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Special Committee on Antarctic Research
international organization
Also known as: SCAR, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
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international research in Antarctica
- In Antarctica: Post-IGY research
…in September 1957 organized the Special Committee on Antarctic Research, or SCAR. (In 1961 the word Scientific was substituted for Special.) The foundations for the committee were laid at its first meeting, in The Hague in 1958. SCAR, a politically independent body, coordinates not only research activities in Antarctica itself…
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