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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Annual Report 2020/21

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Document Number:
SC-CAMLR-40/BG/15
Author(s):
Submitted by SCAR
Submitted By:
Dr Susie Grant (United Kingdom)
Approved By:
Angharad Downes
Abstract

SCAR is an interdisciplinary body of the International Science Council (ISC), with a membership of 45 countries and nine ISC unions and comprising an extensive international network of scientists.  SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in, from and about the Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

SCAR’s Mission is to advance Antarctic research, including observations from Antarctica, and to promote scientific knowledge, understanding and education on any aspect of the Antarctic region and its role in the Earth System.  SCAR also provides independent and objective scientific advice and information to the Antarctic Treaty System and other bodies and facilitates the international exchange of Antarctic information within the scientific community.

Here, SCAR reports on recent and future activities of relevance to CCAMLR.