Antarctica on WEB

Research programs, national and international organs 

Antarctic Data Base

Cartography, aerial photo and satellite images

Polar history

Glaciology

Polar Museums

Tourism

 

Research programs, national and international organs
 

Argentina: - Istituto Antártico Argentino
Australia: - Antarctica Online, Australian Antarctic Division
Belgio: - Belgian Scientific Research Program on the Antarctic
Cile: - Istituto Antártico Cileno
Danimarca: - Danish Polar Centre
Francia: - IFRTP, Institute Polair Français
Germania: - Alfred Wegener Institute
Giappone: - NIPR, National Institute of Polar Research
Italia: - Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA)
Norvegia: - Norsk Polarinstitutt
Nuova Zelanda: - The New Zealand Antarctic Institute
Perù: Comision Nacional de Asuntos Antarticos
Regno Unito: - British Antarctic Survey ; - Scott Polar Research Institute
Russia: - Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute 
Sud Africa: - South African National Antarctic Programme
Svezia: - Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Stati Uniti d'America: - National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs ; United States Antarctic Research Center
Uruguay: - Istituto Antartico Uruguayo
 
 

  • European Science Foundation

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  • Council for Managers of National Antarctic Programs

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    SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

    SCAR Standing Geoscientific Groups

    Geosciences

    Life Sciences Physical Sciences

     
     


    Others organs and research centers
     

  • Augustana College Geology Dpt. (Dinosauri in Antartide)
  • Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury (NZ)
  • Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania (AUS)
  • Antarctic Research Facility, Florida State University (USA)
  • Cape Roberts Project
  • Byrd Polar Research Institute, Ohio State University
  • Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory
  • Rice University (Dati generali; didattica)

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    Antarctic Data Base
     

  • Antarctic Data Base
  • Polar Pointers 
  • Polar programmes, polar data centres and polar information sites
  • Australian Antarctic Data Centre
  • National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs
  • United States Antarctic Resource Center
  • British Antarctic Survey
  • Directory of Polar and cold regions organizations (Scott Polar Research Institute)
  • South Pole Directory & Information system (Italian Antarctic Data Centers)
  • Cold Regions Bibliography (Library of Congress)
  • Virtual Antarctica
  • The New South Polar Times

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    Ozone hole
     

  • http://www.niwa.cri.nz/rc/atmos/services/uvozone/ (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research NZ)
  • http://sedac.ciesin.org/ozone/docs/reports.html (Nazioni Unite)
  • http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  • http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/tovsto/
  • http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/Key_Topics/The_Ozone_Hole/index.html
  • http://www.ozone-sec.ch.cam.ac.uk
  • http://www.unepie.org/ozonaction.html
  • http://www-iup.physik.uni-bremen.de/ifepage/gome.html

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    Cartography, aerial photo and satellite images
     

  • The Arctic and Antarctic Research Center (immagini satellite)
  • http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/
  • http://usarc.usgs.gov/antarctic_atlas/help.html (aerial photo and cartography)
  • http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/public/magic/newmapcat/mapcat.html (
  • cartography)
  • Royal Geographical Society (
  • historic cartography and bibliography)
     

     
     
     
     
     
     


    Climate and Global Change
     

  • AMRC, Antarctic Meteorology Research Center
  • Antarctic Automatic Weather Stations
  • NOAA South Pole Observatory

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    Polar Story
     

  • Antarctica Heritage Trust NZ
  • International Polar Heritage Committee

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    Philately
     

  • http://www.south-pole.com/homepage.html
  • http://www.mepas.it/antartide/default.htm

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    Glaciology
     

  • CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement (F)
  • NSIDC, Antarctic Ice Sheves and Iceber
  • Satellite Image Atlas of glaciers of the World
  • Centre for Glaciology, University of Wales
  • Database inglese spessori ghiaccio
  • EPICA
  • Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e del Territorio, Università di Milano-Bicocca
  • World Glacier Monitoring Service
  • Glaciology Group, University of Copenaghen (DK)
  • Lago Vostok
  • Ice and Climate, British Antarctic Survey
  • Taylor Dome Ice Core Project
  • Global Land Ice Measurements from Space 
  • Nasa, Lake Vostok & Europa (satellite di Giove)

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    Meteorites
     

  • AMLAP, Antarctic Meteorite Location and Mapping Project (index and location of antarctic finds)
  • ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites (USA)
  • NASA, Meteorites from Antarctica

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    Polar Museums  

  • Polar Museums Directory
  • Scott Polar Research Institute, Museo
  • International Antarctic Centre, Christchurch, NZ
  • The Russia State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic, S. Pietroburgo
  • Polaria (Norvegia)

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    Antartic Ocean, life and ecosystems
     

  • CCAMLR, Commission for the Conservation of Marine Living Resources
  • FAO Fisheries
  • GLOBEC, Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics
  • Whale Watching Web
  • International Whaling Commission
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA)

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    Tourism
     

  • International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators
  • Lonely Planet  (English Guide)
  • Antarctica Travel Company (Italia)
  • Peregrine - The Sprirt of Adventure (Australia)
  • Heretiage Expeditions/Antarctic Expeditions (Nuova Zelanda)
  • Victory Adventure Travels (Cile)
  • Quark Expeditions (USA)
  • Adventure Network International (USA)
  • Students on ice (Canada)
  • Polarcircle Expeditions (Francia)
  • Oceanwide Expeditions (Olanda)
  • Tour 2000 (Italia)

     


     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      

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