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Australia
     Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand, region

Antarctica
     Palmer Station, Antarctic Peninsula region
     Avian Island, Antarctic Peninsula region
     Lake Hoare, Dry Valleys region
     Lake Bonney, Dry Valleys region
     Taylor Valley, Dry Valleys region
     Dry Valleys, Dry Valleys region
     Beacon Valley, Dry Valleys region
     AGAP South Camp, East Antarctic Ice Sheet region
     Recovery Lakes, East Antarctic Ice Sheet region
     Camp Winter, East Antarctic Ice Sheet region
     Between Camp Winter and South Pole, East Antarctic Ice Sheet region
     Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctic Ice Sheet region
     Becker Point, McMurdo Ice Shelf region
     Offshore New Harbor Camp, McMurdo Sound region
     Penguin Ranch, McMurdo Sound region
     Ice Caves, Erebus Glacier Tongue, McMurdo Sound region
     ANDRILL Drill Site, McMurdo Sound region
     Bay of Sails, McMurdo Sound region
     McMurdo Station, Ross Island region
     Cape Royds, Ross Island region
     Scott Base, Ross Island region
     Cape Bird, Ross Island region
     Cape Crozier, Ross Island region
     Beaufort Island, Ross Sea region
     Deverall Island, Ross Sea Ice Shelf region
     Williams Field, Ross Sea Ice Shelf region
     Pegasus Field, Ross Sea Ice Shelf region
     South Pole, South Pole region
     Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands region
     Drake Passage, Southern Ocean region
     South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean region
     Iceberg A43K, Southern Ocean region
     Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean region
     Ross Sea, Southern Ocean region
     Southern Ocean, Southern Ocean region
     South Shetland Islands, Southern Ocean region
     IODP Expedition 318 Drill Site U1356, Southern Ocean region
     IODP Expedition 318 Drill Site U1359, Southern Ocean region
     Tango 1 Deep Field Camp, Transantarctic Mountains region
     Iceberg Alley, Weddell Sea region
     Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctic Ice Sheet region
     Siple Dome Camp, West Antarctic Ice Sheet region
     WAIS Divide, West Antarctic Ice Sheet region

South America
     Straits of Magellan, Chile, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena region
     Punta Arenas, Chile, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena region

North America
     Beaufort Sea, Arctic region
     Beaufort Sea, approx. 150 miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Arctic region
     Chukchi Sea, LAT: 77.368, LONG: 167.082, Arctic region
     Chukchi Sea, LAT: 74.685, LONG: 156.825 , Arctic region
     Beaufort Sea, LAT: 71.5618, LONG: -144.5723 , Arctic region
     Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Arctic region
     Ilulissat, Greenland, Arctic region
     Summit Camp, Greenland, Arctic region
     Russell Glacier 1, Greenland, Arctic region
     Greenland Ice Sheet, East of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Arctic region
     Near Jakobshaven Glacier calving front in July 2008, East of Ilulissat, Greenland, Arctic region
     Barrow, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Toolik Lake, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Quinhagak, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Kotzebue, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Colville River, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Nimiuktuk River, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Point Barrow (Nuvuk), Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Chukchi Sea, near Barrow, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Nimiuktuk River Expedition, Camp 1, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Nimiuktuk River Expedition, Camp 2, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Deadhorse, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Kaktovik, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Beaufort Sea, north of Deadhorse , Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Oliktok Point, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, Arctic region
     National Ice Core Lab, Denver, Colorado, United States, Mountain region
     Exploratorium, San Francisco, California, United States, Pacific region