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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.- www.awi-bremerhaven.de/index-e.html |
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Arctic and Antarctic Regions: Resource for research on cold regions. General information, overview, and content.- www.nisc.com/factsheets/aar.htm |
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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.- arcane.ucsd.edu/ |
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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.- www.colorado.edu/INSTAAR/arcticalpine/ |
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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.- www.cpom.org/ |
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CNR - Polar Research Activity: Italian organization. Resources, collaborations, news, services, press, and relevant links.- www.polarnet.cnr.it/polar/ |
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Essays on Arctic Environment: Essays on key environmental issues by respected Arctic scientists.- www.arctic.noaa.gov/essay.html |
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National Science Foundation: Office of polar programs concerned with scientific research, and operational support of that research.- www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ |
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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.- nsidc.org/index.html |
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Norwegian Polar Institute: The Norwegian Polar Institute is Norway's central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions. The Institute is the Norwegian authorities' consultant and supplier of knowledge, and contributes to the best possible administration of Norwegian polar areas. Covers Svalbard and Jan Mayen- www.npolar.no/ |
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Operation Deep Freeze: Information and pictures on the use of US Navy Destroyer Escorts as weather picket ships from 1957 to 1968. Includes USS Calcaterra, USS Brough, USS Durant, USS Forster, USS Thomas J. Gary, and USS Wilhoite.- www.aspen-ridge.net/ |
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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.- link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00300/index.htm |
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Polar Climate Group: At the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Goals, staff, publications, research, and literature.- www.ldeo.columbia.edu/polar/ |
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Polar Meteorology: Climate Change: Information on the role of polar regions, including an interactive climate model, study questions, and links to related web sites. From the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.- www.weather.nps.navy.mil/~psguest/polarmet/clichange/index.html |
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Polar Pointers: Annotated collection of internet links about the Arctic and Antarctic, maintained at Ohio State University. Includes glaciology links.- polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/genpp.cgi |
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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.- www7.nationalacademies.org/prb/ |
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Seaice.de: Sea ice concentration and cloud signature maps of polar areas.- www.seaice.de/ |
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SINTEF: (Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning ved NTH). SINTEF-gruppen er Skandinavias største uavhengige forskningsorganisasjon, med ca.1700 ansatte.- www.sintef.no/ |
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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.- www.polar.se/eng/ |
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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, journals and other reports from current and past participants, and related classroom activities.- tea.rice.edu/ |
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The International Commission on Polar Meteorology: Focus for research into the meteorology and climatology of the Arctic and Antarctic.- www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/public/icd/icpm/ |
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The Swedish Universities of Technology Libraries: Resource for polar research and cold region technology.- www.luth.se/foundations/coldtech/coldeel.html |
