Reports to SCAR Executive Committee and Delegates Meetings:

SCAR History Expert Group Meeting Reports:

SCAR History Expert Group Publications:

Publications from the 4^th meeting of the SCAR History Group (2008):

• Berkman, P.A. (2009). Common interests in the international space of Antarctica. Polar Record, 46 (236), 167-175, 7-9.
• Elzinga, A. (2009). Through the lens of the polar years: changing characteristics of polar research in historical perspective. Polar Record, 45 (235), 167-175.
• Gan, I. (2009). 'Will the Russians abandon Mirny to the penguins after 1959 . . . or will they stay?' Polar Record, 45 (233), 167-175.

Publications from the 3^rd meeting of the SCAR History Group (2007):

• Proceedings of the 3^rd SCAR Workshop on the History of Antarctic Research, published by the Byrd Polar Research Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Publications from the 2^nd meeting of the SCAR History Group (2006)::

• Proceedings of the 2^nd History Group Workshop
• Moore, J.K. (2008). Particular generalisation: the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 in relation to the anti-nuclear movement. Polar Record, 44 (229), 115-125.

The “Lewander Lecture” is presented by the SCAR History EG. It is given during the SCAR Open Science Conference (SCAR OSC) or during the workshops of the SCAR History EG, in memory of our Swedish Lisbeth Lewander, who passed away in early 2012, and her inspiring work on the history of polar research.

The annual "Lewander Lecture" is chosen by the chair of the SCAR History Expert Group and the co-convenors from the abstracts submitted to the sessions of the SCAR History EG during the bi-annual SCAR OSCs or during the alternate biennial workshops of the SCAR History EG.

The lecture should demonstrate the value of dealing with polar history from diverse points of view, as well as the importance of sharing ideas and experiences with the next generation of scholars in order to widen involvement in the field. The lecture should be inspiring and deal either with new methods and ideas related to the history of polar research, or with knowledge based on decades of original research.

The Lewander Lecture was conceived in 2012 by Antarctic Polar Early Career Scientists and Senior Scientists who knew Lisbeth Lewander personally through various conferences and workshops:
Cornelia Lüdecke (Chair SCAR History Expert Group, Germany), Aant Elzinga (Sweden), Adrian Howkins (USA), Pedar Roberts (France), Consuelo Leon Wöppke (Chile) and Lize-Marié van der Watt (South Africa).

List of Lewander Lectures

2017

Consuele Leon Wöppke (Chile):
Chilean Antarctic Historiography: Main Contributions and New Trends

2016

Adriwan Howkins (USA): 
Changing patterns of human activity in the McMurdo dry valleys since the 1950s

2015

Peder Roberts (Sweden):
“Enriching polar environments through animals: the curious history of bipolar animal transfers”

2014

Elizabeth Leane (Australia):
“The Macquarie Island penguin-harvesting controversy. Science, celebrity and media in a subantarctic wildlife campaign”

2013

Victoria Nuviala and Ximena Senatore (Argentina):
“Figures in the Fog: Ways of telling the Antarctic whaler's history (20th century, Antarctica)”

2012

Heidi Prozesky and Lize-Marié van der Watt (both South Africa):
“The triple burden of masculinity: A gender analysis of South African Antarctic and sub-Antarctic science, c. 1961-2011”

Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA)

ALSA aims to collect and archive electronically photographs and other items of interest relating to the history of South Africa’s involvement “down South” from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration (and before) right up to the present day.

• Antarctic Legacy of South Africa website

'Taming the Leviathan'

This is a project of the University of St Andrews' Special Collections to catalogue papers they hold on whaling, seal hunting and fishing, including extensive records on whaling in the Southern Ocean during the 20^th Century.  Follow the links below for details:

• Information on the project 'Taming the Leviathan';
• Blog on maritime aspects of the university's Special Collection, including items from the project.