax (613) 943-8607 Warwick Vincent (Co-Chair) E-mail:[email protected] Dép!. Biologie & Centre d'éludes nordiques Univer ité Laval Sainte-Foy, GIK 7P4

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