HC Deb 16 June 1982 vol 25 cc302-3W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the population by nationality of those people occupying sites in the British Antartic Territory; and if he will list the sites from which scientific or other surveys are being conducted.

Mr. Onslow

According to the latest (1981–82) exchange of information required under article VII paragraph 5 of the Antarctic treaty, the population by nationality of persons occupying sites in the BAT are:

British 58
Argentina *158
Chile 51
Poland 9
USSR 29
USA 34
* 187 including dependents

The sites in the British Antarctic Territory from which scientific surveys are being conducted are:

United Kingdom Bases: Rothern, Faraday, Halley, Signy;

Argentine BasesGeneral Belgrano II, General Belgrano,III Almirante Brown, Esperanza, Vice Comodoro Marambio, Teniente Matinenzo, Orcadas, General San Martin, Jubany;

Chilean Bases: Teniente Rodolfo Marsh, Bernardo O'Higgin, Arturo Prat;

Polish Bases: Arctowski Station;

USA Bases: Palmer Station;

USSR Bases: Bellinghausen;

Other sites not in British Antarctic Territory from which scientific surveys are being carried out:

Australian Bases.: Mawson, Davis, Casey;

FRG Bases: Georg-von-Neumayer Station, Filchner Station (summer only), Lillie-Marleen-Hutte (summer only);

French Bases: Base Dumont d'Urville (Terre Adélie);

Japanese Bases: Syowa Mizuho;

New Zealand Bases: Scott Base, Vanda Station (summer only);

Norwegian Bases: Maudheim;

South African Bases: Sanae;

Soviet Union Bases: Russkaya, Vostok, Komsomolskaya, Mirny, Druzhnaya I, Druzhnaya II, Molodeshnaya, Leningradskaya, Novolazarevskaya;

USA Bases: McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Siple Station, Byrd Surface Camp (summer only).

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