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SCAR 60th Anniversary
In 2018, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) marked six decades of successful international collaboration. Since its first meeting in The Hague on 3-5 February 1958, SCAR has grown an international network of thousands of scientists who share a common ambition to carry out Antarctic science for the benefit of society.
With a membership representing the scientific communities of 44 countries, SCAR is instrumental in initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic and the Southern Ocean. As an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Science Council (ISC), SCAR provides objective and independent advice to international bodies such as the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
For more information on the 60th Anniversary of SCAR, see the 60th Anniversary Fact Sheet（https://scar.org/~documents/route%3A/download/4970） and the press releases（https://scar.org/library-data/scar-publications/60-years）.