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Figure 9.9 Continuous Plankton Recorder transects in the Southern Ocean by several

nations as part of a SCAR coordinated programme. (Credit: Graham Hosie, Australian Antarctic
Division)

by national Antarctic logistic operators, and both uses and adds value to the
activities of national programmes. Indeed, many of SCAR s scientists may be

government scientists working alongside those from academia. Starting in 1961,
SCAR was invited to provide advice to the newly formed Antarctic Treaty, which
was another product of the IGY. Since the

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first Antarctic Treaty Consultative
Meeting, SCAR has continually provided Antarctic Treaty Parties with objective and
independent scienti c advice on issues of science and conservation affecting the

management of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. More recently, it has passed