Antarctic Journal of the United States, established in 1966, reported on U.S. activities in Antarctica, related activities elsewhere, and trends in the U.S. Antarctic Program. The Office of Polar Programs published and distributed but in 2002 decided to discontinue publication.

The decision to end it drew, perhaps ironically, from the success of antarctic science. NSF-funded antarctic research entered the mainstream, minimizing the need for a special vehicle to insure its reception in the broader community. And the Antarctic Journal was not peer reviewed; NSF's requests for contributions competed for time that researchers might have used to prepare papers for the refereed journals, where the work receives fullest consideration.

The following issues are available on-line:

Year	Volume and Issue Number
2005	Final Issue of the Antarctic Journal of the United States (Volume 33)
1999	1997 Review Issue (Volume 32, number 5) NSF 98-106
1998	1996 Review Issue (Volume 31, number 2) NSF 98-28 Volume 33, number 2 NSF 98-83 Volume 33, number 1 NSF 98-58
1997	Volume 32, number 4 NSF 98-50 Volume 32, number 3 NSF 98-41 Volume 32, number 2 NSF 98-24 Volume 32, number 1 NSF 97-160
1996	Volume 31, number 1 (PDF format) NSF 96-121
1995	1995 Review Issue (Volume 30, number 5) (PDF format) NSF 96-133 (Under construction) Volume 30, number 1-4 (PDF format) NSF 96-120
1994	1994 Review Issue (Volume 29, number 5) NSF 95-72 Volume 29, number 4 NSF 95-97 Volume 29, number 3 Volume 29, number 2 (Under construction) Volume 29, number 1 (Under construction)
1993	Volume 28, number 4 (Under construction) Volume 28, number 3 (Under construction)

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February 2005