The Antarctic Journal of the United States was published by the U. S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs (NSF-OPP) from 1966 through 2002. It was preceded by four other publications: the Antarctic Status Report, USNC-IGY; the Bulletin of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer; the Antarctic Status Report; and the Antarctic Report. The journal documented U.S. activities in Antarctica and related activities in other locations. It also tracked trends in the U. S. Antarctic Program and reported on Antarctic Treaty meetings.

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) have become commonplace for use in tracking and linking to publications. At the American Geological Institute (AGI) DOIs for the full-text of publications are routinely embedded in many of its bibliographic databases including: GeoRef (the primary bibliographic service for the geosciences), the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology, the Antarctic Bibliography, and the Ocean Drilling Citation Database. When embedded in a bibliographic database, DOIs can be used to create active links to the publication's full-text.