Abstract:
The U.S. Antarctic Resource Center (USARC) at the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS), Reston,Va., maintains the Nation's most comprehensive collection of
Antarctic maps, charts, satellite images, and photographs produced by the
United States and other member nations of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research (SCAR). The USARC holdings include maps and charts from Argentina,
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany,
India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland,
Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and
Uruguay.
The USARC is the United States contribution to the SCAR Library system and is
managed through an interagency agreement with the National Science Foundation
which also provides support to the USGS for mapping and geodetic activities of
the U.S. Antarctic Program. For further information or assistance in ordering
any of these materials, write to or visit the USARC at the USGS National
Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 515, Reston, VA 20192, between the hours
of 9:00a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or contact us for an
appointment.
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