Arctic and Antarctic Regions:
Resource for research on cold regions. General information,
overview, and content.
http://www.nisc.com/factsheets/aar.htm
Scott Polar Research Institute:
SPRI is a University of Cambridge research centre covering both the
Arctic and Antarctic.
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/
National Institute of Polar Research:
Japanese facility that researches polar meteorology, glaciology,
oceanography, geology, marine and terrestrial biology, ecology, and
Antarctic meteorites. Includes information on facilities,
publications, and joint research.
http://www.nipr.ac.jp/
Essays on Arctic Environment:
Essays on key environmental issues by respected Arctic scientists.
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/essay.html
Polar Pointers:
Directory of web sites about the polar regions and related
scientific topics.
http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/polarpointers/PolarPointers.html
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research:
An interdisciplinary journal providing original research on the
Polar regions. Includes abstracts, index, subscription information.
It does not provide the full-text of articles.
http://www.Colorado.EDU/INSTAAR/arcticalpine/
National Snow and Ice Data Center:
Information and referral center supporting polar and cryospheric
research. Site includes education resources, the NSIDC data catalog
and an image gallery.
http://nsidc.org/index.html
Byrd Polar Resesarch Center:
Research focuses on the role of cold regions in the global climate
system. Includes publications, conferences, links to related sites.
http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/
Arctic Antarctic Research Center:
Maintains an archive of more than 120, 000 satellite passes of the
Earth's polar regions. The centre also provides data processing
services to a wide variety of polar researchers.
http://arcane.ucsd.edu/
National Science Foundation:
Office of polar programs concerned with scientific research, and
operational support of that research.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/
Polar Biology:
Springer scientific journal that presents results of all kinds of
studies in plants, animals, and micro-organisms of marine, limnic
and terrestrial habitats of arctic and antarctic regions.
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00300/index.htm
Norwegian Polar Institute:
Institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of
the polar regions.
http://www.npolar.no/
Operation Deep Freeze:
Information and pictures on the use of US Navy Destroyer Escorts as
weather picket ships from 1957 to 1968.
http://www.aspen-ridge.net/
Polar Climate Group:
At the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
Goals, staff, publications, research, and literature.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/polar/
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat:
Governmental organisation under the Ministry of Education and
Science with the mission to promote Swedish polar research by
planning, organising and conducting research expeditions to the
Arctic and Antarctic regions. English/Swedish.
http://www.polar.se/eng/
Polar Research Board:
Provides independent analysis to the federal government and the
nation on matters of science and technology affecting public policy
on research needs, environmental quality, natural resources, and
other issues in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and cold regions in
general.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/prb/
The SINTEF Group:
Polar technology programme from The Foundation for Scientific and
Industrial Research at the Norwegian institute of technology.
http://www.sintef.no/
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research:
Conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic and at temperate
latitudes. It coordinates Germany's polar research programme and
provides other institutions with the facilities, equipment and
logistics needed for polar expeditions.
http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/index-e.html
Seaice.de:
Sea ice concentration and cloud signature maps of polar areas.
http://www.seaice.de/
CNR - Polar Research Activity:
Italian organization. Resources, collaborations, news, services,
press, and relevant links.
http://www.polarnet.cnr.it/polar/
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling:
Based in London, Bristol and Cambridge, the Centre researches and
studies processes at the Earth's Poles. Includes research projects,
publications, seminars, meetings, conferences, links, contact
details, staff lists.
http://www.cpom.org/
Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic:
Program that sponsors research experiences in the polar regions for
U.S. elementary and secondary school teachers. Includes program
information and journals and other reports from current and past
participants.
http://tea.rice.edu/
