The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)
News & Events
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Registration for COMNAP AGM 36 (2024) is now OPEN
15 April 2024
Registration is now open for the COMNAP AGM (2024) and associated meetings and events (Members only). The COMNAP AGM 36 (2024) will be convened as an in-person meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from Wednesday 14 August through Friday 16 August 2024.
To participate in any of the meetings, registration before the deadline of Monday 1 July 2024 is required.
The meeting and associated events are open only to Members, Observers and Invited Experts.
For more information visit the AGM webpage.
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Air Operations in Antarctica
15 March 2024
The current version of the COMNAP Antarctic Flight Information Manual (AFIM) 23-04 (15 March 2024) is now available for COMNAP Members from the Members’ Only webpage.
If you are deploying an RPAS in Antarctica this season, please refer to the updated COMNAP RPAS Operators Handbook (18 December 2023).
For additional information on AFIM and to download the COMNAP RPAS Operators Handbook, please visit https://www.comnap.aq/air-operations.
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Are you the next COMNAP Early-Career Awardee?
5 March 2024
Antarctic organisations are calling on early-career researchers and scientists to apply for this year’s Antarctic Fellowship and Scholarship.
The awards, granted annually by COMNAP, IAATO, SCAR and CCAMLR, are an investment in the professional development of talented early-career researchers, scientists, engineers, environmental managers, and other professionals, and aim to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty.
The deadline to submit your application is 31 May 2024. To know more click here.
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Spain's National Antarctic Program confirms HPAI in the Antarctic
24 February 2024
Working on samples collected from the Antarctic in early February, scientists from the Severo Ochoa Center for Molecular Biology of the CSIC confirm the presence of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus for the first time in Antarctica. The group of scientists, led by CSIC researcher Antonio Alcamí, who works at the Spanish Antarctic Base "Gabriel de Castilla", on Deception Island, confirmed the presence of the virus on February 24.
Specifically, the virus has been found in two samples of dead skuas (skuas), which were found by Argentine scientists in the vicinity of the Argentine Antarctic base "Primavera".
Read more here (Spanish): https://www.ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/2024/febrero/gripe-aviar-antartida.html.