List of national Antarctic programs
Amateur radio station at McMurdo Station , 1956
This list contains the national Antarctic programs of individual states involved in the Antarctic Treaty .
| Country | ISO code | status | since | National Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | AR | S. | 1959 | Dirección Nacional del Antarctico Instituto Antarctico Argentino |
| Australia | AU | S. | 1959 | Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston (Tasmania) |
| Belgium | BE | S. | 1959 | Belgian Federal PPS Science Policy, Brussels |
| Brazil | BR | K | 1983 | Commisao Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar Programa Antártico Brasileiro |
| Bulgaria | BG | K | 1998 | Antarctic Institute, Sofia |
| Chile | CL | S. | 1959 | Instituto Antarctico Chileno, Puntas Arenas |
| China | CN | K | 1985 | The Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, Beijing Polar Research Institute, Shanghai, State oceanographic administration, Beijing |
| Denmark | DK | A. | 1965 | |
| Germany | DE | K | 1981 | Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven |
| Ecuador | EC | K | 1990 | Ecuadorian Antarctic Program, Instituto Oceanográfico, Guayaquil |
| Estonia | EE | A. | 2001 | |
| Finland | FI | K | 1989 | Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki |
| France | FR | S. | 1959 | French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor (IPEV), Plouzane |
| Greece | GR | A. | 1987 | |
| Guatemala | GT | A. | 1991 | |
| India | IN | K | 1983 | National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa |
| Italy | IT | K | 1987 | ENEA, Rome |
| Japan | JP | S. | 1959 | National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo Ocean and Earth Division, Research and Development Burea, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Tokyo |
| Canada | CA | A. | 1988 | Polar Continental Shelf Project Canadian Polar Institute |
| Colombia | CO | A. | 1989 | |
| North Korea | KP | A. | 1987 | |
| South Korea | KR | K | 1989 | Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) |
| Cuba | CU | A. | 1984 | |
| New Zealand | NZ | S. | 1959 | Antarctica New Zealand, Christchurch |
| Netherlands | NL | K | 1990 | The Netherlands Council for Earth and Life Sciences, The Hague |
| Norway | NO | S. | 1959 | Norsk Polar Institute |
| Austria | AT | A. | 1987 | |
| Papua New Guinea | PG | A. | 1981 | |
| Peru | PE | K | 1989 | Instituto Antartico Peruano |
| Poland | PL | K | 1977 | Department of Antarctic Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Romania | RO | A. | 1971 | |
| Russia | RU | S. | 1959 | Arctic, Antarctic and Marine Dptmt. Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, Moscow Russian Antarctic Expedition, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
| Sweden | SE | K | 1988 | The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Stockholm The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat Logistic Center, Jarvalla |
| Switzerland | CH | A. | 1990 | |
| Slovakia | SK | A. | 1993 | |
| Spain | IT | K | 1988 | Comité Polar Español, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Madrid |
| South Africa | ZA | S. | 1959 | Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Directorate Antarctic and Islands |
| Czech Republic | CZ | A. | 1993 | |
| Turkey | TR | A. | 1995 | |
| Hungary | HU | A. | 1984 | |
| Ukraine | UA | A. | 1992 | Ukrainian Antarctic Center of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kiev |
| Uruguay | UY | K | 1985 | Instituto Antartico Uruguayo, Montevideo |
| United States | US | S. | 1959 | National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs, Arlington VA |
| Venezuela | VE | A. | 1999 | |
| United Kingdom | UK | S. | 1959 | British Antarctic Survey , Cambridge |
Status: S original signatory state 1959, K consultative member with year of acquisition of voting rights, A associated member with year of signing (as of August 2004)