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Asociación Antártica Argentina
| Address: | Personerio Jurídica 3265/60, Sede actual calle Rivadavia 3034 - 4 P, Dto. 33C.P., Buenos Aires. |
| Telephone: | +54-1-873005/8218297 |
| Year of foundation: | 1958 |
| Activities: | Promotes public understanding of Antarctica through lectures, publications and exhibitions. |
| Publications: | Antártida Argentina (1958?-) |
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC - CONICET)
| Website: | www.conicet.gov.ar |
| Address: | Casilla de Correo 92, 9410 Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego |
| E-mail: | informat@conicet.gov.ar |
| Telephone: | +54-901-22310/22314/33320 |
| Fax: | +54-901-30644 |
| Year of foundation: | 1981 |
| Activities: | Multidisciplinary research centre focusing on Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Ocean. Fields of research include: marine biology, anthropology, ecogenetics, geology, agriculture, forestry, botany, ultraviolet radiation, and ionospheric, meteorological and hydrological studies. |
| Publications: | Contribuciones Científicas del CADIC (1986-) |
Centro de Investigación del Mar y la Atmósfera-CIMA [The Center for Sea and Atmosphere Research]
| [The Center for Sea and Atmosphere Research] | |
| Website: | www-cima.at.fcen.uba.ar |
| E-mail: | webmaster@at1.fcen.uba.ar |
Comando Antártico de Ejército, Buenos Aires
| E-mail: | cdoantar@infovia.com.ar |
| Activities: | Army office concerned with provision of support services to national Antarctic programme. Maintains the all-year Antarctic scientific stations Esperanza (63.24'S; 56.59'W), General Belgrano II (77.52'S; 34.37'W) and General San Martin (68.08'S; 67.04'W). |
Comando Conjunto Antártico
| E-mail: | radantar@infovia.com.ar |
| Activities: | Coordinates support operations to national Antarctic programme carried out by Comando Antártico de Ejército, Comando de Operaciones Aereas and Fuerza Naval Antártica. |
Comando de Operaciones Aéreas
| Website: | www.faa.mil.ar |
| Address: | Fuerza Aérea, Buenos Aire |
| Activities: | Operates transport and cargo aircraft for national Antarctic programme. |
Departamento de la Antártida de la Fuerza Aérea
| Website: | www.faa.mil.ar |
| Address: | Buenos Aire |
| E-mail: | coaantar@faa.mil.ar |
| Activities: | Maintains the all-year Antarctic scientific station Vicecomodoro Marambio (64.14'S; 56.38'W). |
Dirección Nacional del Antártico
| Website: | www.dna.gov.ar |
| Address: | Cerrito 1248, 1010 Buenos Aires |
| E-mail: | dna@mindef.gov.ar |
| Telephone: | +54-1-812-1099/0072/0071 |
| Fax: | +54-1-812-3283 |
| Year of foundation: | 1970 |
| Activities: | National Antarctic operating agency. |
| Publications: | Antartida (1971-, annual); Atlas Antártico (1978-); Boletin del SCAR (4pa) [Spanish translation of SCAR Bulletin]; Contribuciones Científicas (1956-); Diez años de investigaciones Antárticas (1995); Publicaciones Científicas (1955-) |
Fuerza Naval Antártica, Buenos Aires
| Activities: | Naval agency providing logistics support to national Antarctic programme. Operates icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar. Maintains the all-year Antarctic scientific station Orcadas (60.40'S; 44.44'W). |
Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA)
| Website: | www.dna.gov.ar |
| Address: | Cerrito 1248, 1010 Buenos Aires |
| E-mail: | diriaa@dna.gov.ar |
| Telephone: | +54-1-812-1689 |
| Fax: | +54-1-812-2039 |
| Year of foundation: | 1951 |
| Activities: | Scientific branch of Direccion Nacional del Antártico and national member of SCAR. In addition to its own research programmes, provides logistical support to scientists from other organizations and maintains the all-year scientific station Teniente Jubany (62.14'S; 58.40'W). National Antarctic mapping centre. |
| Publications: | Contribuciones Científicas (1956-); Publicaciones Cientifícas (1955-) |
Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales
| Website: | www.cricyt.edu.ar/institutos/ianigla/ |
| Address: | (IANIGLA - CRICYT - CONICET) Bajada del Cerro s/n, Casilla de Correo 330, 5500 Mendoza |
| E-mail: | ianigla@lab.cricyt.edu.ar |
| Telephone: | +54-61-287029 |
| Fax: | +54-61-287029 |
| Year of foundation: | 1973 |
| Activities: | National research centre for glaciology, geocryology, snow-related studies, palaeoclimatology and hydrology. Library includes "Corte" Geocryological Collection.. |
| Publications: | Acta Geocriogénica (1983-) |
Instituto Fueguino de Turismo, Oficina Antártica (IN.FUE.TUR./O.A.) [Tourism Board of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctic Unit)]
| [Tourism Board of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctic Unit)] | |
| Website: | www.tierradelfuego.org.ar |
| Address: | Av. Maipu 505, 9410 Ushuaia |
| E-mail: | info@tierradelfuego.org.ar |
| Telephone: | +54-901-21423/23340 |
| Fax: | +54-901-30694 |
| Year of foundation: | 1994 |
| Activities: | Carries out research on Antarctic tourism and the role of Antarctic gateway cities; monitors Antarctic tourist ships and passengers calling off Ushuaia; provides an information service to the public and specialized information and assistance to tour organizers. |
| Publications: | reports. |
Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM)
| Website: | www.igm.gov.ar |
| Address: | Avenida Cabildo 381, 1426 Buenos Aire |
| E-mail: | public@mapas.igm.gov.ar |
| Activities: | Responsible with Instituto Antartico Argentina, for the survey and mapping of Antarctic land areas. From 1966 to 1972, published map series at 1:1m and 1:500 000 for the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands. |
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP)
| Website: | www.inidep.edu.ar |
| Address: | National Institute for Fisheries Research & Development, Mar del Plata - Argentin |
Instituto Nacional del Hielo Continental Patagónico
| Address: | Ecuador 333, 1214 Buenos Aires |
| Telephone: | +54-1-88-3637 |
| Year of foundation: | 1952 |
| Activities: | Logistics for those parts of southern Argentina dominated by Hielo Continental Patagonico (the Patagonian Continental Ice). |
| Publications: | Coleccion Contribuciones; Coleccion Publicaciones |
Laboratorio de Estratigrafía Glaciar y Geoquímica del Agua y de la Nieve (LEGGAN - CRICYT)
| Address: | Bajada del Cerro s/n, Casilla de Correo 330, 5500 Mendoza |
| E-mail: | aaristar@raiz.uncu.edu.ar |
| Telephone: | +54-61-288808 |
| Fax: | +54-61-287370 |
| Year of foundation: | 1994 |
| Activities: | Ice core studies and water geochemistry. |
Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (SHN)
| Website: | www.hidro.gov.ar |
| Address: | Departamento Antártida, Avenida Montes de Oca 2124, 1271 Buenos Aires |
| Telephone: | +54-1-301-2249/3883 |
| Activities: | Responsible for hydrographic surveys and for updating cartographic material relating to Antartida Argentina, that part of Antarctica claimed by Argentina in the sector delimited by parallel 60 deg. and meridians 25 deg. and 74 deg.W. |
| Publications: | Boletín (1964-); Nomenclador Antártico Argentino (1993); Toponimia del Sector Antártico Argentino (1970) |
Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
| Website: | www.meteofa.mil.ar |
| Address: | 25 de Mayo 658, 1002 Buenos Aires |
| E-mail: | web@meteofa.mil.ar |
| Telephone: | +54-1-32-4481 |
| Fax: | +54-1-311-3968 |
| Year of foundation: | 1872 |
| Activities: | Carries out research and observational programmes on Antarctic and Southern Ocean surface and upper-air meteorology and geomagnetism. Has maintained a continuous programme of meteorological observations at Orcadas Station, South Orkney Islands, since 1904. |
| Publications: | Anales Climatológicos; Anales Geomagnéticos; Anales Hidrológicos; Boletín Climatológico (12pa); Datos Climatológicos y Geomagnéticos de las Islas Orcadas del Sur (1903-); Datos de Ozono Total: Base Marambio (1986-); Estadísticas Climatológicas Decádicas (1941-); Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales (1931-). |