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Figure 9.10 Anna Jones (UK), seated by the open laptop computer at left, delivers the rst

SCAR Lecture to the Plenary at XXVI ATCM in Madrid in 2003. (Credit: Peter Clarkson, SCAR).

such advice also to younger related organisations, such as CCAMLR. SCAR papers
presented to the annual Treaty meetings can be accessed at http://www.scar.org/
treaty/ . SCAR also brings topical science to the attention of the Treaty Parties via the
SCAR lecture at each Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM). A signi cant

recent accomplishment was publication of the Antarctic Climate Change and the
Environment Review (ACCE) ( www.scar.org/publications/occasionals/acce.html ) .
Through its advice, SCAR has signi uenced the way the Antarctic Treaty

has developed since being signed into law in 1961 ( Table 9.3 ), but walking the line
between independent advice and politically charged agendas has never been easy.

cantly in

SCAR and the Fourth International Polar Year (2007 - 09)

This is not the place for a comprehensive review of the recent IPY. Suf ce it to

say that the fundamental concept of the IPY was of an intensive burst of
internationally coordinated, interdisciplinary, scienti c research and observations

focussed on the Earth cial observing period from

1 March 2007 until 1 March 2009. The IPY would aim to exploit the intellectual
resources and science assets of nations worldwide to make major advances in polar
knowledge and understanding, while leaving a legacy of new or enhanced

' s polar regions during an of