摘要
Malaysia’s interest in the Antarctic started with diplomacy when Malaysia raised the issue of Antarctica as a global common for mankind in the Question of Antarctica in the United Nations in 1982.It was only in 1999 that Malaysia was able to undertake its first scientific expedition to Antarctica courtesy of New Zealand.The Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica(MISA)is a biennial meeting that was initiated to facilitate cooperation between Malaysian scientists and their international counterparts and also to showcase the research undertaken by them.
