Since 2010, the international polar community has annually celebrated Antarctica Day on 1 December to mark the signing of the Antarctic Treaty on 1 December 1959, considered one of the most successful achievements of the international community.

With its signing, the Antarctic Treaty became the first agreement on nuclear weapons (by banning military activities of any kind in the Antarctic Region) and the first institution to govern all human activities in an international space (a region beyond sovereign jurisdictions).

This year, 2022, SCAR has organised two events dedicated to International Antarctic Day. Bearing in mind that Romania is present in the treaty as an OBSERVER and that INCDSB has the Department of Arctic and Antarctic Research, the only one in the country, we would like to introduce you to the film made by SCAR "Our future depends on us: Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment". The film summarises the problems that have arisen as a result of global warming and suggests how we should get involved to mitigate them.