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The CAML / SCAR-MarBIN Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean. De Broyer, C. and Koubbi, P. (eds), with Griffiths, H., Danis, B., David, B., Grant, S., Gutt, J., Held, C., Hosie, G., Huettmann, F., Post, A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Van de Putte, A.: 450 pp., 2013. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 978 0 948277 28 3 (in production)

Icon of SOOS Plan front cover The Southern Ocean Observing System: Initial Science and Implementation Strategy. Rintoul, S.R., Sparrow, M., Meredith, M.P., Wadley, V., Speer, K., Hofmann, E., Summerhayes, C., Urban, E., Bellerby, R.: 74 pp., 2012. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 978 0 948277 27 6
Icon of Science in the Snow front cover Science in the Snow: Fifty years of international collaboration through the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. D W H Walton & P D Clarkson (with additional material by C P Summerhayes): 272 pp., 2011. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 978 0 948277 25 2

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The SCAR Strategic Plan 2011-2016: 'Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World'

A History of SCAR, 2004-2010. C.P. Summerhayes, 2011. SCAR Occasional Publication. SCAR, Cambridge. ISBN 978 0 948277 26 9

Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: International Polar Year 2007-2008, 2011, Krupnik et al., (eds)., CCI Press, Alberta, Canada, 695 pp., available online

4th SCAR Open Science Conference - Antarctica: Witness to the Past and Guide to the Future. Submitted Abstracts. S. Marenssi (editor), 2010. Cambridge, SCAR. CD-ROM. ISBN 978 0 948277 24 5

Analysis: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, M. Kennicutt, 2010. Published by Research Media.

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Antarctic Environment: A Review of Findings. R. Fuoco, G. Capodaglio, B. Muscatello and M. Radaelli (SCAR Action Group on Environmental Contamination in Antarctica): 98 pp., 2009. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 978 0 948277 23 8

Icon of ACCE front cover Antarctic 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

Future Directions in Antarctic Science: Implications for National Programs. M.C.Kennicutt, 2009. Invited paper for COMNAP meeting, Punta Arenas, 3 August 2009. 10 pp.

King George Island and SCAR Science. M.C.Kennicutt, 2009. Invited paper for COMNAP meeting, Punta Arenas, 3 August 2009. 8 pp.

Integrated Global Observing Strategy Cryosphere Theme Report - For the Monitoring of our Environment from Space and from Earth. IGOS, 2007. Geneva: World Meteorological Organization. WMO/TD-No. 1405. 100 pp.

Antarctic Climate Evolution - view from the margin; Barrett, P., Florindo, F. and Cooper, A. (Editors), 2006. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 231, p 1-252.

SCAR Strategic Plan, 2004-2010

A Statistical Assessment of the Status and Trends of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Seabirds; Montana Workshop Report. Woehler et al., 2001.

Antarctic Digital Database, Version 3.0, database, manual and bibliography, 2000. Cambridge, SCAR, 93 pp. ISBN 0 948277 19 X

Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (South of latitude 60°S) [Supplement to the First Edition] Collated by R Cervellati and M C Ramorino (for the SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information). 2000. Rome, "Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide", 2 volumes, 46 pp.

Subglacial lake exploration: workshop report and recommendations [volume 1] and supporting materials [volume 2], M C Kennicutt II (ed). [2000]. College Station, Texas A & M University for SCAR, iii + 26 and i + 70 pp. ISBN 0 948277 18 1

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). 1998. Rome, "Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide", 2 volumes, v + 227, and 328 pp.

The Status and Trends of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Seabirds. Woehler & Croxall (1997)

Monitoring of environmental impacts from science and operations in Antarctica, M C Kennicutt II (ed). 1996. College Station, Texas A&M University for SCAR and COMNAP, x + 124 pp. ISBN 0 948277 17 3

Opportunities for Antarctic Environmental Education and Training. P R Dingwall and D W H Walton (ed). 1996. Gland, IUCN and Cambridge, SCAR, xvii + 174 pp. [Proceedings of the SCAR/IUCN Workshop on Environmental Education and Training, Gorizia, Italy, 26&endash;29 April 1993.] ISBN 2-8317-0297-6

Progress in the Conservation of the Subantarctic Islands. P R Dingwall (ed). 1995. Gland, IUCN and Cambridge, SCAR, xvi + 225 pp. [Proceedings of the SCAR/IUCN Workshop on Protection, Research and Management of Subantarctic Islands Paimpont, France, 27&endash;29 April 1992.] ISBN 2-8317-0257-7.

Developing the Antarctic Protected Area System. R I Lewis Smith, D W H Walton and P R Dingwall (ed). 1994. Gland, IUCN and Cambridge, SCAR, xvi + 225 pp. [Proceedings of the SCAR/IUCN Workshop on Protected Areas, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 29 June &endash; 2 July 1992.] ISBN 2-8317-0218-6

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. ISBN 0 948277 16 5

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.

Antarctic seals: research methods and techniques, R M Laws (ed). 1993. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 390 pp.

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

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.

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

Waste Disposal in the Antarctic. J E Bleasel (ed), 53 pp., 1989. Hobart, Australian Antarctic Division for SCAR. (Report of the SCAR Panel of Experts on Waste Disposal). ISBN 0 642 14498-2.

Man in the Antarctic. J Rivolier, R Goldsmith, D J Lugg & A J W Taylor (ed), 1988. London, etc, Taylor & Francis, 223 pp.

International Research in the Antarctic. R Fifield (ed), 1987. Oxford, Oxford University Press for SCAR and the ICSU Press, 146 pp.

SCAR Manual 1987. 61 pp., 1987. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 0 948277 08 4

Antarctic Environmental Implications of Possible Mineral Exploration and Exploitation. R H Rutford (ed), 100 pp., 1986. Cambridge, SCAR. ISBN 0 948277 05

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

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

International Lexicon of Antarctic stratigraphic nomenclature, R J Tingey (ed). [1983]. Canberra, Bureau of Mineral Resources for SCAR, 356 pp.

Antarctic Climate Research: Proposals for the Implementation of a Programme of Antarctic Research contributing to the World Climate Research Programme. I Allison (ed), 1983. Cambridge, SCAR, 65 pp.

SCAR Constitution, Procedures and Structure: 19 pp., 1981. Cambridge, SCAR. (Amendments and Additions to SCAR Manual 1972).

A Visitor's Introduction to the Antarctic and its Environment. W N Bonner (ed), 1980. Cambridge, SCAR, 28 pp.

Possible Environmental Effects of Mineral Exploration and Exploitation in Antarctica, edited by J H Zumberge: 59 pp., 1979. Cambridge, SCAR. (Adaptation of a report by the SCAR Group of Specialists on the Environmental Impact Assessment of Mineral Resource Exploration and Exploitation in Antarctica).

Oil and Other Minerals in the Antarctic: the environmental implications of possible mineral exploration or exploitation in Antarctica. M W Holdgate and J Tinker: 51 pp., 1979. Cambridge, SCAR. (Report of a Workshop at the Rockefeller Foundation Conference Centre, Bellagio, Italy, 5-8 March 1978).

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