Antarctic, Environment United States Antarctic, Environment, Research, United States http://www.asoc.org/ The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition An official observer to the meetings of the Antarctic Treaty System and works on Antarctic conservation issues ************************************************** Antarctic Ukraine Antarctic, Research, Ukraine http://www.antarctida.kiev.ua/ Ukrainian Antarctic Station Provides photos, videos and other things made at this Ukrainian station ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic International Arctic, Antarctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, International http://www.ipy.org International Polar Year (IPY) Home page for the International Polar Year on the ICSU website ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic International Arctic, Antarctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, International http://www.aosb.org/ipy.html AOSB IPY page Information on IPY ************************************************** Antarctic Norway Arctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, Norway http://asof.npolar.no/IPY.html ASOF IPY page Planning for the 2007-08 IPY ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic United States Arcitc, Antarctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, United States http://www.dels.nas.edu/us-ipy/index.html US Committee to the International Polar Year 2007-08 News on IPY Planning ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic Germany Arctic, Antarctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, Germany http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/Projects/IPY2007-8/index.html AWI IPY 2007-08 German website for IPY planning ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic International Arctic, Antarctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, International http://www.polarfoundation.org/index.php?id=772&lg=en International Polar Foundation IPY site IPF activities for the 2007-08 IPY ************************************************** Antarctic International Antarctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, International http://www.scar.org/events/internationalpolaryear/ SCAR IPY 2007-08 Preparation for the 2007-08 IPY ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic International Arctic, Antarctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, International http://www.esf.org/esf_genericpage.php?language=0§ion=2&domain=1&genericpage=1912 ESF IPY site History and ideas for the 2007-08 IPY ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic Canada Arctic, Antarctic, Data, Research, Intl Polar Year, Canada http://www.ipy-api.ca/ Canada IPY site Canada's 2007-08 IPY Portal ************************************************** Russia Antarctic, Arctic, Data, Research, Russia http://south.aari.nw.ru/default_en.html Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Atmospheric data from Russian stations back to the IGY ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic Austria Arctic, Antarctic, Tourism, Logistics, Austria http://members.eunet.at/castaway/ Arctic and Antarctic Advice Agency Austria Consulting and planning for your journeys to all cold regions. /pics/austria.gif ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://usarc.usgs.gov/ 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). ************************************************** Arctic Norway Arctic, Antarctic, Education, Norway http://www.arcticworld.net/ The Arctic World A server providing general information about the Arctic. ************************************************** United States Alaska, Society, United States http://www.ankn.uaf.edu 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, Data, United States http://cires.colorado.edu/arcsym/ 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. ************************************************** Sweden Education, Publication, Sweden http://www.barnenspolarbibliotek.com/engelska/index_eng.htm 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. ************************************************** United States Publication, United States http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/library/bib.htm 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. ************************************************** United States Research, Data, United States http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/library/liblit.html CRREL Current Literature Search Online research database, maintained by US Army. ************************************************** United States Publication, United States http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/library/cold_reg.html CRREL technical publications CRREL, US Army virtual library database. ************************************************** Sweden Research, Sweden http://www.luth.se/foundations/coldtech/coldeel.html Polar Research and Cold Region Technology The Swedish Universities of Technology Libraries ************************************************** United States Research, United States http://www.lternet.edu/ 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. ************************************************** United States Sea Ice, Logistics, United States http://www.natice.noaa.gov/ 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). ************************************************** United States Environment, Society, United States http://www.cnie.org/nae/ Native Americans and the Environment Dedicated to promoting education and research on environmental issues facing Native American and First Nations communities. ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic Norway Arctic, Antarctic, Environment, Research, Norway http://www.npolar.no/ 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 ************************************************** Arctic Canada Arctic, Environment, Society, Canada http://npc.nunavut.ca/eng/index.html 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. ************************************************** United States Environment, United States http://www.deeppool.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/PFA/entry.html 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. ************************************************** Canada Education, Canada http://arcticcentre.urova.fi/polarweb/polar/plcmain.htm 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. ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic Great Britain Arctic, Antarctic, Sea Ice, Land Ice, Great Britain http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/lib/organ/keyindex.htm 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. ************************************************** United States Sea Ice, Research, Satellite, United States http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/seaice/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Wildlife, Arctic, Alaska, Environment, United States http://arctic.fws.gov/index.htm 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. ************************************************** Great Britain Arctic, Environment, Data, Research, Great Britain http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/aemc/aemc.htm NERC Arctic Environmental Metadata Centre Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge ************************************************** Great Britain Glaciology, Data, Research, Great Britain http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/wdcc/home.htm ICSU (International Council of Scientific Unions)World Data Centre C: Glaciology Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge ************************************************** Great Britain Society, Great Britain http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/rfn/linklist.htm 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Great Britain Antarctic, Data, Research, Great Britain http://www.add.scar.org/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic Finland Arctic, Research, Finland http://www.arcticcentre.org/contentparser.asp?deptid=9015 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. ************************************************** Canada Atmosphere, Canada http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/index.html Meteorological Service of Canada Canada's source for meteorological information. ************************************************** Finland Education, Finland http://www.arctic.uit.no/cua.html 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. /pics/finland.gif ************************************************** Finland Education, Finland http://www.heureka.fi/ Heureka The Finnish Science Center ************************************************** Antarctic International Antarctic, Tourism, International http://www.iaato.org/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic New Zealand Antarctic, Research, New Zealand http://www.anta.canterbury.ac.nz/ Gateway Antarctica Center for Antarctic Studies at the University of Canterbury ************************************************** Russia Research, Sea Ice, Environment, Russia http://www.kolasc.net.ru/ 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. /pics/Russia.gif ************************************************** United States Alaska, United States http://www.northernforum.org/ The Northern Forum Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage ************************************************** Finland Arctic, Antarctic, Finland http://arcticcentre.urova.fi/polarweb/ 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. ************************************************** Norway Environment, Research, Norway http://www.grida.no/ United Nations Environment Programme GRID-Arendal A United Nations and Govt. of Norway program on polar research. ************************************************** Arctic Norway Arctic, Research, Norway http://acsys.npolar.no/ Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS) A regional climate research component of the World Climate Research Programme, located at Oslo, Norway ************************************************** Arctic Norway Arctic, Environment, Wildlife, Norway http://www.grida.no/caff/ Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Addressing the special needs of Arctic species and their habitats in the rapidly developing Arctic region. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Glaciology, Research, United States http://tintin.colorado.edu/group/ Glaciology at the Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado at Boulder ************************************************** Arctic Norway Data, Research, Norway http://www.grida.no/ GRID-Arendal (UNEP/EAD/GRID) Maps and Datasets Available On-line ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, United States http://instaar.colorado.edu/ Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado at Boulder ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Ocean, Sea Ice, Research, Data, United States http://iabp.apl.washington.edu/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic Norway Arctic, Research, Norway http://www.iasc.no/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic Netherlands Arctic, Education, Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~pal/ North - an intuitive Arctic exploration This site offers a variety of small subjects, more or less related to the Arctic region ************************************************** Arctic United States Education, Wildlife, Education, Environment, United States http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ The Journey North The environment, wildlife migration, different cultures, and more.. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Antarctic, Research, Australia http://www.antcrc.utas.edu.au/antcrc.html Australian Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre Antarctic CRC for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean environment /pics/australia.gif ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Antarctic, Research, Data, Australia http://www.antdiv.gov.au/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Antarctic, Research, Australia http://www.scieng.utas.edu.au/iasos/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Logistics, Australia http://www.antcrc.utas.edu.au/antcrc/ Tasmanian Polar Network to facilitate prompt and efficient support to Antarctic and Southern Ocean expeditions, including tourist and other operations. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Antarctic, Tourism, Australia http://www.adventureassociates.com/ 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. ************************************************** Canada Sea Ice, Research, Satellite, Canada http://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/ 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. /pics/canada.gif ************************************************** Canada Data, Research, Arctic, Canada http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/GEWEX/index_e.html Canadian Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) CMC's website on GEWEX project. GEWEX project analyzes, forecasts and archives North American climate changes. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Museum, Canada http://www.nature.ca/nature_e.cfm Canadian Museum of Nature Canadian musuem of natural history. ************************************************** Canada Environment, Canada http://www.crysys.uwaterloo.ca/overview/crysys_intro.cfm 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. ************************************************** Arctic and Antarctic. Denmark Arctic, Antarctic, Research, Denmark http://www.dpc.dk/ Danish Polar Center information on Danish polar research in the Arctic and Antarctic. /pics/denmark.gif ************************************************** Canada Research, Ocean, Canada http://www.c-core.ca/ 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. ************************************************** France Research, Glaciology, France http://glaciog.ujf-grenoble.fr/ Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique del'Environnement (LGGE) A glaciology research center of University of Joseph Fourier. /pics/france.gif ************************************************** Germany Research, Germany http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/index-e.html Alfred Wegener Institute The German national centre for Polar and Marine research /pics/germany.gif ************************************************** Antarctic Great Britain Research, Antarctic, Great Britain http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/ British Antarctic Survey Is responsible for all of the British Government's scientific research in the Antarctic, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands. /pics/uk.gif ************************************************** Great Britain Research, Great Britain http://wwwcpg.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/ Climate Physics Group University College London. ************************************************** Great Britain Glaciology, Research, Great Britain http://www.aber.ac.uk/~glawww/ 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. ************************************************** Great Britain Research, Land Ice, Great Britain http://www.geodata.soton.ac.uk/ipa/ 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 ************************************************** Great Britain Research, Great Britain http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/ Scott Polar Research Institute University of Cambridge ************************************************** Great Britain Museum, Education, Great Britain http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/ Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute A polar museum, used for some teaching purposes, Department of Earth Sciences and Geography, University of Cambridge ************************************************** Antarctic Great Britain Environment, Great Britain http://www.unep-wcmc.org 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. ************************************************** < Japan Research, Japan http://www.nipr.ac.jp/ National Institute of Polar Research Japanese Polar Research Center /pics/jp.gif ************************************************** Netherlands Sea Ice, Netherlands http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/4233/ Greenland iceberg paradise In these pages you will find spectacular images of icebergs, dogsledding and the wonderful scenery of Greenland. /pics/netherland.gif ************************************************** Antarctic New Zealand Antarctic, New Zealand http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/ Antarctic New Zealand Provides leadership in developing, promoting and realizing opportunities for New Zealand from international involvement in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. /pics/newzealand.gif ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Voyages, United States http://tellus.ssec.wisc.edu/outreach/antarctic/index.htm Antarctic Journal Journal on Antarctic expedition ************************************************** Antarctic United States Research, Satellite, United States http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/ Antarctic Project homepage (U Wisconsin) University of Wisconsin's Antarctic project homepage ************************************************** Arctic Norway Arctic, Environment, Norway http://www.grida.no/amap/ 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. /pics/norway.gif ************************************************** Norway Environment, Research, Norway http://www.nersc.no/index2.php Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center An independent non-profit research institute affiliated with the University of Bergen, Norway ************************************************** Norway Logistics, Norway http://www.sintef.no/ 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 ************************************************** Norway Environment, Atmosphere, Norway http://www.grida.no/soeno97/ State of the Environment Norway Information on climate change, ozone layer depletion, acidification, cultural and landscapes, and so on ************************************************** Arctic Denmark Tourism, Denmark http://www.arctic-adventure.dk/ 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. ************************************************** Norway Education, Norway http://www.unis.no/ UNIS The University Courses on Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway. The northernmost web-server in the world. ************************************************** Poland Society, Poland http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~sgp/hotspe.htm The Association of Polish Geomorphologists A full member of the International Association of Geomorphologists and located in Poznan. /pics/poland.gif ************************************************** United States Alaska, Research, United States http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/ Alaska Climate Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks /pics/us.gif ************************************************** United States Data, Research, Alaska, United States http://www.asf.alaska.edu/ Alaska SAR Facility Homepage Alaska Synthetic Aperture Radar Data ************************************************** United States Research, Data, Alaska, United States http://eq.giseis.alaska.edu/ 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). ************************************************** United States Society, United States http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/ AMS Homepage American Meteorological Society ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://www.arf.fsu.edu/ Antarctic Research Facility A national repository for geological materials collected in polar regions, located at Florida State University ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Education, United States http://www.antarcticconnection.com/ The Antarctic Connection Provides educational and informative material as well as conscienciously chosen fun and entertaining products. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Logistics, United States http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/vxe-6.htm Antarctic Development Squadron Six Conducting safe and efficient flight operations with highly trained professionals in support of the United States Antarctic Program. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Logistics, Research, Data, Satellite, United States http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/aws.html 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, United States http://barsoom.msss.com/earth/earth.html Antarctica from Malin Space Science Systems. Description of the corporation, its present projects, and personnel ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Logistics, Research, United States http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/suplog.htm Arctic Research Support and Logistics (RSL) NSF support of Arctic research field projects ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/realtime.html Antarctic Meteorological Research Center University of Wisconsin - Realtime data ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, United States http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ Arctic Circle University of Connecticut ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Alaska, United States http://www.nbc.brygge.dk/ Arctic Cyber Anthropology Comprehensive resorces for the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. ************************************************** Arctic Norway Arctic, Data, Environment, Research, Norway http://www.grida.no/arctic.htm UNEP Arctic Portal Arctic environmental issues and resources ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, Data, Alaska, United States http://www.arsc.edu/ Arctic Region Supercomputing Center University of Alaska ************************************************** Arctic United States Museum, Arctic, United States http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/ Arctic Studies Center A permanent program at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution ************************************************** United States Arctic, Sea Ice, Land Ice, United States http://arcss.colorado.edu/ 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 ************************************************** United States Land Ice, Sea Ice, Research, United States http://www.stolaf.edu/other/cegsic/ 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 ************************************************** United States Research, Environment, Data, Atmosphere, United States http://www.arm.gov/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Alaska, Environment, Research, United States http://www.cgc.uaf.edu/ 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. ************************************************** United States Atmosphere, Environment, Research, United States http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ 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 ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, Alaska, United States http://www.cifar.uaf.edu/ Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research A partnership between NOAA and the University of Alaska ************************************************** United States Satellite, Research, United States http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/ Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison ************************************************** United States Data, Satellite, United States http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Data Archive at NGDC ************************************************** Canada Atmosphere, Research, Canada http://easweb.eas.ualberta.ca/research/index.cfm Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences-University of Alberta. Research page of Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Ocean, United States http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/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). ************************************************** United States Environment, United States http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) A fast, convenient, comprehensive online search service for finding information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators. ************************************************** United States Society, History, United States http://www.cookPolar.org/ 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. ************************************************** United States Alaska, Research, United States http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks ************************************************** United States Ocean, Atmosphere, Research, United States http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRD/ 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. ************************************************** United States Education, Glaciology, United States http://www.glacier.rice.edu/ Glacier Rice University and the Education Development Center ************************************************** United States Glaciology, Research, United States http://www.ccrc.sr.unh.edu/ Climate Change Research Center The University of New Hampshire ************************************************** United States Land Ice, Glaciology, United States http://wwwflag.wr.usgs.gov/GLIMS/glimshome.html Global Land Ice Monitoring from Space (GLIMS) Monitoring the world's glaciers with the EOS (Earth Observing System) ASTER instrument. ************************************************** United States Land Ice, Research, United States http://www.gisp2.sr.unh.edu/GISP2/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, United States http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/start.htm Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) A conglomerate of US federal research organizations working on Arctic. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, Data, United States http://marge.phys.washington.edu/jacee/jacee-13/ JACEE Long Duration Balloon Japanese-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment ************************************************** United States Ocean, Research, United States http://ftp-oceans.jpl.nasa.gov/mrd/JPL_polar_gen.html JPL Polar Oceanography Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://barsoom.msss.com/earth/antarctica/antarctic_intro.html Malin Space Science Systems Antarctic Research ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://barsoom.msss.com/http/ant/intro.html Malin's Antarctic Research Antarctic images by Malin Space Science Systems Inc. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://huey.Colorado.EDU/LTER/ 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) ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/mevo/mevo.html Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory A cooperative program of the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology (NMT), and Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand (VUW). ************************************************** United States Environment, Data, Glaciology, United States http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ 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) ************************************************** United States Society, United States http://www.nsf.gov/ NSF WWW server. Home page of National Science Foundation, United States. ************************************************** United States Land Ice, Sea Ice, Data, United States http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NASA/GUIDE/ National Snow and Ice Data Center University of Colorado ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Atmosphere, United States http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/spo/spo.html 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. ************************************************** United States Environment, Ocean, Atmosphere, United States http://www.noaa.gov/ 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. ************************************************** United States Research, United States http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/start.htm Office of Polar Programs National Science Foundation ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Sea Ice, Research, United States http://iceflo.icess.ucsb.edu:8080/ice_hp.php? 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 ************************************************** United States Ocean, Research, United States http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Conducting scientific investigations in physical oceanography, marine meteorology, geochemistry, and related subjects and located in Seattle (WA) and Newport (OR). ************************************************* United States Land Ice, Sea Ice, Data, United States http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NASA/PODAG/ Polar DAAC User Working Group Distributed Active Archive Center at the National Snow and Ice Data Center ************************************************** United States Research, United States http://www7.nationalacademies.org/prb/ Polar Research Board National Academy of Sciences ************************************************** United States Research, United States http://psc.apl.washington.edu/pscweb2002/homepage.html Polar Science Center Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington ************************************************** United States Sea Ice, Research, United States http://psc.apl.washington.edu/RGPS/rgps.html RADARSAT Geophysical Processor System, (RGPS). RGPS project homepage of Polar Science center, University of Washington, Seattle. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geol/volcanology/avolc.html Antarctic Volcanology. Research on Antarctic volcanoes conducted at New Mexico Tech. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Voyages, United States http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/ice/index2.html Solo from the Pole As you read this, you can share his Arctic journey via satellite dispatches posted here twice weekly through September. ************************************************** United States Research, United States http://www.crseo.ucsb.edu/hydro/hydro.html Snow Hydrology Group University of California, Santa Barbara ************************************************** United States Research, United States http://plasma2.ssl.berkeley.edu/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic United States Arctic, Antarctic, Research, Satellite, United States http://arcane.ucsd.edu/ 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 United States Research, Arctic, United States http://www.arcus.org/ The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States Information and Resources Regarding Research in the Arctic ************************************************** United States Environment, United States http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/Climate.html The EPA's Global Warming Web Site United States - Environmental Protection Agency's page on global warming. ************************************************** United States Research, Satellite, United States http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Publication, United States http://205.174.118.254/nspt/home.htm 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. ************************************************** United States Research, Environment, United States http://www.gcrio.org/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Land Ice, Sea Ice, United States http://igloo.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/ The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative (WASI) A Multidisciplinary Study of Rapid Climate Change and Future Sea Level ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Antarctica, Education, Australia http://classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au/ Antarctica in Classrooms A new website about Antarctica for classrooms and teachers ************************************************** United States Research, Environment, United States http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/ USGS Global Change Research Program Provides reliable predictions of future climate changes and their effects. ************************************************** United States Research, United States http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Logistics, United States http://www.unavco.org/facility/project_support/polar/polar.html UNAVCO Polar Programs - Antarctica Provides equipment and technical support for high precision GPS surveying requirements to scientific investigators. ************************************************** United States Ocean, Data, United States http://woce.nodc.noaa.gov/wdiu/ World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Providing the data necessary to make major improvements in the accuracy of the ocean circulation's numerical models. ************************************************** United States Data, United States http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html National Geophysical Data Center - Paleoclimatology Branch Paleoclimatology, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO. ************************************************** United States Data, United States http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/wdcmain.html 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. ************************************************** Antarctic South Africa Antarctic, Environment, South Africa http://www.puk.ac.za/fskdocs/ant.html Antarctica and Environmental Affairs Potchefstroom University Physics Department. /pics/safrica.gif ************************************************** Sweden Research, Sweden http://www.luth.se/foundations/coldtech/ Cold Tech A foundation to support research within cold climate technology. /pics/sweden.gif ************************************************** Sweden Research, Sweden http://www.polar.se/ The Web Site of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat Information about Swedish Polar Research. ************************************************** Switzerland Environment, Research, Switzerland http://www.climate.unibe.ch/ 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. /pics/switzerland.gif ************************************************** Switzerland Land Ice, Satellite, Glaciology, Data, Switzerland http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic International Antarctic, Logistics, International http://www.comnap.aq 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. ************************************************** International Society, Glaciology, International http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/igs/home.htm International Glaciological Society Cambridge, England <************************************************** International Land Ice, Sea Ice, International http://www.glaciology.su.se/ICSI/ International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI) Research and interest in the practical and scientific problems of snow and ice. ************************************************** United States Publication, United States http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj01/west01.html Polar Information An international approach ************************************************** Antarctic International Antarctic, Research, International http://www.scar.org/ SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research ************************************************** Great Britain Research, Great Britain http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/SCAR_ssg_ps/ SCAR Physical Sciences Standing Scientific Group SCAR Scientific Group on Physical Sciences. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Research, Environment, Australia http://www.antcrc.utas.edu.au/scar/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic International Antarctic, Publication, International http://www.scar.org/Publications/reports/Report_16.html 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. ************************************************** Antarctic International Antarctic, Land Ice, International http://www.climate.unibe.ch/clim_recon/epica.html 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. ************************************************** International Land Ice, Research, International http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/public/icd/grip/griplist.html 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. ************************************************** Denmark Environment, Denmark http://www.geomar.de/~hbauch/king/html/queen.html Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North, (QUEEN). ESF's effort on Eurasian North. ************************************************** International Society, Research, International http://www.esf.org/ The European Science Foundation An association of 62 member organisations devoted to basic scientific research in 21 European countries. ************************************************** International Data, Environment, International http://www.g7.nasda.go.jp/G7/ 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. ************************************************** United States Research, United States http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil 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. ************************************************** United States Publication, United States http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/library/crrel_library.html Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Library The collection of cold regions scientific and technical literature. ************************************************** Antarctic Poland Antarctic, Voyages, Poland http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~grzera/mk/mkwel.htm Marek Kamiñski Solo in Antarctica. ************************************************** United States Wildlife, United States http://www.teelfamily.com/links/animals/orca.html Orca Whales Providing an enthusiastic, imaginative, and intellectually stimulating atmosphere to help students reach their academic potential. ************************************************** United States Publication, United States http://www.bellpub.com/pgg/index.htm Polar Geography Bellwether Publishing, Ltd. - Publisher of Polar Geography ************************************************** Belgium Land Ice, Belgium http://users.skynet.be/deneyer/ Photographs - Marc Deneyer Iceberg, Ilulissat, Greenland, 1994 ************************************************** Great Britain Museum, Great Britain http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/lib/museums.htm Polar Museums Directory Providing brief details of museums with collections relating to the Arctic and Antarctic. ************************************************** United States Voyages, Alaska, United States http://www.ptialaska.net/~rbtbrsrd/ Sailing Adventures Travelogues and images of Robert Broussard's sailing adventures from around the world... ************************************************** Great Britain Logistics, Voyages, Great Britain http://www.snowsled.com/ Snowsled The Snowsled team has a wealth of direct experience in jungle, desert, and mountain environments. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Antarctic, Australia http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=920 Strategic Plan for Antarctic Science Australian science strategic plan for Antarctic. ************************************************** Finland Wildlife, Environment, Finland http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/whale/ Whale-Watching-Web A non-consumptive use of whales with economic, recreational, educational and scientific dimensions. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Research, United States http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/home.html 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Antarctic, Environment, Wildlife, Australia http://www.antcrc.utas.edu.au/antcrc/micropro/acaminfo.html 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Belgium Antarctic, Research, Belgium http://www.belspo.be/antar/ 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). /pics/Belgiumc.gif ************************************************** Australia Ocean, Research, Australia http://www.marine.csiro.au/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Antarctic, Research, Australia http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/ 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. ************************************************** United States Sea Ice, Data, United States http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/sea_ice/README.html Monthly average polar sea-ice concentration USGS data web site on polar sea-ice concentrations. ************************************************** Arctic Denmark Glaciology, Denmark http://www.glaciology.gfy.ku.dk Glaciology group, University of Copenhagen Provide a link to the homepage of the Glaciology Groups, University of Copenhagen. Lists papers and other information ************************************************** Antarctic New Zealand Antarctic, Land Ice, New Zealand http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthhist/antarctica/crp.html 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. ************************************************** United States Glaciology, United States http://www.glaciers.net/ Glaciers.net A centralized depot of resources for professionals, students, and hobbyists that study glacial processes and landforms. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Museum, History, United States http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/archives/pmag.shtml 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. ************************************************** Arctic Germany Ocean, Arctic, Germany http://www.aosb.org 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 Canada Arctic, Research, Canada http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/page1/hydrat/hydrates.html 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). ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Research, Australia http://www.geoscience.scar.org/ SCAR Geoscience Standing Scientific Group. The SCAR Working Group which coordinates the geographic information and geodesy activities of SCAR member countries. ************************************************** Antarctic Australia Data, Research, Australia http://www.geoscience.scar.org/geog/agdi/intro.htm 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). ************************************************** Education, Artic, Antartic United States Artic, Antarctic, Alaska, Publication, Voyages, United States http://www.stairway.org/parmer/ Parmer Books Arctic, Antarctic, & Alaska; Naval, Maritime, Voyages, Travels & Exploration; Pacific Islands & Hawaii; Western Americana, Indians & California ************************************************* Antarctic, data United States Land Ice, Data, United States http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~esteig/taylor.html Taylor Dome Ice Core Project Information and data from the Taylor Dome Ice core project, Antarctica ************************************************** Arctic Norway Education, Research, Norway http://www.arctic.uit.no/English/index.html 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). ************************************************** Antarctic Great Britain Antarctic, Education, Voyages, History, Great Britain http://ast.leeds.ac.uk/haverah/spaseman/index.shtml 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. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Education, Arctic, Canada http://www.ucalgary.ca/aina/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antartic, Ocean, United States http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/index.html Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica A United States Antarctic program ************************************************** Antarctic France Voyages, France http://www.polarlys.asso.fr/projet/polarlys/Encycl.nsf/HTMLPAGES/FrameSetFR Polarlys Polar Expeditions ************************************************** Antarctic Italy Antarctic, Research, Italy http://www.pnra.it/ Italian Antarctic Research Program Italian research on the Antartic continent /pics/italy.gif ************************************************** United States Publication, United States http://www.coldregions.org/ Cold Regions Bibliography Project Bibliography Project of American Geological Institute on Cold Regions ************************************************** France Research, France http://www.ifremer.fr/ifrtp/pages/institut_polaire.html French Polar Institute An agency providing facilities for polar research. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Land Ice, Sea Ice, Research, United States http://nsidc.org/iceshelves/ Antarctic Ice Shelves A research site on icebergs and iceshelves in the Antarctic Peninsula ************************************************** United States Data, Land Ice, Sea Ice, United States http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/data/snow.html Snow and Land Ice Data NSIDC Data Catalog ************************************************** Polar Research Canada Data, Canada http://www.polarcom.gc.ca/ Canadian Polar Commission. Canadian Polar Commission is responsible for: monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions. ************************************************** Arctic Russia Publication, Russia http://www.netpilot.ca/geocryology/index.html 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Belgium Wildlife, Education, Environment, Belgium http://www.natuurwetenschappen.be/amphi/ Ant'Phipoda A reference centre about the biodiversity of Antarctic amphipods, with a complete checklist, bibliography, and nice pictures. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Voyages, History, United States http://www.heroshiptours.com "Hero" Current activities and info about the former Antarctic research vessel Hero, now located in Newport, Oregon. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Education, Arctic, Canada http://www.athropolis.com/sun-fr.htm Athropolis - Guide to Arctic Sunrise & Sunset See what the sun is doing in the arctic during any day of any month of the year. ************************************************** Great Britain Society, Alaska, Arctic, Land Ice, Sea Ice, Great Britain http://www.arcticphoto.co.uk/ 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! ************************************************** United States Glaciology, History, Education, United States http://nsidc.org/glaciers/ 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. ************************************************** United States Glaciology, United States http://nsidc.org/wdc/index.html 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). ************************************************** Arctic Canada Society, Canada http://www.arcticharvest.com 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, History, United States http://www.ranchopark.com/polar.html 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". ************************************************** Arctic Canada Society, Environment, Wildlife, Canada http://www.grrb.nt.ca/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Environment, Wildlife, Education, United States http://www.polarbearsalive.org 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. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Logistics, Canada http://polar.nrcan.gc.ca Polar Continental Shelf Project Canadian Federal Government agency that has provided logistics to researchers for over 40 years. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Education, History, United States http://www.south-pole.com 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. ************************************************** Arctic Denmark Arctic, History, Denmark http://www.hum.ku.dk/eskimo/english/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Voyages, History, United States http://www.Tripsource.com Tripsource.com Andy Nunn's humorous dispatches from aboard the R/V Laurence M. Gould and Palmer Station. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, History, Society, United States http://www.ekkane.org 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Environment, Wildlife, United States http://www.ecoscope.com/krill/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic France Logistics, France http://perso.libertysurf.fr/arctique Les techniques des expeditions à ski dans l'Arctique How to organize a ski-pulka expedition in Arctic regions Equipments, technics, security etc. ************************************************** Germany Sea Ice, Satellite, Research, Germany http://www.seaice.de German Sea-Ice Website. Sea ice concentration and cloud signature maps. ************************************************** Arctic Norway, Germany Arctic, Antarctic, Voyages, Norway, Germany http://www.polarfoto.com Polarfoto The site shows examples of beautiful and informative pictures from Arctic and Antarctic, taken on scientific and private cruises. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Research, Canada http://www.nunanet.com/~research Nunavut Research Institute Information about research in Nunavut ************************************************** Iran Environment, Research, Iran http://www.greenrc.iust.ac.ir 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. /pics/iran.jpg ************************************************** Arctic Canada History, Education, Canada http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~agraham/nost202/timetables.htm 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. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Education, History, Canada http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~agraham/nost202/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic Russia Research, Glaciology, Russia http://www.az.ru/demjjan/ Laboratory of Applied Glaciology and North Problems Laboratory of applied glaciology and north problems, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. ************************************************** Arctic, Antarctic United States Atmosphere, Education, United States http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/~psguest/polarmet/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Chile Research, Chile http://www.inach.cl Chilean Antarctic Institute. National Antarctic scientific research programs. General information related to Chilean activities in Antarctica /pics/chile.jpg ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Logistics, United States http://www.vecopolar.com 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. ************************************************** Arctic Denmark Research, Environment, Arctic, Denmark http://www.geogr.ku.dk/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Environment, United States http://aro.oar.noaa.gov/ 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 United States Alaska, Education, United States http://apsn.awcable.com/ Alaska Public Seismic Network. Amateur seismology in Alaska; How to monitor earthquakes by building your own seismograph station; Earthquake data, maps, sources, links, etc! ************************************************** Arctic United States Society, Arctic, United States http://www.arcticrefugeart.org/ Artists of the Arctic Refuge. A record of the fine art and photography of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. ************************************************** Antarctic Great Britain Education, Wildlife, Society, Great Britain http://www.coolantarctica.com Cool Antarctica Antarctic wildlife and landscape photography, images and information for travelers and homework. ************************************************** Arctic United States Ocean, Education, Arctic, United States http://www.arctic.noaa.gov NOAA Arctic Theme Page A rich and comprehensive resource web site focused on the Arctic. ************************************************** Antarctic New Zealand History, New Zealand http://www.newzeal.com/steve/antarctica.htm 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. ************************************************** Arctic Norway Wildlife, Environment, Norway http://communities.msn.no/FraSvalbardsFlora Svalbard flowers A site with some pictures of flowers in Svalbard. ************************************************** United States Education, Logistics, Sea Ice, United States http://marquettewebworks.com/greatlakes/icebreak.htm How Icebreakers Break Ice? General Information on how Icebreakers break ice in words and pictures. ************************************************** United States Glaciology, Research, United States http://glaciology.caltech.edu 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Bulgaria Logistics, Bulgaria http://www.geocities.com/apcbg/ Antarctic Place-names Commission. Includes a national gazetteer listing all Bulgarian place names in Antarctica with description of the relevant geographical features. /pics/bulgaria.jpg ************************************************** Great Britain Logistics, Great Britain http://www.polesapart.org/index.html 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. ************************************************** Arctic and Antarctic United States Environment, Arctic, Antarctic, United States http://www.solcomhouse.com 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. ************************************************** Arctic Poland Arctic, Research, Data, Poland http://hornsund.igf.edu.pl/index_en.php 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. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Education, Arctic, Canada http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/ 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! ************************************************** Arctic Canada Education, Wildlife, Arctic, Canada http://www.polarlife.ca 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. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Environment, Canada http://www.mveirb.nt.ca 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. ************************************************** Antarctic People's Republic of China (PRC) Antarctic, History, Voyages, People's Republic of China (PRC) http://www.newzeal.com/theme/bases/China/Chinahistoric.htm Chinese Antarctic Expedition Chinese Antarctic expeditions and post cards. /pics/china.jpg ************************************************** Antarctic Great Britain Voyages, History, Environment, Wildlife, Antarctic, Education, Great Britain http://www.66degreessouth.org 66 Degrees South Travel info, history, wildlife, facts and figures about the Antarctic. Photos and information from my travels there in February 2002. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Research, Sea Ice, Land Ice, Ocean, Environment, United States http://www.geocities.com/forelaws/iceshare.html 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. ************************************************** United States Logistics, History, Society, United States http://www.glaciersociety.org 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. ************************************************** Antarctic International Environment, Antarctic, Data, International http://www.era.gs/resources/apa 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. ************************************************** Global United States Research, Data, United States http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/PolarMet/pmm5_b.html 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. ************************************************** Antarctic, Arctic United States Arctic, Antarctic, Research, Data, Atmosphere, United States http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/PolarMet/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Antarctic, Logistics, United States http://www.polar.org/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, United States http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/ 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Ukraine Antarctic, Research, Ukraine http://www.antarctida.kiev.ua/english/ 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. /pics/ukraine.gif ************************************************** Arctic United States Data, Arctic, United States http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~petersej/GIFS/ 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! ************************************************** Antarctic International Antarctic, Data, International http://www.scar.org/organise/JCADMpage.html 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. ************************************************** Greenland Denmark Research, Data, Arctic, Land Ice, Denmark http://www.glaciology.gfy.ku.dk/ngrip/index_eng.htm 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Ocean, Atmosphere, Arctic, United States http://arcss.colorado.edu/projects/oaii.html 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. ************************************************** Arctic People's Republic of China (PRC) Data, Antarctic, Research, People's Republic of China (PRC) http://pole.wtusm.edu.cn 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. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Data, Environment, Society, Canada http://esd.inac.gc.ca/nin/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic and Antarctic Norway Environment, Research, Norway http://www.nilu.no/pomi 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. ************************************************** Antarctic United States Environment, Antarctic, Land Ice, United States http://andrill-server.unl.edu 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. ************************************************** Arctic Russia Glaciology, Research, Russia http://icemass.narod.ru Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, IGRAS Homepage of IGRAS, contains information on the glaciological studies and research in Eurasian Arctic. ************************************************** Canada Logistics, Land Ice, Canada http://www.martechpolar.com Martech Polar Martech Polar offers logistical services like Navigation and Ice Pilotage. ************************************************** Arctic Canada Research, Publication, Canada http://www.ualberta.ca/~ccinst/ 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. ************************************************** United States Research, Data, United States http://tea.armadaproject.org/science_education/researcher_opprojects.html Current Polar Research Community Outreach Projects This website is intended to identify active outreach projects of polar research programs. If you would like your program referenced, please send a brief description of the outreach project, state what the project is about, and indicate the intended audience. Include also, if available, the URL specific to the outreach component, a digital logo, and contact information for those who may want to know more. Mail to: shippst@ruf.rice.edu ************************************************** United States Publication, Education, United States http://205.174.118.254/nspt/home.htm 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. ************************************************** United States Antarctic, Voyages, United States http://www.wbur.org/special/antarctica/ 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. ************************************************** United States Environment, Voyages, United States http://amanda.physics.wisc.edu/rschwarz Bert's South Pole Page Contains information about a researcher's travel to south pole and photographs of nature. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, Data, Environment, United States http://psc.apl.washington.edu/search/index.html 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, Data, Ocean, Environment, United States http://sheba.apl.washington.edu/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, Sea Ice, United States http://psc.apl.washington.edu/scicex/main.html 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. ************************************************** Arctic United States Arctic, Research, Environment, United States http://psc.apl.washington.edu/ANWAP/ 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. ************************************************** Arctic and Antarctic Republic of Korea (South Korea) Arctic, Antarctica, Research, Republic of Korea (South Korea) http://www.polar.re.kr/english/index.asp 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. /pics/koreas.jpg ************************************************** United States Research, Data, United States http://www.researchconnect.com 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. ************************************************** Antarctic Argentina Antarctic, Research, Argentina http://www.dna.gov.ar DIRECCION NACIONAL DEL ANTARTICO, INSTITUTO ANTARTICO ARGENTINO Argentine Antarctic National Program. The Instituto Antártico Argentino, as a part of Dirección Nacional del Antártico, 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. /pics/argentina.jpg ************************************************** Antarctic Netherlands Antarctic, Education, Netherlands http://antarctica.pagina.nl Antarctica Start Page All useful links to Antactica on one page. ************************************************** Arctic, Greenland Denmark Glaciology, Satellite, Land ice, Sea ice, Arctic, Denmark http://www.emi.dtu.dk/ 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. ************************************************** General United States Arctic, Antarctic, History, Voyages, United States http://www.radiold.com 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. **************************************************