United States Antarctic Program

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Antarctic research program government program

The United States Antarctic Program is the U.S. government’s national initiative for conducting and supporting scientific research and logistics in Antarctica.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
United States Antarctic Program canonical 12
U.S. Antarctic expeditions 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic research program ⓘ
government program ⓘ
abbreviation USAP ⓘ
administeredBy National Science Foundation ⓘ
Office of Polar Programs ⓘ
collaboratesWith Australian Antarctic Division ⓘ
surface form: Australian Antarctic Program

British Antarctic Survey ⓘ
German Antarctic research programs ⓘ
Italian National Antarctic Research Program ⓘ
surface form: Italian Antarctic Program

New Zealand Antarctic Programme ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
focusesOn astrophysics ⓘ
atmospheric sciences ⓘ
biology ⓘ
climate change research ⓘ
ecology ⓘ
geology ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
space weather ⓘ
followsPolicy demilitarization of Antarctica ⓘ
environmental protection in Antarctica ⓘ
freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica ⓘ
peaceful use of Antarctica ⓘ
headquartersLocation Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
legalBasis Antarctic Conservation Act ⓘ
Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
operatesFieldCamp Byrd Surface Camp ⓘ
WAIS Divide field camp ⓘ
operatesIn Antarctica ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
operatesStation Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station ⓘ
McMurdo Station ⓘ
Palmer Station ⓘ
purpose ensure U.S. presence in Antarctica ⓘ
implement U.S. obligations under the Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
provide logistics for Antarctic research ⓘ
support scientific research in Antarctica ⓘ
supportedBy NASA ⓘ
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Department of State ⓘ
usesAirfield Pegasus Field ⓘ
Phoenix Airfield ⓘ
Williams Field ⓘ
usesPort Port of Lyttelton ⓘ
surface form: Port of Christchurch

Port of Lyttelton ⓘ
Punta Arenas, Chile ⓘ
surface form: Punta Arenas
usesVessel RV Laurence M. Gould ⓘ
RV Nathaniel B. Palmer ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palmer Station → operator → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
McMurdo Station → operator → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
Mount Erebus → monitoredBy → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf → exploredBy → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Antarctic expeditions
McMurdo Sound → primaryAccessPointFor → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station → operator → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
Christchurch International Airport → hasAntarcticProgramOperations → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
Arrival Heights → usedBy → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
RV Laurence M. Gould → operator → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
RV Nathaniel B. Palmer → operator → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
RV Nathaniel B. Palmer → program → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
Anvers Island → operator → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
subject surface form: Palmer Station
Antarctic Ice Sheet → researchedBy → United States Antarctic Program ⓘ