National Antarctic Program
{{Short description|Government operated or supported program}}
A national Antarctic program is any government operated or supported program which is mandated with managing the support of scientific research and contributing to the governance and protection of the Antarctic environment on behalf of its nation and in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty.Website of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs: https://www.comnap.aq The Antarctic Treaty, the international agreement that regulates Antarctic activity, has been signed by 54 countries. Of those, 38 have national Antarctic programs. 33 of these programs have a permanent presence in Antarctica and are members of Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP). Four countries have no permanent presence in Antarctica, but have programs that are observers to COMNAP.{{Cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://www.comnap.aq/our-members |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=COMNAP |language=en-NZ}} Only one country, Pakistan, maintains a national Antarctic program with no affiliation to COMNAP.{{Cite web |last=National Institute of Oceanography |title=Antarctic Research |url=http://www.niopk.gov.pk/antarct.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007002411/http://www.niopk.gov.pk/antarct.html |archive-date=2006-10-07 |website=niopk.gov.pk}}
List of programs
| class="sortable"
|+ !Program Name !Operating Country !Number of Active Research Stations !COMNAP Status |
| Dirección Nacional del Antártico
|{{Flagcountry|Argentina}} |13 |Member |
| Australian Antarctic Division
|{{Flagcountry|Australia}} |3 |Member |
| National Academy of Sciences
|{{Flagcountry|Belarus}} |1 |Member |
| Belgian Federal Science Policy and Polar Secretariat
|{{Flagcountry|Belgium}} |1 |Member |
| Programa Antártico Brasileiro
|{{Flagcountry|Brazil}} |1 |Member |
| Bulgarian Antarctic Institute
|{{Flagcountry|Bulgaria}} |1 |Member |
| Instituto Antártico Chileno
|{{Flagcountry|Chile}} |9 |Member |
| Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration & Polar Research Institute of China
|{{Flagcountry|China}} |4 |Member |
| Masaryk University
|{{Flagcountry|Czech Republic}} |1 |Member |
| Instituto Oceanográfico y Antartico de la Armada
|{{Flagcountry|Ecuador}} |1 |Member |
| Finnish Antarctic Research Program at the Finnish Meteorological Institute
|{{Flagcountry|Finland}} |1 |Member |
| Institut Polaire Français Paul-Émile Victor
|{{Flagcountry|France}} |1 independently operated, 1 jointly operated with Italy |Member |
| Alfred Wegener Institute
|{{Flagcountry|Germany}} |3 |Member |
| National Centre for Polar & Ocean Research
|{{Flagcountry|India}} |2 |Member |
| Programma Nazionale Di Ricerche in Antartide
|{{Flagcountry|Italy}} |1 independently operated, 1 jointly operated with France |Member |
| National Institute of Polar Research
|{{Flagcountry|Japan}} |1 |Member |
| Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
|{{Flagcountry|Netherlands}} |1 laboratory attached to the British Rothera Station |Member |
| Antarctica New Zealand
|{{Flagcountry|New Zealand}} |1 |Member |
| Norwegian Polar Institute
|{{Flagcountry|Norway}} |1 |Member |
| Division of Antarctic Affairs
|{{Flagcountry|Peru}} |1 |Member |
| Poland Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
|{{Flagcountry|Poland}} |1 |Member |
| The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and the Russian Antarctic Expedition
|{{Flagcountry|Russia}} |10 |Member |
| South African National Antarctic Programme
|{{Flagcountry|South Africa}} |1 |Member |
| Korean Polar Research Institute
|{{Flagcountry|South Korea}} |2 |Member |
| Comité Polar Español
|{{Flagcountry|Spain}} |2 stations, 1 permanent field camp |Member |
| Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
|{{Flagcountry|Sweden}} |1 |Member |
| TÜBITAK Marmara Research Center, Polar Research Institute
|{{Flagcountry|Turkey}} |1 |Member |
| National Antarctic Scientific Centre of Ukraine
|{{Flagcountry|Ukraine}} |1 |Member |
| British Antarctic Survey
|{{Flagcountry|United Kingdom}} |3 |Member |
| National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs
|{{Flagcountry|United States}} |3 |Member |
| Uruguayan Antarctic Institute
|{{Flagcountry|Uruguay}} |2 |Member |
| Polar Knowledge Canada
|{{Flagcountry|Canada}} |0 |Member |
| Colombian Ocean Commission
|{{Flagcountry|Colombia}} |0 |Observer |
| Sultan Mizan Antarctic Research Foundation
|{{Flagcountry|Malaysia}} |0 |Observer |
| Programa Polar Português
|{{Flagcountry|Portugal}} |0 |Member |
| Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research
|{{Flagcountry|Switzerland}} |0 |Observer |
| Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research
|{{Flagcountry|Venezuela}} |0 |Observer |
| National Institute of Oceanography
|{{Flagcountry|Pakistan}} |0 |Non-member |
References
{{Antarctica}}
{{Antarctic research stations}}
{{Polar exploration}}
Category:Antarctica-related lists