Polar links and resources

National Antarctic Programs

• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
• Antarctica New Zealand
• Australian Antarctic Divison
• Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research (BNCAR)
• British Antarctic Survey
• German Federal Environmental Agency
• Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH)
• Italian National Programme of Antarctic Research (PNRA)
• National Institute for Polar Research (Japan)
• Norwegian Polar Institute
• Office of Polar Programs (USA)
• Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Antarctic Organizations and Conventions

• Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty (ATS)
• Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
  - SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information (WG-GGI)
  - Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM)
  - SCAR Working Group on Biology
  - SCAR Working Group on Glaciology
  - SCAR Working Group on Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
  - SCAR Global Change and the Antarctic (GLOCHANT)
• Council of Managers of Antarctic National Programs (COMNAP)
• Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP)
• Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)
• International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO)

Research Institutes and Research Programs

• The Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (JACARA)
• Antarctic Research Facility (Florida State University)
• Byrd Polar Research Center
• Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies
• Scott Polar Research Institute
• European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)
• Gateway Antarctica

General information about the Polar Regions

• International Polar Foundation (IPF)
• Antarctic Philately
• Cool Antarctica
• Hedwig's Penguin Home
• Het laatste continent
• Virtual Antarctica (TerraQuest)
• Polar Challenges: adventure and research

Educational sites

• SciencePoles: the scientific website of the International Polar Foundation (IPF)
• Live from Antarctica (NASA)
• Glacier (NSF/Rice University)
• Het laatste continent: Dutch site containing diverse information about Antarctica
• Educapoles: the educational website from the International Polar Foundation
• Polar issues: overview by polar scientist and explorer Louis Beyens
• Belgen op zoek naar een nieuwe basis op Antarctica (Belgian Science Policy)
  A la recherche d’une nouvelle base belge en Antarctique (Belgian Science Policy)
• Belgian IPY Youth Steering Committee (BYSC)

Academic polar courses

• Polar ecology at the University of Antwerp:
  - Course modules 2005-2006:
  - Course modules 2006-2007:

News

• Polar News
• 70° South