The Antarctic field season of 2020-21 was cancelled by the Portuguese Polar Program due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Thanks to the support of our partners from the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, Korean Polar Research Program, Spanish Polar Program and United States Antarctic Program, most of the PERMANTAR boeholes were maintained and the data series was maintained. We warmly thank Jehyuck Shin (KOPRI), Jun Yeong Hwang (KOPRI), Miguel Angel de Pablo (UAH), Petar Sapundjiev (BAI) and Randy Jones (Palmer, USAP) for their incredible support.
Welcome!
PERMANTAR is the University of Lisbon network of permafrost observatories in the Western Antarctic Peninsula and a contributor to the Global Terrestrial Network on Permafrost.
The PERMANTAR roots started in 2000 with the program being implemented in 2007. PERMANTAR currently manages monitoring sites in Dundee Island, King George Island, Livingston Island, Deception Island, Cierva Point (Antarctic Peninsula) and Amsler Island (Palmer).
