Links
Antarctica
British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
BAS is one of the world's leading environmental research centres and is responsible for the UK's national scientific activities in Antarctica.Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)
LIMA brings the coldest continent on earth alive in greater detail than ever before through this virtually cloudless, seamless, and high-resolution satellite view of Antarctica.United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Web Portal
USAP supports scientific research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
Arctic
Arctic Institute of North America
Devoted to facilitating and disseminating all aspects of polar researchArctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Monitoring the status of, and threats to, the Arctic environmentThe Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)
Advancing knowledge and understanding of the Arctic
Climate Change
IGLO: International Action on Global Warming
A project of the Association of Science-Technology CentersNASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)
Research at GISS emphasizes a broad study of global climate changeNational Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Climate Research
NCAR climate researchers are working to understand the impacts of global and regional climate change.National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Research
NOAA's research laboratories, Climate Program Office, and research partners conduct a wide range of research into complex climate systems and how they work.
Exploratorium Sites
Auroras 2000
Your guide to the northern and southern lights. News, NASA images, forecasts, and background on the aurora borealis.Auroras: Paintings in the Sky
What are auroras? What makes them happen? What do they look like? Where can you see them?Global Climate Change: Research Explorer
Global Climate Change: Research Explorer allows visitors to explore scientific data from many fields (physics, chemistry, biology, meteorology, and oceanography) relating to global warming.Origins (Antarctica): Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole
Follow our crew as they visit the dry valleys and hike up the slopes of volcanic Mt. Erebus.
For Teachers
AGAP Curriculum Activities
Curriculum Activities and Outreach for the "Mapping the Last Mountain Range on Earth" projectANDRILL Project Circle 2008
Education and outreach for the ANDRILL and Off-Shore New Harbor science expeditionsIceCube Educational Outreach
Events, programs, acitivities, and other resources for educators from the IceCube Neutrino ObservatoryPenguin Science Education Page
Educational activities to help students learn about many interesting aspects of penguin life, history and their relationship to climate change, from the "Ross Sea Penguins" projectTeacher's Domain: Polar Sciences Collection
Multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development
Ice
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Supporting research into our world's frozen realms: the snow, ice, glacier, frozen ground, and climate interactions that make up earth's cryosphere.
Other IPY Projects
Polar-palooza
POLAR-PALOOZA is a multimedia initiative involving researchers, Alaskan Natives, in-person presentations at science centers and natural history museums, video and audio podcasts, and more.U.S. International Polar Year
Providing researchers, educators, the news media, and the general public with information about federally supported IPY research, expeditions, resources, events, and related activities.
Polar Exploration History
Antarctic Conservation Blog
This blog describes what it's like to spend time in Antarctica conserving artifacts from the explorer's hut left behind by Ernest Shackleton in 1908.
The People of the Arctic
Iñupiat Heritage Center
On the rooftop of the world, the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, tells the story of the Iñupiat people.
Traditional Knowledge
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Resources for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowingExchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA)
ELOKA works to provide data management and user support to facilitate the collection, preservation, exchange, and use of local observations and knowledge of the Arctic.SIKU: Sea Ice Knowledge and Use
SIKU is one of several IPY 2007–2008 projects aimed at documenting indigenous observations of environmental changes in the polar areas.