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. Only one country, Pakistan, maintains a national Antarctic program with no affiliation to COMNAP.
List of programs +Program NameOperating CountryNumber of Active Research StationsCOMNAP StatusDirección Nacional del Antártico13MemberAustralian Antarctic Division3MemberNational Academy of Sciences1MemberBelgian Federal Science Policy and Polar Secretariat1MemberPrograma Antártico Brasileiro1MemberBulgarian Antarctic Institute1MemberInstituto Antártico Chileno9MemberChinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration & Polar Research Institute of China4MemberMasaryk University1MemberInstituto Oceanográfico y Antartico de la Armada1MemberFinnish Antarctic Research Program at the Finnish Meteorological Institute1MemberInstitut Polaire Français Paul-Émile Victor1 independently operated, 1 jointly operated with ItalyMemberAlfred Wegener Institute3MemberNational Centre for Polar & Ocean Research2MemberProgramma Nazionale Di Ricerche in Antartide1 independently operated, 1 jointly operated with FranceMemberNational Institute of Polar Research1MemberNetherlands Organization for Scientific Research1 laboratory attached to the British Rothera StationMemberAntarctica New Zealand1MemberNorwegian Polar Institute1MemberDivision of Antarctic Affairs1MemberPoland Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences1MemberThe Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and the Russian Antarctic Expedition10MemberSouth African National Antarctic Programme1MemberKorean Polar Research Institute2MemberComité Polar Español2 stations, 1 permanent field campMemberSwedish Polar Research Secretariat1MemberTÜBITAK Marmara Research Center, Polar Research Institute1MemberNational Antarctic Scientific Centre of Ukraine1MemberBritish Antarctic Survey3MemberNational Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs3MemberUruguayan Antarctic Institute2MemberPolar Knowledge Canada0MemberColombian Ocean Commission 0ObserverSultan Mizan Antarctic Research Foundation0ObserverPrograma Polar Português0MemberSwiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research0ObserverVenezuelan Institute for Scientific Research0ObserverNational Institute of Oceanography0Non-member References