United States Antarctic Program


















United States Antarctic Program (USAP)

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USAP logo


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USAP hangar at Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand

Government agency overview
Formed1959; 60 years ago (1959)[1]
Preceding agencies
  • United States Antarctic Research Program

  • United States Antarctic Service

Headquarters
Arlington, Virginia
Employees3,000 (seasonal maximum)
Annual budgetUS$356 million (FY2008)
Parent Government agency
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
Websitewww.usap.gov
Map

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Map of Antarctica showing USAP field research sites and research vessels


Footnotes
[2]

The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the continent of Antarctica. Founded in 1959, the USAP manages all U.S. scientific research and related logistics in Antarctica as well as aboard ships in the Southern Ocean.


The body's goals are:[1][3]


... to understand the Antarctic and its associated ecosystems; to understand the region's effects on, and responses to, global processes such as climate; and to use Antarctica's unique features for scientific research that cannot be done as well elsewhere.




Contents





  • 1 Programs and services


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Programs and services




A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III servicing the United States Antarctic Program at Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand.


The U.S. Antarctic Program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs, supports only research that can be done exclusively in Antarctica or that can be done best from Antarctica.[3] The scientific disciplines encompassed by the USAP are astronomy, atmospheric sciences, biology, earth science, environmental science, geology, glaciology, marine biology, oceanography, and geophysics.[1] Currently, the USAP maintains three year-round research stations in Antarctica, the McMurdo Station, the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, and the Palmer Station. In addition, the USAP operates several summer research camps and several research vessels that sail in the Antarctic waters.[4]


The program's fiscal budget for 2008 was US$295 million,[5] and for 2012 was US$350 million.[6]



See also


  • The Antarctic Sun

  • Operation Deep Freeze

  • Eltanin

  • Antarctic ecosystem


References




  1. ^ abc "Fact Sheet: U.S. Antarctic Program". USAP. National Science Foundation. January 10, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "2009-2010 Season Summary and Background" (PDF). USAP. National Science Foundation. January 8, 2010. p. 24. Retrieved July 11, 2016.


  3. ^ ab "Antarctic Research nsf08535". National Science Foundation. January 16, 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2010.


  4. ^ "United States Antarctic Program". Retrieved 5 September 2010.


  5. ^ "U.S. Antarctic Program". Fact Sheet. The National Science Foundation. December 29, 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2010.


  6. ^ "U.S. Antarctic Program". Fact Sheet. The National Science Foundation. January 10, 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2015.




External links




  • Official website

  • The Antarctic Sun









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