Table of Contents
- NSF Office of Polar Programs Links
- U.S. Antarctic Program Sites
- International Polar Year
- International Antarctic Links
- Antarctic Data Resources
- Antarctic Programs and Other Information Resources
- List Server
- Information about Antarctica and Research News
1. NSF Office of Polar Programs Links
- Office of Polar Programs
- Antarctic Aeronomy and Astrophysics Program
- Antarctic Biology and Medicine Program
- Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Program
- Antarctic Ocean and Climate Studies Program
- Antarctic Glaciology Program
2. U.S. Antarctic Program Sites
top3. International Polar Year
top4. International Antarctic Links
- Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM)
- Antarctic Treaty
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)
5. Antarctic Data Resources
U.S. Based
- Antarctic Ice Velocity Data – Compilation of recent ice velocity data of the Antarctic ice sheet.
- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) – Images of Antarctica.
- Antarctic Glaciological Data Center, NSIDC – Archive and distribution center for Antarctic glaciological and cryospheric system data collected by the U.S. Antarctic Program.
- Antarctic Meteorology Research Center and Antarctic Weathers Stations Project, University of Wisconsin – Antarctic meteorological data for the United States Antarctic Program, Iceberg imagery, Real-time meterological data.
- Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry and Geophysical Data Synthesis, LDEO – Multibeam and geophysical data from the Southern Ocean.
- Antarctic Research Facility, Florida State University – Repository for core and dredge samples from polar regions.
- EarthChem – Data management for Solid Earth Geochemistry.
- Geographical Names Information System, USGS – Search for names of geographic features in Antarctica.
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) – Archive for seismographic data including from the Global Seismographic Network and PASSCAL programs.
- NOAA Global Monitoring Division, South Pole Observatory.
- USGS United States Antarctic Resource Center (USARC) – Collection of Antarctic maps, charts, satellite images, and photographs, provided by USGS.
- University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO) Polar Programs – GPS technology support to the U.S. Antarctic Program and geodetic data archive.
- U.S. GLOBEC Data System – Biological, physical and chemical data collected during GLOBEC programs.
- Antarctic Photo Library, USAP
International
- British Antarctic Survey – Data Resources
- AWI Bathymetry & Geodesy Group
- Australian Antarctic Division – Data management and spatial data services to Australia's Antarctic program.
- Antarctic Seismic Data Library System for Cooperative Research (SDLS) – International collaborative effort to archive seismic reflection data from around Antarctica.
6. Antarctic Programs and Other Information Resources
- Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) – Multinational collaboration to Recover Stratigraphic Records from the Antarctic Margin.
- Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University.
- Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Working Group
- Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas.
- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (USACE), including CRREL Library.
- McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecologic Research
- NOAA Fisheries Service – Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division.
- Palmer Station Long-Term Ecological Research
- Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics
- Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas – Antarctic Projects.
- WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica – Access to WAISCORES data and metadata.
7. List Server
Antarctica News Website and Registry (ANSWER), a list server intended to disseminate information about Antarctica, communicate opportunities, solicit input and comment on important issues and topics, and to promote Antarctic polar science to the wider community. To subscribe, send a message to: ANSWER-request@mail.gerg.tamu.edu. The body text of the message should be a single line saying SUBSCRIBE.
top8. Information about Antarctica and Research News
- Antarctic Sun – Published during the austral summer at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, for the U.S. Antarctic Program.
- The Antarctic Circle – Resource on historical, literary, bibliographical, artistic and cultural aspects of Antarctica and the South Polar regions.
- Virtual Tour of Antarctica from CARA, University of Chicago.