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Antarctic Links
Antarctica
Information about the continent's geography, government and
much more from the CIA World Fact Book.
Arnesen-Bancroft Expedition
An attempt by two women to become the first women to cross Antarctica, a distance of 2400 miles (3,840 kilometers). They'll contend with winds gusting up to 100 miles an hour (160 km per hour) and temperatures averaging -34° C (-30° F).
Education
Resources
The Australian Antarctic Program provides general
information about Antarctica and the southern ocean.
Glacier
This amazing site has everything you ever wanted to know
about glaciers, the global climate and living in
Antarctica.
Ice
Shelves and Icebergs
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is monitoring
Antarctic ice shelves as they continue to break up. For
example, the Larsen B Ice Shelf is breaking up and receding
past its historical minimum extent. Discussion and images of
the deterioration of ice shelves answer questions and pose
new ones.
NOVA
Online: Mountain of Ice
Learn about a NOVA team that scaled the highest peak in Antarctica, Mt. Vinson.
NOVA
Online: Warnings from the Ice
Explore how Antarctica's ice has preserved the past going
back thousands of years.
Sea
Ice Habitat Tour
Explore the fantastic diversity of life on the fringes of
the continent with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar
and Marine Research.
WBUR Journeys to Antarctica
Dan Grossman of WBUR chronicles life at Palmer Station, Antarctica.
Lots of photos and video.
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Global Change Resources
EPA
Global Warming Site
The latest information about global warming, and how you can
help address the problem.
The
Global Impact of Climate Change
Read a special feature from BBC News about the serious
problems different countries and regions of the world will
face due to global climate changes.
Introduction
to Global Change
The University of Arizona has put together several online
labs to help students understand the basic scientific
principles in the context of global problems and challenges
facing scientists, policy makers and citizens.
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