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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. All prices include postage and packing.

Order with remittance from:

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

$16 or £10
(very limited copies available)

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
(very limited copies available)

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.

$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.
$16 or £10
(very limited copies available)
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.

out of print

Database available free online

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.
Online Antarctic Digital Database

very limited copies

Biomass Publications - a very limited supply of the Biomass Scientific Series is still available.
Numbers 4, 8, 9 and 10 are now out of print.

$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
(limited copies available)

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

$44.00 or £30.00

(Electronic version free)

Antactic Climate Change and the Environment. Turner, J., Bindschadler, R.A., Convey, P., Di Prisco, G., Fahrbach, E., Gutt, J., Hodgson, D.A., Mayewski, P.A., and Summerhayes, C.P.: 526 pp., 2009. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 978 0 948277 22 1
The electronic version has illustrations in full colour. The printed version has black and white illustrations only.

Publications available from IUCN,or PNRA

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IUCN Publications Services Unit
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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