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ANTARCTIC ACT 1994 (SECTION 3)

ANTARCTIC REGULATIONS 1995 (SECTION 4)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT FOR A BRITISH EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Regulation 4(2) of the Antarctic Regulations 1995, that principal investigators under the Antarctic Funding Initiative have submitted applications to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs under section 3(8) of the Antarctic Act 1994 for the persons, or persons of a description, specified in the application to enter and remain in Antarctica on a British expedition, to undertake the following intended activities in fundamental scientific research:

Professor P. R. Jonas, UMIST	Observation of Antarctic precipitation processes on the Antarctic Peninsula plateau, using kite-borne instruments.
Dr. J. L. Smellie, British Antarctic Survey	Sedimentological studies of the late Cenozoic history of the Antarctic ice sheet on Brabant Island and James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula.
Dr. J. Pike, University of Cardiff	Ship-based studies of modern diatom floral assemblages along a transect from the Falkland Plateau to the Weddell Sea.
Ms. S. Suhr, Southampton Oceanography Centre	Ecology and diversity of benthic foraminifera in a shallow-water Antarctic marine environment near Rothera, Antarctica.
Professor D. J. Read, University of Sheffield	Ship-supported studies of dark septate fungi in Antarctic plant and soil communities across a broad latitudinal range in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Dr. P. T. Leat, British Antarctic Survey	Air and ship-supported geological studies of primitive basaltic dykes in north-eastern Palmer Land and northern Graham Land.
Dr J. M. McArthur, University College, London	Geological studies of late Cretaceous radiation and extinction events in northern James Ross Island.
Professor P. D. Crittenden, University of Nottingham	Study of genetic variation in Antarctic lichen-forming fungi across a broad geographic range in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Professor I. A. Dowdeswell, University of Bristol	Ship borne studies of ice-rafted debris on the Antarctic Continental margin in Marguerite Bay and its relation to the dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet.
Dr. J. L. Bamber, University of Bristol	Airborne radio-echo survey in the Bailey/Slessor glacier region to investigate widespread enhanced flow in the interior of the Antarctic ice sheet.
Professor D. E. Sugden, University of Edinburgh	Geomorphological survey of glacial and near-shore lake deposits in Alexander Island to investigate the millennial-scale history of George VI Ice Shelf.

Copies of the applications are available for inspection, during normal office hours, at The British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, telephone 01223 221400, fax 01223 362616. Copies of these applications, subject to photocopying and postage or fax charges, can also be obtained by writing to the above address. 24th May 2001.