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Environmental Code of Conduct
Maximising your Antarctic experience with minimum environmental impact.
Antarctica is one of the least disturbed places on Earth. To visit is a privilege, and the responsibility lies with you to protect the intrinsic and scientific values of its environment. This Environmental Code of Conduct (download here（https://d1e7mq055r7tid.cloudfront.net/document-hub/Environmental-Code-of-Conduct.pdf）) is intended as a guide, but cannot be expected to cover every situation. You should always strive to minimise your impact.
Checklist:
Minimise impacts: Understand what activities you have approval for, and minimise their impacts.
Respect special areas: Know where designated areas are and respect the access requirements.
Protect wildlife and plants: Leave foreign species at home, and give wildlife space.
Conserve resources: Do your best to minimise water and energy use.
Prevent spills: Take care when handling and storing fuel and hazardous substances.
Manage waste: Reduce, recycle, and be prepared when away from facilities.
Camp with care: Reuse past sites, secure gear, and leave sites as close as possible to their natural state.
Take only photos: Enjoy the fantastic landscapes and environments of Antarctica and remember that natural materials (rocks, fossils, bones, feathers etc.) must stay where they are.
Take only photographs
Removal of any natural material, unless it is part of an approved Environmental Impact Assessment, may be considered an offence under the Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Act (1994).
Do not remove rocks, soil, minerals, fossils, volcanic bombs or ventifacts unless you have specific approval to do so.
Do not remove feathers, bones, vegetation or other natural materials unless you have approval to do so.
Do not build cairns, and minimise the use of markers or other objects to mark sites.
Do not wash, swim or dive in lakes or streams unless authorised to do so; these activities contaminate the water body and physically disturb the water column, delicate microbial communities, and sediments.
Report items discovered in the field (e.g. old food caches, old equipment, markers, etc.). Take photographs, record the GPS position and notify Scott Base. A decision to either remove the items or leave in situ will be made once an evaluation has been conducted.
Field activities
Every effort should be made to minimise the impact of scientific investigations and field activities.
Camp away from lakeshores, streambeds, vegetated areas and wildlife to avoid contamination and/or disturbance.
Where possible, place tents and equipment on snow or previously used campsites.
Secure all waste and equipment to prevent it blowing away and to prevent foraging by wildlife.
Where possible, use solar power to minimise fuel use.
Minimise water use to reduce the volume of grey water returned to Scott Base. Use paper towels for wiping plates in the field instead of washing dishes.
Where possible, use established tracks. Otherwise, take the most direct route that avoids fragile terrain and plant and animal communities.
Never paint or deface rocks or ice-free surfaces.