Lukol Directory: Regional: Polar Regions: Science and Environment

The International Commission on Polar Meteorology
Focus for research into the meteorology and climatology of the Arctic and Antarctic.
http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/public/icd/icpm/

Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Governmental organisation under the Ministry of Education and Science with the mission to promote Swedish polar research by planning, organising and conducting research expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions. English/Swedish.
http://www.polar.se/eng/

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
An interdisciplinary journal providing original research on the Polar regions. Includes abstracts, index, subscription information. It does not provide the full-text of articles.
http://www.colorado.edu/INSTAAR/arcticalpi...

Scott Polar Research Institute
Information about the research groups, postgraduate courses, and library. Includes a picture library database.
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/

Seaice.de
Sea ice concentration and cloud signature maps of polar areas.
http://www.seaice.de/

Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
Based in London, Bristol and Cambridge, the Centre researches and studies processes at the Earth's Poles. Includes research projects, publications, seminars, meetings, conferences, links, contact details, staff lists.
http://www.cpom.org/

Arctic and Antarctic Regions
Resource for research on cold regions. General information, overview, and content.
http://www.nisc.com/factsheets/qaar.asp

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic and at temperate latitudes. It coordinates Germany's polar research programme and provides other institutions with the facilities, equipment and logistics needed for polar expeditions.
http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/index-e.html

CNR - Polar Research Activity
Italian organization. Resources, collaborations, news, services, press, and relevant links.
http://www.polarnet.cnr.it/polar/

The Swedish Universities of Technology Libraries
Resource for polar research and cold region technology.
http://www.luth.se/foundations/coldtech/co...

Operation Deep Freeze
Information and pictures on the use of US Navy Destroyer Escorts as weather picket ships from 1957 to 1968.
http://www.aspen-ridge.net/

Polar Research Board
Provides independent analysis to the federal government and the nation on matters of science and technology affecting public policy on research needs, environmental quality, natural resources, and other issues in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and cold regions in general.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/prb/

National Science Foundation
Office of polar programs concerned with scientific research, and operational support of that research.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/

Essays on Arctic Environment
Essays on key environmental issues by respected Arctic scientists.
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/essay.html

NIPR
National Institute of Polar Research
http://www.nipr.ac.jp/

Byrd Polar Research Center
Focuses in the research of climatic reconstruction of glacial and post-glacial times; polar ice-sheets; dynamics, history and ice-atmosphere interactions; high-latitude landform evolution, soils and hydrology; geologic evolution of Antarctica; and the history of polar exploration.
http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/

The SINTEF Group
Polar technology programme from The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian institute of technology.
http://www.sintef.no/

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Information and referral center supporting polar and cryospheric research. Site includes education resources, the NSIDC data catalog and an image gallery.
http://nsidc.org/index.html

Arctic Antarctic Research Center
Maintains an archive of more than 120, 000 satellite passes of the Earth's polar regions. The centre also provides data processing services to a wide variety of polar researchers.
http://arcane.ucsd.edu/

Norwegian Polar Institute
Institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions.
http://www.npolar.no/

Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic
Program that sponsors research experiences in the polar regions for U.S. elementary and secondary school teachers. Includes program information and journals and other reports from current and past participants.
http://tea.armadaproject.org/

Polar Pointers
Directory of web sites about the polar regions and related scientific topics.
http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin...

Polar Climate Group
At the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Goals, staff, publications, research, and literature.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/polar/

National Science Foundation: Polar Research
NSF programs for support of scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic.
http://www.nsf.gov/home/polar/start.htm

Polar Biology
Springer scientific journal that presents results of all kinds of studies in plants, animals, and micro-organisms of marine, limnic and terrestrial habitats of arctic and antarctic regions. Free access to search functions, tables of contents, and abstracts, full access requires subscription.
http://www.springerlink.com/(ordtotn3nruiw...

Polar Meteorology: Climate Change
Information on the role of polar regions, including an interactive climate model, study questions, and links to related web sites. From the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/~psguest/p...

Sub Topics:
Antarctic
Paleontology
Scientific Institutions
Arctic
Meteorology


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