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| Offers original articles and features about Arctic/Northern culture, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include archaeology, aviation, histories of trading companies, community histories, cultures and lifestyles, genealogy resources, government history, heritage associations, maps, mining history, museums and archives, natural history, newspapers, photograph collections, pioneer biographies, restoration projects, tourism associations, transportation history, writers and artists. | |
| Interactive atlas of the Antarctic providing research results, collections of data, and descriptions of geological projects conducted in the region. Contains several layers of ecological information concerning rock outcrops, sand, snow, lakes, contours, and springs. | ||
| Photographs, latitude and longitude, height, date of last eruption and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world. | ||
| Set of maps produced by the CIA covering Antarctica, the Arctic region, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean islands. | ||
| Document which explains the formation of the spring time depletion of the ozone layer above the Antarctic (the ozone hole), and answers some common questions. The ozone hole was discovered by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey in 1985, and demonstrated that understanding of the atmosphere is far from complete. | ||
| Set of regular bulletins dating back to 1993 which contain the actual ozone values reported from the Antarctic together with an analysis of the current situation. | ||
| Program established to address the special needs of Arctic species and their habitats. Aims to conserve Arctic flora and fauna, their diversity, and their habitats; to protect the Arctic ecosystem from threats; to seek to develop improved conservation management, laws, regulations, and practices for the Arctic; to collaborate for more effective research, sustainable utilization, and conservation. | ||
| Links to Arctic related information and data resources. | ||
| The overall goal of Arctic Circle is to stimulate a greater interest in the peoples and environment of the Arctic and Subarctic region. This 'electronic circle' has three interrelated themes: natural resources; history and culture; social equity and environmental justice. Includes information on sustainability, economic development, colonisation, ethnographic portraits, self determination, cultural identity, a museum, virtual classroom, maps and a discussion group. | ||
| Maintains a network of automatic data buoys in the Arctic Basin which monitor synoptic scale fields of pressure, temperature, and ice motion to support real-time operations and meteorological and oceanographic research. Provides monthly buoy maps, data sets, buoy reports, and a buoy motion and ice concentration animation which uses data from 1979 to 1994. Includes browsable images and data plots with accompanying audio files and buoy diagrams. | ||
| The BAS undertakes a programme of science in the Antarctic region, giving the UK an authoritative voice in Antarctic affairs. BAS research covers all aspects of science and exploits the unique natural laboratory conditions in the Antarctic to address problems of global and regional relevance. BAS also discharges the UK's responsibilities for complying with the Antarctic Treaty and administers the British Antarctic Territory. | ||
| Current information on Antarctica, the scientific research taking place there, and facts about life at the station, also intended as a starting point for studying the continent of Antarctica. | ||
| Environmental information on Norway and the polar regions. GRID Arendal aims to be an internationally recognised information centre providing decision-makers and the public with improved access to high quality environmental information. | ||
| Selected photographs and fact files on the history, environment, and wildlife of Antarctica. Also offers a travel guide to the area, and a selection of Antarctic-related news stories. | ||
| Environmental information on Norway and the polar regions. GRID Arendal aims to be an internationally recognised information centre providing decision-makers and the public with improved access to high quality environmental information. | ||
| Division of Environment Canada responsible for the promotion of safe and efficient maritime operations, and the protection of Canada's environment by providing reliable and timely information about ice conditions in Canadian waters. Features current ice charts, bulletins and models, and ice thickness data from 1947 onwards. Also offers definitions of ice terminology, ice codes and symbols, arctic shipping pollution prevention regulations, and a manual of standard procedures for observing and reporting ice conditions. | ||
| Documents Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 voyage to the Antarctic aboard The Endurance, which collapsed when the vessel became trapped in ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship. Shackleton then embarked upon an 800 mile open boat journey, now considered one of the greatest boat journeys in history, before trekking across the mountains of South Georgia where he was able to organise a rescue team to save his crew. | ||
| A range of information about Antarctica, including weather conditions, oceanography, photographs of life at research stations, and a browsable glossary of over 300 terms related to Antarctica. | ||
| Set of maps produced by the CIA covering Antarctica, the Arctic region, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean islands. | ||
| Information about the stamps, postal history and explorers of the Antarctic. Includes time line, explorers, stamps, early postal history, modern postal history and maps. | ||
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