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Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - http://www.awi.de/
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. |
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Scott Polar Research Institute - http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/
SPRI is a University of Cambridge research centre covering both the Arctic and Antarctic. |
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National Institute of Polar Research - http://www.nipr.ac.jp/
Japanese facility that researches polar meteorology, glaciology, oceanography, geology, marine and terrestrial biology, ecology, and Antarctic meteorites. Includes information on facilities, publications, and joint research. |
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Swedish Polar Research Secretariat - http://www.polar.se/english/
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. |
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Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic - http://tea.armadaproject.org/
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. |
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CNR - Polar Research Activity - http://www.polarnet.cnr.it/polar/
Italian organization. Resources, collaborations, news, services, press, and relevant links. |
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Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research - http://instaar.colorado.edu/AAAR/
An interdisciplinary journal providing original research on the Polar regions. Includes abstracts, index, subscription information. It does not provide the full-text of articles. |
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Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling - http://www.cpom.org/
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. |
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Polar Meteorology: Climate Change - http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/~psguest/polarmet/clichange/index.html
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. |
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Glacier Society - http://www.glaciersociety.org/
Preserving the history of America’s polar explorations (especially in the Antarctic), telling the story of the Coast Guard and Navy icebreakers and providing educational resources including afloat training. |
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The International Commission on Polar Meteorology - http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/ICPM/
Focus for research into the meteorology and climatology of the Arctic and Antarctic. |
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Polar Research Board - http://dels.nas.edu/prb/
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. |
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Polar Climate Group - http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/polar/
At the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Goals, staff, publications, research, and literature. |
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Polar Ice Sheets, Melting, and Sea Level Change - http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2004/0615Oppenheimer.pdf
Presentation by Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University. Includes data, estimates, models and projections, discussion of key issues, graphs, photographs, and graphical representation of satellite altimeter measurements. |
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Operation Deep Freeze - http://www.aspen-ridge.net/
Information and pictures on the use of US Navy Destroyer Escorts as weather picket ships from 1957 to 1968. |