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| south-pole.com/ Includes time line, explorers, stamps, early postal history, modern postal history and maps. Information about the stamps, postal history and explorers of the Antarctic. | |
| nbs.ac.uk/public/icd/jds/ozone/ozpamw7.htm 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 demon | ||
| lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/polar.html Set of maps produced by the CIA covering Antarctica, Greenland, the Arctic region and the South Atlantic Ocean islands. | ||
| volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/sorted_by_country.html Photographs, height, latitude and longitude and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world. | ||
| 205.174.118.254/nspt/home.htm Current information on Antarctica, and facts about life at the station, the scientific research taking place there | ||
| coolantarctica.com/ Also offers a travel guide to the area, and a selection of Antarctic-related news stories. Selected photographs and fact-files on the history, environment, and wildlife of Antarctica. | ||
| antarctica.ac.uk/ 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 prob | ||
| usarc.usgs.gov/antarctic_atlas/ 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, a | ||
| glacier.rice.edu/ A range of information about Antarctica, photographs of life at research stations, including weather conditions, oceanography and a browsable glossary of over 300 terms related to Antarctica. | ||
| amnh.org/exhibitions/shackleton/ 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 o | ||
| grida.no/ GRID-Arendal aims to be an internationally recognised information centre providing decision-makers and the public with improved access to high quality environmental information. Environmental information on Norway and the polar regions. | ||
| nbs.ac.uk/public/icd/jds/ozone/bulls.htm 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. | ||
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