Polar Pointers

• Biology
• Environment
• General
• Geology
• Glaciology
• Meteorology
• Oceanography
• Organization

Biology

• The Arctic World, a server providing information about the Arctic and Antarctic. Trondheim, Norway.
• Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
- addressing the special needs of Arctic species and their habitats in the rapidly developing Arctic region.

Environment

• Arctic Environmental Data Directory (AEDD) - USGS in Anchorage, Alaska
• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
- measuring the levels and assessing the effects of anthropogenic pollutants in all compartments of the Arctic environment, including humans.
• Barentsis The Barents Information Society, Kiruna, Sweden
• Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
- addressing the special needs of Arctic species and their habitats in the rapidly developing Arctic region.
• 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.
• GRID-Arendal (UNEP/EAD/GRID) - Maps and Datasets Available On-line
• Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research - University of Colorado at Boulder
• North - an intuitive Arctic exploration This site offers a variety of small subjects, more or less related to the Arctic region
• Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- carring out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography, marine meteorology, and related subjects.
• The Journey North - the environment, wildlife migration, different cultures, and more..

General

• Alaska Volcano Observatory
• Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi - University of Lapland
• Arctic Logistics Information Access Service (ALIAS) - information on various logistics sites in the Arctic can be accessed several ways.
• Arctic Information, University of Calgary, Alberta
- pulling together northern information sources dealing with the arctic, subarctic and boreal areas of the world.
• Arctic Region Supercomputing Center - supporting research in science and engineering with emphasis on the high latitudes and the Arctic, located in University of Alaska .
• Barents Region. A growing collection of information centers in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. NORUT, Narvik, Norway.
• Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society - The History of Arctic Exploration, New York
• Geophysical Institute-University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Public International Law/Arctic and Antarctic - a collection of WWW links related to International Law Topics
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
• Polar Libraries Gopher maintained by Eric Tull, University of Calgary
• Polar Research Board - National Academy of Sciences
• Svalbard - Polar Expedition - Svalbard is Norwegian territory, located between northern latitudes 76 and 80, where the Arctic Ocean meets the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. Follow the summer expedition, and discover Svalbard.
• The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States - Information and Resources Regarding Research in the Arctic
• The IASC Global Change Programme Office - (International Arctic Science Committee) at the Arctic Center, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi

Geology

• Arctic Circle - University of Connecticut

Glaciology

• Centre for Glaciology University of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K.
• Global Land Ice Monitoring from Space (GLIMS) - monitoring the world's glaciers with the EOS (Earth Observing System) ASTER instrument.
• The Polar Regions homepage - a server providing information about the Arctic and Antarctic

Meteorology

• Alaska Climate Research Center - University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Alfred Wegener Institute - the German national centre for Polar and Marine research
• Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS)
- a regional climate research component of the World Climate Research Programme, located at Oslo, Norway
• 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.
• Canadian Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) - an integrated program of research, observations, and science activities ultimately leading to the prediction of global and regional climate change.
• International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP)
- maintains a network of automatic data buoys in the Arctic Basin which monitor synoptic-scale fields of pressure, temperature, and ice motion to support real-time operations and eteorological and oceanographic research.
• Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
- University of Washington
• 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

Oceanography

• Environment Canada Ice Services Branch
- giving information about the activities of the Canadian Ice Service of Environment Canada which is headquartered at the Ice Centre in Ottawa, Canada.
• International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP)
- maintains a network of automatic data buoys in the Arctic Basin which monitor synoptic-scale fields of pressure, temperature, and ice motion to support real-time operations and eteorological and oceanographic research.
• International Northern Sea Route Program
- Central Marine Research & Design Institute (CNIIMF), St.Petersburg, Russia; Ship and Ocean Foundation (SOF), Tokyo, Japan; and Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), Lysaker, Norway.
• Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean

Organization

• Antarctic activities of member nations of the Antarctic Treaty
- presents individual short descriptions of the antarctic activities of 24 nations.
• International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
• Polar Science Center - Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington

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