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Antarctica Online [ ] - Explores the history, culture, and scientific value of the continent. Includes extensive photo collection.
Antarctica: The Continent of Wonder [ ] - Examines the uniqueness of the world's coldest, driest and windiest continent -- a place where researchers from around the world work together in peace.
Antarctica: The End Of The Earth [ ] - PBS site offers a glimpse into life in the land of powerful winds and massive icebergs.
Australian Antarctic Division [ ] - Downloadable photos and virtual reality images to explore. Recent news about the Australian Antarctic Division. Detailed information about wildlife, plants, weather, and glaciers/ice. Searchable database of scientific data including maps, images, and graphs.
CIA World Factbook - Antarctica [ ] - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
Darryn's Antarctica [ ] - Learn about Antarctic topics such as weather, penguins, history, photography, jobs, and tourism from someone who has worked and lived there. Includes diaries and FAQs.
EnchantedLearning.com: Antarctica [ ] - Offers a look at the geography, climate, people and location of this icy continent. Also includes profiles of Antarctic explorers, information on fossils found in the region, interactive quiz, and a view from space.
FAQ on Antarctica [ ] - A scientist living on Antarctica answers questions about the continent and what he's doing there.
Journey to the Frozen Continent [ ] - Thinkquest Jr. site tells about the land of Antarctica, its climate, the animals that live there, and explorers who have visited.
Live from Antarctica 2 [ ] - Explores life under, on, and high above the Southern Ocean.
NOVA Online: Warnings from the Ice [ ] - Offers information about Antarctica and tells how ice cores provide a record of the past. Discusses how the world's coastlines would recede if some or all of the Antarctic ice were to melt.
NOVA: Mountain of Ice [ ] - Read an interview with explorer Jon Krakauer who climbed Antarctica's highest mountain, find out what it was like to film the journey, see what coastlines around the world would look like if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed, and explore the life cycle of a glacier.
National Geographic Sea Lab: Antarctic [ ] - Dispatches, photos, and video depict life on an icebreaker as the crew studies krill and other Antarctic species.
Secrets of the Ice - Museum of Science in Boston [ ] - Follow the progress of a four-year Antarctic expedition of scientists based at the University of New Hampshire. Learn about the climate and environment, ice core research, and the expedition.
Sunrise at the South Pole [ ] - See the dawn of a new day in Antarctica as autumn begins in Earth's northern hemisphere.
Virtual Tour: Antarctica [ ] - Photos, text and maps provide a virtual tour of the South Pole.