[ladyjanuary]

Originally Posted by Paul

Hi,

Currently there's France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Poland that maintain bases in Antarctica. Other European countries have an interest and carry out research there. Try these 2 sites for lists:

http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.n...art=1&Count=-1

http://www.geoscience.scar.org/stations/stn_map02.htm

What is the criteria for these countries to maintain bases in Antarctica and for how long and who approves their researches and does each country know of each others researches? Are there guidelines as to what can or cannot be researched? I was surprised to see so many countries involved in the that part of the world.