XII\. Permits, Species\
Killed, Captured

The following chart provides information on Antarctic Conservation Act
(P.L. 95-541) Permits issued during **1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000**.

+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| Pe   | Active Dates   | Permit    | Location | Purpose              |
| rmit |                | Activity  |          |                      |
| \#   |                |           |          |                      |
+======+================+===========+==========+======================+
| 2000 | 21 Sep 99 --   | T         | A        | Conduct surveys and  |
| -001 | 31 Jan 2005    | ake/Entry | ntarctic | excavations (no more |
|      |                | into ASPA | Pe       | than 1x1 m test      |
|      |                | /Import   | ninsula, | pits) of sediments   |
|      |                | into U.S. | Victoria | from modern and      |
|      |                |           | Land,    | abandoned penguin    |
|      |                |           | Ross Sea | colonies to          |
|      |                |           | and      | determine patterns   |
|      |                |           | McMurdo  | in population        |
|      |                |           | Station  | fluctuations in      |
|      |                |           | vicinity | relation to climate  |
|      |                |           |          | change in the past.  |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 21 Sep 99 --   | Taki      | McMurdo  | Temporarily attach   |
| -004 | 28 Feb 2002    | ng/Import | Sound    | depth and            |
|      |                | into U.S. | area     | physiological        |
|      |                |           |          | recorders to Emperor |
|      |                |           |          | penguin chicks and   |
|      |                |           |          | adults to study      |
|      |                |           |          | thermo-regulation    |
|      |                |           |          | and underwater       |
|      |                |           |          | diving behavior. In  |
|      |                |           |          | addition, muscles    |
|      |                |           |          | will be biopsied to  |
|      |                |           |          | ex-amine myoglobin   |
|      |                |           |          | mRNA content in      |
|      |                |           |          | relation to myglobin |
|      |                |           |          | concen-tration in    |
|      |                |           |          | both adults and      |
|      |                |           |          | devel-oping chicks.  |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 08 Oct 99 --   | Taki      | Ross and | Capture and release  |
| -005 | 01 Apr 2001    | ng/Import | Amundsen | seals to collect     |
|      |                | into U.S  | seas     | blood and biopsy     |
|      |                |           |          | samples, in order to |
|      |                |           |          | assess a suite of    |
|      |                |           |          | bio-indicators of    |
|      |                |           |          | health. This data    |
|      |                |           |          | will be used along   |
|      |                |           |          | with other data to   |
|      |                |           |          | provide the most     |
|      |                |           |          | detailed model of    |
|      |                |           |          | the link between ice |
|      |                |           |          | seals and the        |
|      |                |           |          | environ-ment.        |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 200  | 01 Dec 99 --   | Take/     | Beaufort | Capture, tag, weigh  |
| 0-07 | 28 Feb 2002    | Entry     | Island   | and collect blood    |
|      |                | into ASPA | (ASPA    | and stomach samples  |
|      |                |           | #105)/   | from Adelie penguins |
|      |                |           | Cape     | to determine why the |
|      |                |           | Royds    | penguins at the      |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    | smaller Royds        |
|      |                |           | #121)/   | rookery are growing  |
|      |                |           | Cape     | faster than those at |
|      |                |           | Crozier  | the larger Crozier   |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    | site.                |
|      |                |           | #124)    |                      |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 01 Oct 99 --   | Entry     | Canada   | Access ASPA to       |
| -008 | 28 Feb 2005    | into ASPA | Glacier  | provide main-tenance |
|      |                |           | (ASAP    | on the continuously  |
|      |                |           | #131)    | recording stream     |
|      |                |           |          | gage and collect     |
|      |                |           |          | water quality        |
|      |                |           |          | samples as part of a |
|      |                |           |          | Long Term Ecological |
|      |                |           |          | Research program.    |
|      |                |           |          | The extensive        |
|      |                |           |          | microbial mats and   |
|      |                |           |          | mosses growing in    |
|      |                |           |          | the Canada stream    |
|      |                |           |          | are unique com-pared |
|      |                |           |          | to other areas in    |
|      |                |           |          | the Dry Valleys. The |
|      |                |           |          | stream gage on the   |
|      |                |           |          | Canada stream        |
|      |                |           |          | provides one of the  |
|      |                |           |          | longest records of   |
|      |                |           |          | discharge in the     |
|      |                |           |          | Taylor Valley.       |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 04 Oct 99 --   | Int       | Amunds   | Introduction of      |
| -010 | 31 Jan 2002    | roduction | en-Scott | commercially         |
|      |                | into      | South    | packaged             |
|      |                | A         | Pole     | freeze-dried yeast   |
|      |                | ntarctica | Station  | to be exposed to the |
|      |                |           |          | extreme climate at   |
|      |                |           |          | South Pole during    |
|      |                |           |          | the winter. The      |
|      |                |           |          | yeast will then be   |
|      |                |           |          | used as part of an   |
|      |                |           |          | educational outreach |
|      |                |           |          | program where        |
|      |                |           |          | students will look   |
|      |                |           |          | for changes in the   |
|      |                |           |          | yeast's metabolic    |
|      |                |           |          | activity.            |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 08 Oct 99 --   | Taki      | Cir      | As a component of a  |
| -011 | 30 Aug 2004    | ng/Import | cumpolar | multi-disciplinary   |
|      |                | into U.S. | pack ice | Antarctic Pack Ice   |
|      |                |           |          | Seal study, seals    |
|      |                |           |          | will be captured,    |
|      |                |           |          | tagged, marked,      |
|      |                |           |          | instrumented and     |
|      |                |           |          | biological samples   |
|      |                |           |          | (biopsies, blood,    |
|      |                |           |          | urine, teeth, etc.)  |
|      |                |           |          | collected. Samples   |
|      |                |           |          | will be returned to  |
|      |                |           |          | the U.S. for further |
|      |                |           |          | analysis.            |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 21 Sep 99 --   | Entry     | A        | Continue site        |
| -012 | 31 Aug 2004    | into ASPA | ntarctic | surveys and census   |
|      |                |           | Pe       | of fauna and flora   |
|      |                |           | ninsula/ | at various heavily   |
|      |                |           | Western  | visited sites to     |
|      |                |           | Shore    | collect data for the |
|      |                |           | A        | Antarctic Site       |
|      |                |           | dmiralty | Inventory Project.   |
|      |                |           | Bay      |                      |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    |                      |
|      |                |           | #128)    |                      |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 01 Nov 99 --   | Entry     | Cape     | Enter edges of ASPA  |
| -013 | 28 Feb 2000    | into ASPA | Crozier  | for purposes of      |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    | filming Adelie and   |
| and  | 01 Aug 00 --   |           | #124)    | Emperor penguins     |
|      | 01 Mar 2001    |           |          | during nesting, egg  |
| 2001 |                |           |          | tending and egg      |
| -008 |                |           |          | hatching.            |
|      |                |           |          | Under-water filming  |
|      |                |           |          | of penguins, leopard |
|      |                |           |          | seals, Orcas and     |
|      |                |           |          | Minke whales.        |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 01 Oct 99 --   | Taki      | A        | Collect blood        |
| -014 | 30 Apr 2001    | ng/Import | ntarctic | samples from         |
|      |                | into U.S. | Pe       | penguins for         |
|      |                |           | ninsula, | analysis of the      |
|      |                |           | East     | phylogenetic         |
|      |                |           | An       | relationships and    |
|      |                |           | tarctica | population genetics  |
|      |                |           | and Ross | of 2 major genera of |
|      |                |           | Sea      | penguins. In         |
|      |                |           | region   | addition, blood      |
|      |                |           |          | samples from         |
|      |                |           |          | seabirds and         |
|      |                |           |          | penguins near Davis  |
|      |                |           |          | Station will be      |
|      |                |           |          | collected to         |
|      |                |           |          | investigate the      |
|      |                |           |          | diseases reported in |
|      |                |           |          | these popu-lations.  |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 01 Jan 00 --   | Taki      | A        | Conduct              |
| -015 | 31 Jan 2004    | ng/Import | ntarctic | satellite-monitored  |
|      |                | into U.S. | P        | radio tagging        |
|      |                |           | eninsula | (Telonics            |
|      |                |           | regions  | transmitter ST-15)   |
|      |                |           |          | studies of humpback, |
|      |                |           |          | blue and fin whales  |
|      |                |           |          | to track movements,  |
|      |                |           |          | migration routes and |
|      |                |           |          | location of          |
|      |                |           |          | individuals. In      |
|      |                |           |          | addition, collect    |
|      |                |           |          | biopsy samples for   |
|      |                |           |          | sex deter-mination   |
|      |                |           |          | and genetic          |
|      |                |           |          | analysis.            |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 01 Dec 99 --   | Entry     | Tramway  | Enter site to        |
| -016 | 30 Dec 2004    | into ASPA | Ridge    | measure temperature  |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    | of the soil as a     |
|      |                |           | #130     | means of mon-itoring |
|      |                |           |          | the volcanic         |
|      |                |           |          | activity of Mount    |
|      |                |           |          | Erebus. In addition, |
|      |                |           |          | collect soil samples |
|      |                |           |          | to measure the       |
|      |                |           |          | quan-tity of CO^2^   |
|      |                |           |          | and measure its flux |
|      |                |           |          | into the atmosphere  |
|      |                |           |          | which pro-vides      |
|      |                |           |          | information on the   |
|      |                |           |          | degassing behavior   |
|      |                |           |          | of the magmatic      |
|      |                |           |          | system.              |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 10 Nov 99 --   | Int       | McMurdo  | Perform positive     |
| -017 | 31 Dec 99      | roduction | Station  | control experiments  |
|      |                | into      |          | when measuring       |
|      |                | A         |          | denitrification      |
|      |                | ntarctica |          | rates at Lake Bonney |
|      |                |           |          | using bacterial      |
|      |                |           |          | cultures originally  |
|      |                |           |          | isolated from the    |
|      |                |           |          | lake.                |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 10 Nov 99 --   | Entry     | Barwick  | Enter site to map    |
| -018 | 31 Jan 2000    | into ASPA | Valley   | lacustrine deposits  |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    | and collect samples  |
|      |                |           | #123)    | of evaporates and    |
|      |                |           |          | algae for            |
|      |                |           |          | radio-carbon and     |
|      |                |           |          | uranium-thorium      |
|      |                |           |          | dating.              |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 20 Dec 99 --   | Int       | McMurdo  | Bacterial cultures   |
| -019 | 20 Feb 2001    | roduction | Station  | of *E. coli* are a   |
|      |                | into      |          | component of several |
|      |                | A         |          | molecular biology    |
|      |                | ntarctica |          | DNA cloning kits     |
|      |                |           |          | used for research in |
|      |                |           |          | the Crary Lab.       |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 15 Dec 99 --   | Taki      | Ross Sea | Capture Emperor      |
| -020 | 20 Apr. 2000   | ng/Import | region   | penguins to collect  |
|      |                | into U.S. |          | stomach contents and |
|      |                |           |          | attach               |
|      |                |           |          | rec                  |
|      |                |           |          | orders/transmitters. |
|      |                |           |          | Data collected will  |
|      |                |           |          | be used in an        |
|      |                |           |          | ecosystem analysis   |
|      |                |           |          | of the Ross Sea.     |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 10 Nov 99 --   | Taki      | Cir      | Tag and collect      |
| -021 | 15 Jan 2004    | ng/Import | cumpolar | biological samples   |
|      |                | into U.S. | pack ice | from seals as par t  |
|      |                |           | and      | of a project to      |
|      |                |           | sites    | study the feeding    |
|      |                |           | ashore   | ecology,             |
|      |                |           |          | repro-duction, and   |
|      |                |           |          | population dynamics  |
|      |                |           |          | of Antarctic seals   |
|      |                |           |          | and examine their    |
|      |                |           |          | role in the marine   |
|      |                |           |          | ecosystem.           |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 200  | 21 Jan 00 --   | Taking    | Palmer   | Salvage dead         |
| 0-23 | 01 Mar 2000    |           | Station  | specimens for the    |
|      |                |           | vicinity | educational outreach |
|      |                |           |          | collection of the    |
|      |                |           |          | Palmer Long Term     |
|      |                |           |          | Ecological Research  |
|      |                |           |          | project.             |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2000 | 22 Jan 00 --   | Tak       | Lake     | Collect              |
| -024 | 01 Mar 2000    | ing/Entry | Fryxell  | cyano-bacterial      |
|      |                | into ASPA | (ASPA    | assemblages from the |
|      |                |           | #131)    | lake ice cover to    |
|      |                |           |          | examine the          |
|      |                |           |          | physiological        |
|      |                |           |          | responses and        |
|      |                |           |          | community structures |
|      |                |           |          | that are selected by |
|      |                |           |          | the ice-cover        |
|      |                |           |          | environ-ment.        |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2001 | 01 Apr 00 --   | Entry     | Li       | Enter site to        |
| -001 | 31 Mar 2005    | into ASPA | tchfield | inspect and resupply |
|      |                |           | Island   | the survival cache   |
|      |                |           | (ASPA \# | that is required for |
|      |                |           | 113)     | boating safety.      |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2001 | 01 Apr 00 --   | Taking    | McMurdo  | Taking associated    |
| -002 | 31 Mar 2005    |           | Station  | with removing        |
|      |                |           | and      | penguins, seals and  |
|      |                |           | as       | skuas from McMurdo   |
|      |                |           | sociated | Station and          |
|      |                |           | a        | associated airfields |
|      |                |           | irfields | to ensure safety of  |
|      |                |           |          | operations and       |
|      |                |           |          | protection of the    |
|      |                |           |          | animals.             |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2001 | 01 Apr 00 --   | Entry     | N        | Entry into ASPA for  |
| -003 | 31 Mar 2005    | into ASPA | orthwest | access to and        |
|      |                |           | White    | maintenance of Black |
|      |                |           | Island   | Island INMARSAT      |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    | transmitting and     |
|      |                |           | #137)    | receiving equipment. |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2001 | 01 Apr 00 --   | Entry     | Western  | Entry into ASPA for  |
| -004 | 31 Mar 2005    | into ASPA | Shore of | movement of          |
|      |                |           | A        | personnel and        |
|      |                |           | dmiralty | supplies to and from |
|      |                |           | Bay      | the U.S. research    |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    | station,             |
|      |                |           | #128)    | Copa-cabana.         |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2001 | 01 Apr 00 --   | Taking    | Palmer   | Taking associated    |
| -005 | 31 Mar 2005    |           | Station  | with removing        |
|      |                |           |          | penguins, seals and  |
|      |                |           |          | other birds from the |
|      |                |           |          | Palmer Station pier  |
|      |                |           |          | to ensure safety of  |
|      |                |           |          | operations and       |
|      |                |           |          | protection of the    |
|      |                |           |          | animals.             |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2001 | 15 May 00 --   | Tak       | Shores   | Collect sand and     |
| -006 | 30 Jun 2000    | ing/Entry | of Port  | snow samples for     |
|      |                | into      | Foster   | analyses for aerosol |
|      |                | ASPA/     | (ASPA    | sources of iron.     |
|      |                | Import    | #140)    |                      |
|      |                | into U.S. |          |                      |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2001 | 15 May 00 --   | Introduce | A        | Use of unicellular   |
| -007 | 30 Jun 2000    | into      | ntarctic | algal species in     |
|      |                | A         | P        | rearing Antarctic    |
|      |                | ntarctica | eninsula | zooplankton in a     |
|      |                |           |          | study of the larvae  |
|      |                |           |          | of benthic           |
|      |                |           |          | org-anisms, and      |
|      |                |           |          | their larval life    |
|      |                |           |          | history in           |
|      |                |           |          | understanding the    |
|      |                |           |          | demography of bottom |
|      |                |           |          | organisms.           |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+
| 2001 | 28 Jun 00 -- 1 | Entry     | Byers    | Entry into ASPA to   |
| -010 | Apr 2001       | into ASPA | P        | reconnoiter possible |
|      |                |           | eninsula | landing sites and    |
|      |                |           | (ASPA    | camp sites along the |
|      |                |           | #126)    | southern shore for a |
|      |                |           |          | future research      |
|      |                |           |          | camp.                |
+------+----------------+-----------+----------+----------------------+

**ASPA =** Antarctic Specially Protected Area (formerly SPA's and
SSSI's)