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Publications available for purchase

These publications are produced as required and may cover a variety of topics. Some of these publication are still available in a hard copy from the SCAR Secretariat. The list below may be outdated. We are currently working on the updates and we will indicate which ones can be still purchased and which ones are out of print in the near future.

Order with remittance from:

SCAR Secretariat, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, United Kingdom.

$10 or £7

Man's Impact on the Antarctic Environment
Edited by W S Benninghoff and W N Bonner: 56 pp.,1985. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 0 948277 00 9

$16 or £10

Conservation Areas in the Antarctic
Edited by W N Bonner and R I Lewis Smith: 299 pp., 1985. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 0 948277 01

$10 or £6

Antarctic Environmental Implications of Possible Possible Mineral Exploration and Exploitation
Edited by R H Rutford: 100 pp., 1986. Cambridge,SCAR. ISBN 0 948277 05

$15 or £9

Waste Disposal in the Antarctic
Edited by J E Bleasel: 53 pp., 1989. Hobart, AustralianAntarctic Division for SCAR. (Report of the SCAR Panel of Experts on Waste Disposal). ISBN 0 642 14498-2.
out of print (electronic version free)

The Role of Antarctica in Global Change
Prepared by the SCAR Steering Committee for the IGBP:28 pp., 1989. ISBN 0 930 35718 3.

out of print The Distribution and Abundance of Antarctic and Subantarctic Penguins
compiled on behalf of the SCAR Bird Biology Subcommittee by Eric J Woehler.76 pp., 1993. ISBN 0 948277 14 9.

$16 or £10

(electronic version free)

The Role of the Antarctic in Global Change: An International Plan for a Regional Research Programme
Prepared by the SCAR Steering Committee for the IGBP:54 pp., 1992. ISBN 0 948277 15 7.

$150.00 or £100.00

Antarctic Digital Database user's guide and reference manual. BAS, SPRI and WCMC, 1993. Cambridge, SCAR, xi + 156 pp. This manual accompanies a CD-ROM.

$8.00 or £ 5.00

Biomass Publications - a limited supply of the Biomass Scientific Series is still available. (note: Biomass Scientific Series 2 is now out of print).

$16 or £10
BIOTAS Manual of Methods
Edited on behalf of the SCAR Biological Investigations of Terrestrial Antarctic Systems (BIOTAS) programme by David D Wynn-Williams. 273 pp (spiral bound). 1992. ISBN 0 948277 13 0
$18.25 or £12.50 Developing the Antarctic Protected Area System
Edited by R I Lewis Smith, D W H Walton and P R Dingwall Proceedings of the SCAR/IUCN Workshop on Protected Areas Cambridge, United Kingdom, 29 June &endash; 2 July 1992. x + 137 pages, illustrated, 1994; ISBN 2-8317-0218-6
$22.50 or £15.00 Opportunities for Antarctic Environmental Education and Training
Edited by P R Dingwall and D W H Walton Proceedings of the SCAR/IUCN Workshop on Environmental Education and Training Gorizia, Italy, 26&endash;29 April 1993. xvii + 174 pages, illustrated, 1996; ISBN 2-8317-0297-6
$16.00 or £10.00 Monitoring of environmental impacts from science and operations in Antarctica Edited by M C Kennicutt II SCAR, Cambridge, and COMNAP, Washington DC. x + 124 pages, 1996; ISBN 0 948277 17 3

Publications available from IUCN,or PNRA

Order with remittance from:

IUCN Publications Services Unit
219c Huntingdon Road
Cambridge
CB3 0DL
United Kingdom

PNRA c/o ENEA
C R Casaccia, Progetto Antartide S P Anguillarese 301
00060 &endash; S Maria di Galeria (RM) Italy

Price / Where to order

Progress in the Conservation of the Subantarctic Islands
Edited by P R Dingwall Proceedings of the SCAR/IUCN Workshop on Protection, Research and Management of Subantarctic Islands Paimpont, France, 27&endash;29 April 1992. xvi + 225 pages, illustrated, 1995; ISBN 2-8317-0257-7

$25.00 or £16.75 / IUCN

Ross Sea Ecology - Italiantartide expeditions (1987-1995)
Faranda F., Guglielmo L. & Ianora A., 1999
Springer Verl., LIT 455000
Since 1985 Italy has sent 10 expeditions to the Ross Sea to research the marine ecology of the region.
This volume presents a global picture of this research.
US$ 222.00
For further information contact the SCAR Italian National Committee [direzione@enea.pnra.it]

Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (South of latitude 60°S)
Collated by R Cervellati and M C Ramorino (for the SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information) Rome, "Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide". 2 volumes, v + 227, and 328 pages, 1998.

Price on application
PNRA
also on internet at www.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE