200 Years of Past Antarctic
Climate and Environmental Change
From its original formulation in 1990 the International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE) has had as its primary aim the collection and interpretation of a continental-wide array of environmental parameters assembled through the coordinated efforts of scientists from several nations.
Because of the remoteness of the continent, Antarctica is an ideal location to monitor biogeochemical cycles and local-to-global scale climate change. However, this remoteness has also prevented the collection of instrumental records, similar to those collected in the northern hemisphere, that are required to assess Antarctica's role in and response to environmental and climate change.
Contact:
Dr. Paul A. Mayewski, Chair,
and Dr. Ian Goodwin,
Co-Chair.
Contacts for National Representatives
