Polar Pointers

"Hero" - Current activities and info about the former Antarctic research vessel Hero, now located in Newport, Oregon.
66 Degrees South - Travel info, history, wildlife, facts and figures about the Antarctic. Photos and information from my travels there in February 2002.
A fact sheet and a description of Antarctic Jargon. - Dr Simon Hart of the University of Leeds spent a year at the South Pole working on the AMANDA neutrino telescope and the SPASE cosmic ray experiment. Read about his experiences here. In addition there are sections on Antarctic history and literature plus a fact sheet and a description of Antarctic Jargon.
A study of environmental Arctic change, SEARCH - SEARCH is an initiative undertaken by the Polar Science Center, University of Washington, Seattle. The Study of Environmental Arctic Change is a new program emerging in response to significant changes observed in the Arctic. A Study of Arctic Change Workshop was held in November of 1997 to explore the extent of recent changes observed in the Arctic and to consider a program to study it further. Over 70 oceanographers, atmospheric scientists, and sea ice experts attended.
AMS Homepage - American Meteorological Society
ANDRILL Antarctic Drilling Program - Home for the ANDRILL Initiative, a multi-national stratigraphic drilling program to investigate Antarctica's role in Cenozoic to Recent global environmental change.
AOSB IPY page - Information on IPY
ARCSyM Group Home Page - ARCSyM, The Arctic Region Climate System Model (ARCSyM, Lynch et al 1995) has been developed for studies of ocean-ice-atmosphere and land-atmosphere interactions in the high latitudes on seasonal to interannual timescales.
ASOF IPY page - Planning for the 2007-08 IPY
AWI IPY 2007-08 - German website for IPY planning
Adventure Associates - is Australia's longest established Antarctic tour operator and have been involved in expeditions to most polar regions, including the historic Ross Sea, the spectacular Antarctic Peninsula and sub-Antarctic islands such as South Georgia and Macquarie Island, as well as the remote Weddell Sea and East Antarctic regions.
Akademik Vernadsky - Website of Ukrainian Antartic Station - Akademik Vernadsky. Photos, videos and other things made by winterovers during their wintering at the station are placed on the site.
Alaska Climate Research Center - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska Native Knowledge Network - Designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing.
Alaska Public Seismic Network. - Amateur seismology in Alaska; How to monitor earthquakes by building your own seismograph station; Earthquake data, maps, sources, links, etc!
Alaska SAR Facility Homepage - Alaska Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
Alaska Volcano Observatory - A cooperative program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute (UAF/GI), and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (ADGGS).
Alfred Wegener Institute - The German national centre for Polar and Marine research
All About Glaciers - A comprehensive glacier guide, including fascinating facts, answers to common questions, a gallery of historic photos, an extensive glossary, lists of books and articles, plus links to other glacier information on the Web.
All About Glaciers: Glaciology on the World Wide Web - An extensive source for glaciologists and other scientists and researchers. Connects users with glacier data and imagery, published glaciological research, and organizations and projects devoted to glacier research. (WDC + NSIDC website).
An Arctic Adventure - Arctic Adventure is the largest privately owned Greenland tour operator. Arctic Adventure specializes in Greenland and the North Atlantic. Both summer and winter tours as well as conferences, team-building tours and incentive travels are among the company's proposed activities.
Ant'Phipoda - A reference centre about the biodiversity of Antarctic amphipods, with a complete checklist, bibliography, and nice pictures.
Antarctic Automatic Weather Stations at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. - The National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs automatic weather station project places automatic weather station (AWS) units in remote areas of Antarctica in support of meteorological research and operations. The AWS data are collected by the ARGOS Data Collection System (DCS) on board the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) series of polar-orbiting satellites.
The Antarctic Connection - Provides educational and informative material as well as conscienciously chosen fun and entertaining products.
Antarctic Development Squadron Six - Conducting safe and efficient flight operations with highly trained professionals in support of the United States Antarctic Program.
Antarctic Digital Database - Version 4.1 is the premier source of vector topographic data for Antarctica. This BAS site also has an authoritative guide to protected areas in Antarctica.
Antarctic Geographic Data Intergration - A SCAR Working Group on Geodesy & Geographic Information sponsored project to facilitate the availability of integrated fundamental GIS datasets (including surface elevation, ice bed elevation, bathymetry, coastline, names and features).
Antarctic Ice Shelves - A research site on icebergs and iceshelves in the Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Journal - Journal on Antarctic expedition
Antarctic Krill page. - Interactive cyberMicroscope site with high resolution images of Euphausia superba morphology and functional details - by clicking into details the server switches to higher resolutions for a cybertravel into the gills, the swimming legs, the eye or the filtering basket - many links to online publications and field guides.
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center - University of Wisconsin - Realtime data
Antarctic New Zealand - Provides leadership in developing, promoting and realizing opportunities for New Zealand from international involvement in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
Antarctic Philately - This site is dedicated to the historical exploration of the Antarctic continent, authenticated through its postal history. Extensive data is furnished on many of the Heroic Era explorers and their expeditions.
Antarctic Philately from New Zealand - Postal history from Antarctica showing stamps, envelopes, post cards and other items from various bases, expeditions and ships from all the Nations involved with the antarctic.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. - Includes a national gazetteer listing all Bulgarian place names in Antarctica with description of the relevant geographical features.
Antarctic Project homepage (U Wisconsin) - University of Wisconsin's Antarctic project homepage
Antarctic Protected Area Information Archive. - Information on Antarctic protected areas, including sites designated under Annex V to the Protocol (Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, Antarctic Specially Managed Areas), Historic Sites and Monuments, Seal Reserves and CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Programme (CEMP) sites. Links to management plans, maps and more detailed data where available.
Antarctic Research Facility - A national repository for geological materials collected in polar regions, located at Florida State University
Antarctic Volcanology. - Research on Antarctic volcanoes conducted at New Mexico Tech.
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition - An official observer to the meetings of the Antarctic Treaty System and works on Antarctic conservation issues
Antarctica Start Page - All useful links to Antactica on one page.
Antarctica and Environmental Affairs - Potchefstroom University Physics Department.
Antarctica from Malin Space Science Systems. - Description of the corporation, its present projects, and personnel
Antarctica in Classrooms - A new website about Antarctica for classrooms and teachers
Arctic Centre - University of Lapland. - The Arctic Centre conducts internationally high-level multidisciplinary research, carries out project services, maintains Science Center exhibitions, Information Service and a library, and also provides education.
Arctic Circle - University of Connecticut
Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS) - A regional climate research component of the World Climate Research Programme, located at Oslo, Norway
Arctic Cyber Anthropology - Comprehensive resorces for the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.
The Arctic Institute of North America - The Northern Research Activity database contains more than 10,500 records describing research projects conducted in Canada's three northern territories since 1974.
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) - Measuring the levels and assessing the effects of anthropogenic pollutants in all aspects of the Arctic environment, including humans.
Arctic Nuclear Waste Assessment Program, ANWAP - ANWAP is a multi-national and multi-institutional research initiative to sample and study the sources and distributions of radionuclides and other contaminants introduced into Arctic marginal seas of Russia (i.e., Pechora, Kara and Laptev Seas) from major Russian rivers and subsea sources. The project is funded by Office of Naval Research. The research institions participating are Polar Science Center/UW, AARI, Russia and Texas A&M.
The Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB) Home Page - The AOSB is a non-governmental body that includes members and participants from research and governmental institutions participating in research in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. The long-term mission of the AOSB is to facilitate Arctic Ocean research by the support of multinational and multidisciplinary natural science and engineering programs.
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center - University of Alaska
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States - Information and Resources Regarding Research in the Arctic
Arctic Research Support and Logistics (RSL) - NSF support of Arctic research field projects
Arctic Studies Center - A permanent program at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution
Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Data Coordination Center - University of Colorado at Boulder & Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences / National Snow and Ice Data Center
Arctic Theme - The Arctic Theme page is sponsored by NOAA's Arctic Research Program and has been favorably reviewed by Science Magazine, Scientific American, Yahoo, USA Today, etc. A rich and comprehensive resource web site focused on the Arctic, including: * Essays on key Arctic issues by respected Arctic scientists, * Frequently Asked Questions About the Arctic, * Current status of the Arctic environment, * Central access to widely-distributed data and information related to the Arctic from research institutions world-wide, * Color graphics and animations of Arctic related data, * Educational links, including topics such as Northern Lights, Arctic pollution, animals, maps, Arctic exploration, Native Peoples, and more.
Arctic Wild Harvest - We are a unique on-line seller of arctic wild foods and art. Our site also has a rapidly growing arctic photo gallery section.
The Arctic World - A server providing general information about the Arctic.
Arctic and Antarctic Advice Agency Austria - Consulting and planning for your journeys to all cold regions.
The Arctic and Antarctic Research Center - California Space Institute, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego. The research center provides satellite data of the Antarctic and Arctic.
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute - Atmospheric data from Russian stations back to the IGY
Artists of the Arctic Refuge. - A record of the fine art and photography of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Association of Polish Geomorphologists - A full member of the International Association of Geomorphologists and located in Poznan.
Athropolis - Guide to Arctic Sunrise & Sunset - See what the sun is doing in the arctic during any day of any month of the year.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurment Program - The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is a multi-laboratory, interagency program that was created in 1989 with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The ARM Program is part of DOE's effort to resolve scientific uncertainties about global climate change with a specific focus on improving the performance of general circulation models (GCMs) used for climate research and prediction. These improved models will help scientists better understand the influences of human activities on the earth's climate.
Australian Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre - Antarctic CRC for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean environment
Australian Antarctic Division - The AAD manages and provides transport and logistic support, maintains the four permanent Australian research stations, and conduct and manages scientific research programs both on land and in the Southern Ocean.
Australian Collection of Antarctic Microorganisms - The Australian Collection of Antarctic Microorganisms (ACAM) was established in 1986 in the Department of Agricultural Science at the University of Tasmania and has since been enveloped by the Microbial Processes Program of the Antarctic CRC. ACAM was set up as a collection for microorganisms isolated from the Antarctic continent as well as from subantarctic islands and the Southern Ocean.
B & C Alexander Arctic & Antarctic Photography - A Collection of Photographs from Siberia, Greenland, Arctic Canada, Alaska and Antarctica. Peoples, Places, Ice, ice and more ice!
Barnens Polarbibliotek - The Children's Polar Library. This Swedish site is an online repository of polar information for children, few of the texts are written by children and others by professional authors.
Belgian Scientific Research Programme on the Antarctic - A multi-annual national thematic action designed, funded and managed by the OSTC, (Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural affairs).
Bert's South Pole Page - Contains information about a researcher's travel to south pole and photographs of nature.
Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology (link from CRREL) - The Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology was first published in 1951 and is a continuing publication of the Cold Regions Bibliography Project in the Science and Technology Division of the Library of Congress.
British Antarctic Survey - Is responsible for all of the British Government's scientific research in the Antarctic, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands.
C-CORE - (the centre for cold ocean resources engineering) is an applied engineering research institute located at Memorial University. C-CORE's research objectives are defined in the Five-Year Research Plan which is continually reviewed with experts to ensure that the Centre's research remains relevant to the needs of its clients. Major research thrusts include; Ice Engineering; Remote Sensing; Geophysics; Centrifuge and Experimental Modelling; Space Systems; Intelligent Systems; Geomechanics and Environment; Marine Robotics and Subsea Sensing.
CRREL Current Literature Search - Online research database, maintained by US Army.
CRREL technical publications - CRREL, US Army virtual library database.
CRYSYS: Use of the Cryospheric System to Monitor Global Change in Canada - A Canadian interdisciplinary science investigation under the NASA/EOS (earth observing system) program.
CSIRO Marine Research - The Division, created from the merging of the Divisions of Fisheries and Oceanography, brought together the scientific expertise and energies of CSIRO's oceanographic, marine environmental and biological research effort.
Canada IPY site - Canada's 2007-08 IPY Portal
Canada's Polar Environments - This is a comprehensive site containing information on Canada's Arctic, with sections on marine waters, inland waters, land, sky, climate, maps, images, and much more!
Canada's Polar Life - This site is a comprehensive look at the diversity of life in Canada's Arctic. It includes detailed information on the mammals, birds, fishes, plants, fungi, bacteria, and protists of the Arctic.
Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta - The Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Canadian Circumpolar Library are two institutions based at the University of Alberta entirely dedicated to polar research. The primary function of CCI is to promote and support research on northern Canada and other circumpolar nations.
Canadian Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) - CMC's website on GEWEX project. GEWEX project analyzes, forecasts and archives North American climate changes.
Canadian Ice Service - The Canadian Ice Service monitors sea ice conditions in Canadian waters through aircraft reconnaissance and remote satellite technology and archives the sea-ice data.
Canadian Museum of Nature - Canadian musuem of natural history.
Canadian Polar Commission. - Canadian Polar Commission is responsible for: monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions.
Cape Roberts Project, Antarctica - The Cape Roberts Project is an international project with the participation of UK, USA, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, and is designed for coring and logging the Antarctic climatic and tectonic history.
Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica - The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA) investigates the origin of structure in the Universe by using the unique advantages of the Polar Plateau for astrophysics. CARA is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center. CARA is headquartered at the University of Chicago.
Center for Geophysical Studies of Ice and Climate - A National Science Foundation sponsored research project based in the Physics Department at St. Olaf College, MN
Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research - Center for Arctic research - University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The scientific focus of the Center is on understanding the physical, biological, chemical and social processes of the Arctic that interact with the total Earth system, and the relationship of those interactions to global change.
Centre for Glaciology - This is a part of University of Wales, Aberystwyth. The research focus of the Centre is on glaciology and glacial geology in a number of ice-covered areas.
Chilean Antarctic Institute. - National Antarctic scientific research programs. General information related to Chilean activities in Antarctica
Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying & Mapping - Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying & Mapping is a part of Wuhan University. It's a educational institute for polar mapping and surveying, GIS, Database and so on.
Chinese Antarctic Expedition - Chinese Antarctic expeditions and post cards.
Circumpolar History Timetables - Adobe PDF files of twenty-eight chronology tables outlining some of the major events in Circumpolar history from ca. 35,000 BC to 2002. A bibliography is included.
Circumpolar Universities Association - The Circumpolar Universities Association is an organ for cooperation between universities and other institutes of higher learning and research in the northern circumpolar region of the world.
Climate Change Research Center - The University of New Hampshire
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory - Conducts research related to atmospheric constituents that are capable of forcing change in the climate of the earth through modification of the atmospheric radiative environment
Climate Physics Group - University College London.
Climate and Environmental Physics - A research division of the Physics Institute of the University of Bern, devoted to the investigation of physical processes in the climate and environmental system.
Cold Regions Bibliography Project - Bibliography Project of American Geological Institute on Cold Regions
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory - An unique facility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that addresses the problems and opportunities unique to the world's cold regions.
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Library - The collection of cold regions scientific and technical literature.
Cold Tech - A foundation to support research within cold climate technology.
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) - Addressing the special needs of Arctic species and their habitats in the rapidly developing Arctic region.
Cool Antarctica - Antarctic wildlife and landscape photography, images and information for travelers and homework.
Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research - A partnership between NOAA and the University of Alaska
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies - University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, (COMNAP). - The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs brings together the managers of national agencies responsible for the conduct of Antarctic operations in support of science.
Current Polar Research Community Outreach Projects - This website is intended to identify active outreach projects of polar research programs.
DIRECCION NACIONAL DEL ANTARTICO, INSTITUTO ANTARTICO ARGENTINO - Argentine Antarctic National Program. The Instituto Ant�rtico Argentino, as a part of Direcci�n Nacional del Ant�rtico, participates at present, with its scientific, technical and administrative staff, in a wide range of national and international programmes for a better understanding of the Antarctic.
Danish Polar Center - information on Danish polar research in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) - Data Archive at NGDC
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences-University of Alberta. - Research page of Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences.
Department of Eskimology. - University of Copenhagen. Access to search facility (The Polar Database) covering 33000 items (25000 monographs, 7000 pamphlets, and 750 periodicals) located in the Danish Polar Library.
Directory of Polar and Cold Regions Organizations - This directory provides brief details of organizations with interests relating to the polar and cold regions; that is, to the Arctic and Antarctic and to all parts of the world where ice, snow and permafrost are to be found.
The EPA's Global Warming Web Site - United States - Environmental Protection Agency's page on global warming.
ESF IPY site - History and ideas for the 2007-08 IPY
Electromagnetic Systems, Technical University of Denmark. - EMI at the Technical University of Denmark has carried out Arctic and Antarctic ice-penetrating radar studies since the 1960s and has expertise in repeat-track interferometric SAR acquisition and processing, airborne or from satellite. Science at EMI encompasses observation and modelling of both land ice and sea ice, mostly focussing on the Greenland area.
The Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society - Preserving the lore and history of polar explorers. Special emphasis on the opening of the Canadian Arctic and the work of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane.
Environmental Information - The site provides information on research and management projects carried out as part of the centre programmes and other scientific disciplines at the Polar Environmental Centre.
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) - A fast, convenient, comprehensive online search service for finding information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators.
European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica - Geographical location, ice thickness and climatology combine to make Antarctica the storehouse of the longest and most representative proxy data for the composition and temperature of ancient atmospheres.
The European Science Foundation - An association of 62 member organisations devoted to basic scientific research in 21 European countries.
Exploring the North Polar Regions and Ice Caps by postcards. - A work of passion by the authors. A crisply done, comprehensive study of postcards/viewcards that depict Arctic expeditions (including record avaition events) from the earliest such activity to be shown in that form. It is a broadly demanding goal that "Exploring the North Polar Regions (As Portrayed by Postcards) more than satisfies".
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. - Located in northeastern Alaska, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the most northern and one of the largest Refuges within America's National Wildlife Refuge System. The Arctic Refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Frederick Cook Society - The Frederick A. Cook Society is an educational organization which holds an annual meeting, publishes a membership newsletter three times a year, and an annual journal of professional papers and scholarly work on polar research.
French Polar Institute - An agency providing facilities for polar research.
GRID-Arendal (UNEP/EAD/GRID) - Maps and Datasets Available On-line
Gallery of polar bear photographs and a polar bear store. - Polar Bears Alive is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the worldwide protection of the polar bear. Our site is packed with factual information on polar bears and the Arctic, including a "Bear Facts" section and a FAQ on polar bears. We also feature a gallery of polar bear photographs and a polar bear store.
Gateway Antarctica - Center for Antarctic Studies at the University of Canterbury
Genesis SOLCOMHOUSE - The solcomhouse website provides information on numerous environmental issues, such as Arctic, Antarctica, Coral Reefs, Earth, EL Nino/La Nina, Energy, Global Warming Icebergs, Ozone, Pollution, People, Rainforest, Recycle, Solar, Species, Water and things you can do to save the environment. People from over 133 nations visit the website.
Geophysical Institute - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Geosciences Research - Is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Ocean Service / National Geodetic Survey, located inside the beltway, north of Washington, D.C.
German Sea-Ice Website. - Sea ice concentration and cloud signature maps.
Glacier - Rice University and the Education Development Center
The Glacier Society - The Glacier Society is a non-profit 501-(c)3 Educational Foundation based in Bridgeport, Conn., dedicated to uniting polar interests around the globe through restoration and operation of the USS/USCGC Glacier, the largest icebreaker of her time. Once restored, the Glacier will return to public service as a fully operational platform for scientific and environmental education and research.
Glaciers.net - A centralized depot of resources for professionals, students, and hobbyists that study glacial processes and landforms.
Glaciology at Caltech - Glaciology is the study of ice in all of its manifestations and the study of all natural phenomena where ice is involved, including processes at or near the base of glaciers and ice sheets on Earth and other planets.
Glaciology at the Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) - University of Colorado at Boulder
Glaciology group, University of Copenhagen - Provide a link to the homepage of the Glaciology Groups, University of Copenhagen. Lists papers and other information
The Global Change Master Directory - A comprehensive source of information about satellite and in situ Earth science data, with broad coverage of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, solid earth, and biosphere.
Global Environmental Information Locator Service (Japanese Testbed) - Create a globally distributed virtual library of ENRM data and resources. This link directs to the Japanese mirror site.
Global Land Ice Monitoring from Space (GLIMS) - Monitoring the world's glaciers with the EOS (Earth Observing System) ASTER instrument.
Green Research Center, Energy & Environment, Iran University of Science and Technology. - Converting energy resources cleanly and efficiently, cleaning up past environmental contamination, and preventing future environmental contamination will be some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The GRC is recognized internationally as an expert in scientifically advanced energy systems and the prevention and cleanup of air, water, and soil pollution.
Greenland Ice Fact Sheet "GIFS" - Designed to merge some of the facinating research done on Greenland in one cool site. A great place to start your report!
Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 - Similar Experiments like GRIP. Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2,) penetrated through the ice sheet and 1.55 meters into bedrock recovering an ice core 3053.44 meters in depth, the deepest ice core recovered in the world at the time. This website is the portal to the valuable information obtained during the drilling program.
Greenland Icecore Project (GRIP) - GRIP has been a multinational European research project, organized through the European Science Foundation (ESF). GRIP successfully drilled a 3028 metre ice core to the bed of the Greenland ice sheet at Summit.
Greenland iceberg paradise - In these pages you will find spectacular images of icebergs, dogsledding and the wonderful scenery of Greenland.
Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board. - The Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board (GRRB) is the main instrument of wildlife and forestry management in the Gwich'in Settlement Area (Northwest Terriories, Canada). The mission of the GRRB is to conserve and manage renewable resources within the Gwich'in Settlement Area in a sustainable manner to meet the needs of the public today and in the future.
Heureka - The Finnish Science Center
How Icebreakers Break Ice? - General Information on how Icebreakers break ice in words and pictures.
ICSU (International Council of Scientific Unions)World Data Centre C: Glaciology - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies - Established at the University of Tasmania to promote and focus Australian academic activity concerned with Antarctica and its surrounding ocean.
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research - University of Colorado at Boulder
Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, IGRAS - Homepage of IGRAS, contains information on the glaciological studies and research in Eurasian Arctic.
Institute of Geography, Faculty of Sciences. - University of Copenhagen. Describes ongoing terrestrial-marine research project on Quaternary environmental changes around the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.
Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) - A conglomerate of US federal research organizations working on Arctic.
International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP) - Monitoring synoptic-scale fields of pressure, temperature, and ice motion to support real-time operations and meteorological and oceanographic research.
International Arctic Research Center. - IARC is place where scientists from around the world can work together to study global climate change and arctic phenomena. The IARC has been newly established for the purpose of promoting international cooperation and coordination of arctic research.
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) - The International Arctic Science Committee - is a non-governmental organization whose aim is to encourage and facilitate cooperation in all aspects of arctic research, in all countries engaged in arctic research and in all areas of the arctic region.
International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators - A Member organization founded in 1991 to advocate, promote, and practice safe and enviromentally responsible private-sector travel to the Antarctic.
International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI) - Research and interest in the practical and scientific problems of snow and ice.
International Glaciological Society - Cambridge, England
International Permafrost Association - Governed by its officers and council consisting of representatives from 22 adhering bodies having interests in some aspects of theoretical, basic and applied frozen ground research
International Polar Foundation IPY site - IPF activities for the 2007-08 IPY
International Polar Year (IPY) - Home page for the International Polar Year on the ICSU website
Italian Antarctic Research Program - Italian research on the Antartic continent
JACEE Long Duration Balloon - Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment
JNOC/GCS Arctic Methane Hydrate Research Well Program - A new gas hydrate test well JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38 was recently completed in the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., Canada. The 1150 m deep well, and subsequent scientific studies of the Mallik gas hydrate deposit, are being undertaken as a collaborative research project between the Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC) and the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).
JPL Polar Oceanography Group - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
The Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (JACARA) - JACARA has been constituted to facilitate Australian participation in the development of Antarctic astronomy. It has joint nodes at the School of Physics in the University of New South Wales, and at Mount Stromlo and Siding Springs Observatories in the Australian National University.
Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management. - JCADM is a joint committee of SCAR and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP). Its purpose is to advise SCAR and COMNAP on the management of Antarctic data. One of its key roles is to advise on the development of the Antarctic Data Management System including the recruitment of National Antarctic Data Centres (NADCs) and the encouragement of scientists to submit metadata to NADCs.
Journal of Geocryology - Journal on geocryology and cold science containing articles of Russian and other scientists; abstracts are in English, articles are in native language of authors.
The Journey North - The environment, wildlife migration, different cultures, and more..
Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Science - Russian polar research organization. Primary research areas are geological, geochemical and geophysical studies of the Baltic Shield and Barents Sea shelf; investigation on the Polar marine and terrestrial ecosystems; elaboration of methods for nature protection and genetic fund reservation; creation of wasteless technology for utilization of mineral raw materials; polar agriculture and mariculture; research for physical processes in Polar atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere, estimation of key impact of northern environment on human health; analysis relationship of technosphere and biosphere in urbanized cold climate areas, searching a way for sustainable development of Arctic region; designing a harmless technology for underground construction for nuclear power station and waste disposal; elaboration of optimal strategy for energy supply and for effective management of social and economic development of the European North.
Korea Polar Program, KORDI. - Korea polar research institute is a part of KORDI. KPRI focuses on polar and marine research. Korea now has a permanent research station at Barton Peninsula on King George Island, The King Sejong Station, where routine observation and research is conducted.
Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique del'Environnement (LGGE) - A glaciology research center of University of Joseph Fourier.
Laboratory of Applied Glaciology and North Problems - Laboratory of applied glaciology and north problems, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Les techniques des expeditions � ski dans l'Arctique - How to organize a ski-pulka expedition in Arctic regions Equipments, technics, security etc.
Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board. - The board conducts environmental assessments and impact reviews of developments in the Mackenzie Valley. It is a public co-management board independent of government. Members to the MVEIRB are nominated by First Nations and the government.
Malin Space Science Systems - Antarctic Research
Malin's Antarctic Research - Antarctic images by Malin Space Science Systems Inc.
Marek Kamiñski - Solo in Antarctica.
Marine and Coastal Geology Program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). - Describes the activities of the Marine and Coastal Geology Program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Martech Polar - Martech Polar offers logistical services like Navigation and Ice Pilotage.
McMurdo Dry Valleys - Long-Term Ecological Research Program. It is based out of INSTAAR (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado in Boulder)
Meteorological Service of Canada - Canada's source for meteorological information.
Monthly average polar sea-ice concentration - USGS data web site on polar sea-ice concentrations.
Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory - A cooperative program of the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology (NMT), and Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand (VUW).
Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute - A polar museum, used for some teaching purposes, Department of Earth Sciences and Geography, University of Cambridge
NCEP MMAB Sea Ice Home Page - The Polar and Great Lakes Ice group works on sea ice analysis from satellite, sea ice modeling, and ice-atmosphere-ocean coupling.
NERC Arctic Environmental Metadata Centre - Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
NOAA Arctic Theme Page - A rich and comprehensive resource web site focused on the Arctic.
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Helps the World share scientific data and information related to climate system variability and predictability. Our mission is to ensure the international paleoclimate research community meets the scientific goals of programs including IPCC, IGBP PAGES, WCRP CLIVAR, and NOAA's Climate and Global Change Program.
NOAA South Pole Observatory -- South Pole, Antarctica - Maintains monitoring programs in greenhouse and other trace gases, atmospheric aerosols, solar radiation variability, stratospheric ozone and meteorological parameters.
NSF WWW server. - Home page of National Science Foundation, United States.
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center - An independent non-profit research institute affiliated with the University of Bergen, Norway
National Geophysical Data Center - Manages environmental data in the fields of marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics, and glaciology (snow and ice)
National Geophysical Data Center - Paleoclimatology Branch - Paleoclimatology, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO.
National Ice Center - The National Ice Center (NIC) is a multi-agency operational center representing the Department of Defense (Navy), the Department of Commerce (NOAA), and the Department of Transportation (Coast Guard).
National Institute of Polar Research - Japanese Polar Research Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - To describe and predict changes in the Earth's environment, and conserve and manage wisely the Nation's coastal and marine resources to ensure sustainable economic opportunities.
National Snow and Ice Data Center - University of Colorado
Native Americans and the Environment - Dedicated to promoting education and research on environmental issues facing Native American and First Nations communities.
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. - An interactive educational web module with topics on 1. vessel icing, 2. polar climate and 3. polar climate change. Also contains a comprehensive list of links to polar meteorology web resources. Created by Peter Guest, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California.
The New South Polar Times - A newsletter providing students and teachers around the world with information on Antarctica, the scientific research taking place there, and fun facts about life at the station.
Norsk Polarinstitutt (Norwegian Polar Institute) - Norway's principal institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping in the Norwegian polar regions. The Institute advises the authorities on environmental issues in the Arctic, Antarctic and Barents region
North - an intuitive Arctic exploration - This site offers a variety of small subjects, more or less related to the Arctic region
North Greenland Ice core Project, NGRIP. - NGRIP is a multinational research program, funded by participating institutions in Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Iceland and the US. Primary sponsor is the Danish Research Council. The research objective to retrieve and analyze a 3080 m long ice core drilled through the Greenland ice sheet.
The Northern Forum - Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage
Northern Information Network - The Northern Information Network (NIN) encourages information sharing about the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut for more effective decision making in the areas such as resource management and economic development.
Nunavut Planning Commission Environment Database - The Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC) will help give the Inuit of the central and eastern Arctic control over all activities on their settlement lands as well as a major say in what happens on Crown lands.
Nunavut Research Institute - Information about research in Nunavut
OAII - Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (OAII), a component of NSF's Arctic System Science (ARCSS) program, which examines the Arctic's influence on climate, and the potential for global change to affect the Arctic.
Office of Polar Programs - National Science Foundation
Orca Whales - Providing an enthusiastic, imaginative, and intellectually stimulating atmosphere to help students reach their academic potential.
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory - Conducting scientific investigations in physical oceanography, marine meteorology, geochemistry, and related subjects and located in Seattle (WA) and Newport (OR).
Palmer Long Term Ecological Research Program (LTER) - Focuses on the pelagic marine ecosystem in the Antarctic, and the ecological processes which link the extent of annual pack ice to the biological dynamics of different trophic levels. Located at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Parmer Books - Arctic, Antarctic, & Alaska; Naval, Maritime, Voyages, Travels & Exploration; Pacific Islands & Hawaii; Western Americana, Indians & California
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center - A center for the study of human cultures and natural environments found in Arctic regions. The museum's collections include arctic exploration gear, natural history specimens, and artifacts and drawings made by Inuit and Indians of North America.
Photographs - Marc Deneyer - Iceberg, Ilulissat, Greenland, 1994
Polar Continental Shelf Project - Canadian Federal Government agency that has provided logistics to researchers for over 40 years.
Polar DAAC User Working Group - Distributed Active Archive Center at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Polar Fine Arts - Polar Fine Arts presents exhibitions on the web as a way of introducing you to artists and subjects. Like any printed reproduction, viewing these images on your computer cannot be equated to seeing the actual artworks directly.
Polar Geography - Bellwether Publishing, Ltd. - Publisher of Polar Geography
Polar Information - An international approach
Polar Libraries Colloquy - The Polar Libraries Colloquy, formerly the Northern Libraries Colloquy, was founded in 1971 for the purpose of providing a forum through which librarians and others concerned with the collection, preservation, and dissemination of polar information, discuss issues of mutual interest and promote initiatives leading to improved collections and services. From its origin, the fostering of greater international collaboration has been a central objective.
Polar MM5 Webpage - Polar MM5 is a version of the Pennsylvania State University/National center for Atmospheric Research (PSU/NCAR)'s fifth generation mesoscale model developed by the Polar Meteorology group of the Byrd Polar Research Center for use in polar regions.
Polar Meteorology Group - Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University. Polar Meteorology group's main research activities encompass Antarctic and Arctic research, modeling, meteorology, atmospheric circulation and physics, and paleoclimatology.
Polar Museums Directory - Providing brief details of museums with collections relating to the Arctic and Antarctic.
Polar Research Board - National Academy of Sciences
Polar Research and Cold Region Technology - The Swedish Universities of Technology Libraries
Polar Science Center - Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington
Polar Technology Programme - Offering and supporting services to the public and private sector in the development and management of onshore, offshore and coastal zone facilities
Polar Web - The Polar Web is your guide to Internet resources dealing with the lands and waters surrounding the North Pole and the South Pole, and with other cold regions of the Earth.
Polarfoto - The site shows examples of beautiful and informative pictures from Arctic and Antarctic, taken on scientific and private cruises.
Polarlys - Polar Expeditions
Poles Apart. - Poles Apart provides environmental, logistic and location advice and support for the oil and gas, offshore, film and television, shipping, and exploration industries.
Polish Polar Station Hornsund, Spitsbergen - Home page of the Polish research station located in south Spitsbergen at Hornsund fjord. The station is run by the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences and carries out research on geophysics, meteorology and polar environment.
Project Ice-SHARE - The strategic conversion of Antarctic fresh water from ice to liquid and its translocation to arid and semi-arid regions (taking advance of surplus tanker capacity and, overland, of existing and/or proposed pipelines - environmentally- oriented and executed), is fundamental global water equilibrium as impacted by climate change whether cold or warm. Ocean levels are a concern today of coastal areas.
Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North, (QUEEN). - ESF's effort on Eurasian North.
RADARSAT Geophysical Processor System, (RGPS). - RGPS project homepage of Polar Science center, University of Washington, Seattle.
Radiold, Virtual antique communication museum. - A virtual communications museum with radio, telegraph, scientific items, as well as radiograms and telegrams. Included is a section on the radio equipment used by Admiral Byrd on his first Antarctic Expedition. There is also a section on the MacGregor Arctic Expedition along with the original radio journal from the expedition.
Raytheon Polar Services Company. - Raytheon Polar Services was formed to specifically meet NSF's office of Polar programs. RTSC is teamed with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Research Connect - Research Connect is an integrated research database connecting you with with leading independent financial, business, economic, political, technical, legal, medical, scientific, and social research.
The Roald Amundsen Centre - Contains information about Arctic studies and Arctic research at the University of Tromso, and other institutions in Tromso (The Centre for Polar Research).
Russian North and Far East Regional Pages - The Russian North and Far East Regional Pages are a joint web project initiated by members of the Social Sciences and Russian Studies Group, and library and information staff (Isabella Warren and Oliver Merrington) in the Scott Polar Research Institute. Members of other SPRI departments, notably Olga Toutoubalina, have contributed to this page for which we are very grateful.
SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCAR Antarctic Global Change - Global change research in the Antarctic was started by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) as an international science plan for the better understanding of Antarctica and its critical influence on global change.
SCAR Geoscience Standing Scientific Group. - The SCAR Working Group which coordinates the geographic information and geodesy activities of SCAR member countries.
SCAR IPY 2007-08 - Preparation for the 2007-08 IPY
SCAR Physical Sciences Standing Scientific Group - SCAR Scientific Group on Physical Sciences.
SCAR-ANTOSTRAT Workshop - Antarctic Late Phanerozoic Earth System Science workshop at Hobart, Tasmania July 6-11, 1997. This link directs to the SCAR report on this workshop.
Sailing Adventures - Travelogues and images of Robert Broussard's sailing adventures from around the world...
Scientific Ice Expedetion, SCICEX. - Scientific Ice Expeditions, is a program of Arctic marine science conducted on U.S. Navy submarines. The SCICEX 2000 Workshop was held in October of 1998 to discuss science accomplishments during five cruises, and to consider what might supersede SCICEX.
Scott Polar Research Institute - University of Cambridge
Snow Hydrology Group - University of California, Santa Barbara
Snow and Land Ice Data - NSIDC Data Catalog
Snowsled - The Snowsled team has a wealth of direct experience in jungle, desert, and mountain environments.
Social History of the North - Course-related Resources - Resources and enhancements to accompany the distance delivery of Social History of the North at Yukon College.
Solo from the Pole - As you read this, you can share his Arctic journey via satellite dispatches posted here twice weekly through September.
Space Physics Research Group - Located on the Campus of University of California at Berkeley, conducts experimental research in space plasma physics on a variety of different spacecraft covering the earth's magnetosphere, auroral zone, tail region, the interplanetary solar wind, and in the near-space environments of other planets.
State of the Environment Norway - Information on climate change, ozone layer depletion, acidification, cultural and landscapes, and so on
Strategic Plan for Antarctic Science - Australian science strategic plan for Antarctic.
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean, SHEBA - SHEBA is an element of the US Global Change Research program and Arctic System Science Program, ARCSS. The SHEBA Project Office is established at the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, to support project planning, coordination, communications, infrastructure and data management.
Svalbard flowers - A site with some pictures of flowers in Svalbard.
THE NEW SOUTH POLAR TIMES (Archive) - The New South Polar Times is a newsletter written by the staff of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole, Antarctica. Founded by Katie Wallet, of Spotsylvania County Schools, and Lt. Tom Jacobs -- NOAA's officer-in-charge at Amundsen-Scott, this Internet newsletter provides students and teachers around the world with information on Antarctica, the scientific research taking place there, and fun facts about life at the station.
Tasmanian Polar Network - to facilitate prompt and efficient support to Antarctic and Southern Ocean expeditions, including tourist and other operations.
Taylor Dome Ice Core Project - Information and data from the Taylor Dome Ice core project, Antarctica
Tripsource.com - Andy Nunn's humorous dispatches from aboard the R/V Laurence M. Gould and Palmer Station.
The U.S. Antarctic Resource Center. - Maintains the Nation's most comprehensive collection of Antarctic maps, charts, satellite images, and photographs produced by the United States and other member nations of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
The U.S. Global Change Research Information Office - Provides access to data and information on global change research, adaptation/ mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources on behalf of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and its participating Federal Agencies and Organizations.
U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network - The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is a collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological processes operating at long time scales and over broad spatial scales.
UNAVCO Polar Programs - Antarctica - Provides equipment and technical support for high precision GPS surveying requirements to scientific investigators.
UNEP Arctic Portal - Arctic environmental issues and resources
UNIS - The University Courses on Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway. The northernmost web-server in the world.
US Committee to the International Polar Year 2007-08 - News on IPY Planning
US Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program - Describes the challenges, work, and accomplishments of scientists who strive to reduce the risk from volcano hazards in the United and abroad.
USGS Global Change Research Program - Provides reliable predictions of future climate changes and their effects.
Ukrainian Antarctic Station - Provides photos, videos and other things made at this Ukrainian station
Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica - A United States Antarctic program
United Nations Environment Programme GRID-Arendal - A United Nations and Govt. of Norway program on polar research.
VECO Polar Resources - VECO Polar Resources is the National Science Foundation's Arctic Logistics Contractor. We provide a wide variety of services to NSF-funded researchers working in Arctic regions, including field camps and gear, communications, engineering, air charters, and cargo movement.
WBUR Journeys to Antarctica - Dan Grossman is WBUR's man, just back from Antarctica. For five weeks Dan was chronicling life on the underside of the globe. Here, you can read his dispatches from one of the world's most remote places, Palmer Station, Antarctica.
The Web Site of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat - Information about Swedish Polar Research.
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative (WASI) - A Multidisciplinary Study of Rapid Climate Change and Future Sea Level
Whale-Watching-Web - A non-consumptive use of whales with economic, recreational, educational and scientific dimensions.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Providing information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own.
World Glacier Monitoring Service - Continuously upgrade, collect and periodically publish glacier inventory and fluctuation data as well as to include satellite observations of remote glaciers and to assess ongoing changes.
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) - Providing the data necessary to make major improvements in the accuracy of the ocean circulation's numerical models.