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This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
FCDO travel advice for the British Antarctic Territory. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
The British Antarctic Territory is a British Overseas Territory. It is…
This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…
Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…
Before you travel check that: you have appropriate travel insurance that…
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This strategy document sets out the UK's approach to the Antarctic over the next decade.
The British Antarctic Territory (BAT) is a UK Overseas Territory administered in London by the Polar Regions Department of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
This privacy notice outlines the data the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Polar Regions Department processes for permit applications to enter Antarctica.
This page brings together command papers relating to the Measures adopted at Consultative Meetings, reproduced from the Final Report of the Meeting.
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
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