Polar Pointers

• Astronomy
• Biology
• Ecology
• General
• Geology
• Glaciology
• Meteorology
• Oceanography
• Organization

Astronomy

• AMANDA - the neutrino telescope project at the South Pole
• JACEE Long Duration Balloon - Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment
• Long Duration Ballooning in Antarctica - U.C. Berkeley
• Malin Space Science Systems - Antarctic Research
• NOAA South Pole Observatory - maintains monitoring programs in greenhouse and other trace gases, atmospheric aerosols, solar radiation variability, stratospheric ozone and meteorological parameters.
• The Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica - a source for information about astronomy in Antarctica.

Biology

• The Arctic World, a server providing information about the Arctic and Antarctic. Trondheim, Norway.
• National Institute of Polar Research - Japanese Polar Research Center
• Orca Whales - providing an enthusiastic, imaginative, and intellectually stimulating atmosphere to help students reach their academic potential.
• 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. Located United Kingdom

Ecology

• Environmental Resources Information Network, Australia
• Palmer Station Long Term Ecological Research Program - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Potchefstroom University Physics Department
• TerraQuest - Virtual Expeditions on the World Wide Web
• 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 Data Center A Paleoclimatology, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO.

General

• Alaska SAR Facility Homepage - Alaska Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
• Antarctic Development Squadron Six - conducting safe and efficient flight operations with highly trained professionals in support of the United States Antarctic Program.
• Earthnet online - supported by the European Space Agency - ESRIN, Frascati, Italy.
• Antarctic Managers Electronic Network - managed by the COMNAP Secretariat situated at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Washington, DC, USA.
• Antarctic Seismic Data Library System for Cooperative Research - provides open access worldwide to Antarctic multichannel seismic-reflection data collected by many countries to study the structure of the earth's crust of Antarctica.
• A Tourist Expedition to Antarctica
• Antarctic Science - Blackwell Scientific Publications
• Antarctic ROAVERRS project - Research on Ocean-Atmosphere Variability and Ecosystem Response in the Ross Sea (ROAVERRS)
• Current Antarctic Literature - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
• Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society - New York, New York
• Frequently Asked Questions About Antarctica
• Guilford College - The site and course integrate the fields of history, political science, ecology, meteorology and chemistry by looking at four major questions critical to Antarctica.
• International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research -Gateway to Antarctica
• JPL Polar Oceanography Group - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
• National Resource Information Centre - analyzing national sustainable development issues, such as drought, land degradation, hazardous waste and multiple land use, in areas such as the Murray-Darling Basin, Cape York Penisula, Lake Eyre, southeast forests and the coastal zone.
• National Science Foundation WWW server - including the Office of Polar Programs
• National Snow and Ice Data Center - University of Colorado
• 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.
• Public International Law/Arctic and Antarctic - a collection of WWW links related to International Law Topics
• Satellite Image Map of Antarctica United States Geological Survey
• The Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal - University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum want to tell the story of this great Australian's achievements in exploration, science, geology, forestry and teaching.
• Polar Research Board - National Academy of Sciences
• Polar Research and Cold Region Technology Catalog - Lulea University. Full of links
• Strategic Plan for Antarctic Science
- Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
• World Data Centre, C (Glaciology) - University of Cambridge
• 109th Airlift Wing
- provides air transport for Arctic/Antarctic operations in support of the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Navy.

Geology

• U.S. Geological Survey: Antarctic Stream Hydrology - maintains and distributes information pertaining to the rivers and streams of the Antarctic continent.
• Antarctica from Malin Space Science Systems
- Description of the corporation, its present projects, and personnel biographies and publications.
• Department of Earth Sciences - University Lausanne
- a documentation and data collection on geochemical analyses measured in Switzerland
• The Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility Florida State University
• The Association of Polish Geomorphologists
- a full member of the International Association of Geomorphologists and located in Poznan.
• Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute - a polar museum, used for some teaching purposes, Department of Earth Sciences and Geography, University of Cambridge
• National Institute of Polar Research
- Japanese Polar Research Center
• Using Satellite RADAR Imagery to Study the Polar Regions - describes some of the interesting facts and features of the Arctic and Antarctic regions and how to observe these regions using satellites.
• UNAVCO Polar Programs - Antarctica - provides equipment and technical support for high precision GPS (Global Positioning System) surveying requirements to scientific investigators.

Glaciology

• Antarctica: Mail for discussion
• The Arctic World, a server providing information about the Arctic and Antarctic. Trondheim, Norway.
• British Antarctic Survey - is responsible for all of the British Government's scientific research in the Antarctic, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands.
• Global Land Ice Monitoring from Space (GLIMS) - monitoring the world's glaciers with the EOS (Earth Observing System) ASTER instrument.
• Glacier - GLACIER World Wide Web materials created by Rice University and the Education Development Center
• Malin's, Antarctic Research - Antarctic images by Malin Space Science Systems Inc.
• Snow Hydrology Group
- University of California, Santa Barbara
• the Glaciology section Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden

Meteorology

• Alaska Climate Research Center - University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Alfred Wegener Institute - the German national centre for Polar and Marine research
• Antarctic Automatic Weather Stations - University of Wisconsin
• Antarctica Meteorology Research Center, University of Wisconsin - Composite satellite weather images
• British Antarctic Survey
- is responsible for all of the British Government's scientific research in the Antarctic, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands.
• Cold Tech - a foundation to support research within cold climate technology
• Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Data Archive at NGDC
• Glacier - GLACIER World Wide Web materials created by Rice University and the Education Development Center
• 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.
• Polar Science Center - Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington
• Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric -- Satellite Imagery - actively engaged in satellite remote sensing of the earth's oceans, University of Miami
• The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative (WASI) - A Multidisciplinary Study of Rapid Climate Change and Future Sea Level

Oceanography

• Ocean Modeling Branch National Centers for Environmental Prediction
• 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. Located at Norway

Organization

• Antarctic Support Associates
- Through a contract with the National Science Foundation, ASA provides a diversity of science support operations to the United States Antarctic Program.
• Australian Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre - Antarctic CRC for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean environment
• Australian Antarctic Division
• Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies
• SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCAR Working Groups
- Physics & Chemistry of the Atmosphere
- ICSU

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