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Bilingual
Published in English and Spanish
Peer-Reviewed
Rigorous academic standards
12 Volumes
Open access — free to read and download
Co-Edited
With ASOC — Antarctic & Southern Ocean Coalition
About the Journal
Over a Decade of Antarctic Scholarship
Bilingual: EN / ES
Published in English and Spanish, ensuring accessibility across the international Antarctic community.
Co-edited with ASOC
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition brings together over 150 environmental organisations worldwide.
Annual · Peer-Reviewed
Each volume undergoes rigorous peer review, maintaining the highest academic and policy-analytical standards.
Open Access
All volumes are freely available online — for researchers, policymakers, educators and the general public.
Published annually since 2012, the Journal of Antarctic Affairs is one of Agenda Antártica's two principal intellectual contributions and one of the field's most sustained platforms for Antarctic scholarship. A bilingual, peer-reviewed publication co-edited with the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), its twelve volumes have brought together researchers, scientists, diplomats and legal practitioners to advance collective understanding of a region unlike any other on Earth.
Each volume addresses the full breadth of Antarctic affairs — governance and international law, environmental protection and climate science, and the multilateral cooperation that has sustained the continent since the Antarctic Treaty entered into force in 1961. The Journal connects academic inquiry to real-world policy, and has done so consistently for more than a decade. It is one of two publications through which Agenda Antártica advances this mission — complemented by Antarctica as a Model for Global Peace, a companion volume offering a focused reflection on the Antarctic Treaty System as a transferable model of international cooperation and peace.
As a bilingual publication addressing both English- and Spanish-speaking audiences, the Journal plays a distinctive role in ensuring that Latin American research and perspectives are represented in the global Antarctic policy debate — reinforcing the region's voice in international forums such as the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and CCAMLR.
Research & Analysis
What the Journal Covers
The Journal publishes original research and analysis across the full spectrum of Antarctic affairs — from scientific findings to governance frameworks and diplomatic history.
Policy & Governance
Analysis of the Antarctic Treaty System, the Madrid Protocol, CCAMLR, and broader questions of multilateral governance in one of the world's most important regions.
Science & Environment
Scientific findings on Antarctic climate, ice dynamics, marine ecosystems, and biodiversity — translated for policy audiences and placed in the context of global environmental governance.
International Dialogue
Perspectives from diplomats, scientists, civil society, and indigenous voices on the future of Antarctica — fostering the international dialogue that the continent's unique governance model demands.
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"Antarctica is the only continent governed by an international agreement rather than by any single nation — a continent of science and cooperation. The Journal of Antarctic Affairs exists to document, analyse and strengthen that governance model, and to ensure that the knowledge driving it reaches the policymakers, scientists and citizens who need it most."
Agenda Antártica · Journal of Antarctic Affairs, Editorial Statement
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