We received 87 responses to the survey of Antarctic collections, representing 56 institutions. Thank you! Results from the survey have been compiled and recommendations submitted to NSF.

Code of Conduct

The workshop will support and promote an environment where all participants are treated with common courtesy, compassion, dignity and respect. Every participant in the workshop has a right to a working and learning environment free of sex discrimination, including sexual and gender-based harassment, assault and violence. Protection from sex discrimination is extended to all participants, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Discriminatory harassment that will not be tolerated includes verbal or physical conduct that degrades, and/or shows hostility or aversion to an individual because of his or her race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, genetic information, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, sexual orientation, gender, nonconformance to sexual stereotypes, veteran status, citizenship or mental/physical disability, or because of these characteristics among a person's friends, relatives or associates.

Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature where:

• submission to or rejection of such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of a person's job, pay, career or educational opportunity, or;

• submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as a basis for employment or educational decisions affecting that individual, or;

• such conduct has the purpose or necessary effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or creating a hostile, intimidating or offensive working or learning environment.

• Sexual misconduct is an egregious form of sexual harassment. Examples include but are not limited to domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, cyber-bullying, bullying, hazing, sexual exploitation, nonconsensual sexual contact and nonconsensual sexual intercourse.

• All workshop participants are responsible for creating a positive environment and play a role in preventing discrimination, harassment and sexual misconduct.