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General
Antarctic Sun:
www.polar.org/antsun
Mountain of Ice on NOVA:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vinson
Cool Antarctica:
www.coolantarctica.com
Antarctica Symphony:
www.maxopus.com/works/symph_8.htm#comp
Wired Antarctica:
www.geophys.washington.edu/People/Students/ginny//
Antarctica Fact Book:
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ay.html
Polar Mist Expeditions:
polarmistexp.com/polarmist_web/setup/enter.html
Antarctica on Talk of the Nation:
www.sciencefriday.com/kids/sfkc20021227-2.html
Photos of Antarctica:
www.coolantarctica.com/%20fact%20file/%20environment/mountains.htm
Wildlife
Adelie Penguins:
www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/penguins/adelie.shtml
Penguins on National Geographic for Kids:
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0101/penguins.html
Krill:
www-aadc.aad.gov.au/ten_facts/invertebrates/krill.php
Seals:
www-aadc.aad.gov.au/ten_facts/seals
Australian Antarctic Data Centre:
www-aadc.aad.gov.au/ten_facts
Explorers
History of Explorers in Antarctica:
www.antarcticaonline.com//history/history.htm#Anchor_intro
Index of Explorers in Antarctica:
www.spri.cam.ac.uk/resources/expeditions
South Pole Explorers:
www.south-pole.com/homepage.html
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier:
www.south-pole.com/p0000067.htm
Explorer Timeline of Antarctica:
www.coolantarctica.com/%20fact%20file/History/exploration%20and%20history.htm
Science
Research Stations:
www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/stations/
Astrophysical Research in Antarctica:
astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/
Exploratorium Scientific Expeditions:
polarmistexp.com/polarmist_web/setup/enter.html
Weather
Meteorological Map of Antarctica:
polarmistexp.com/polarmist_web//land_meteorol.html
Antarctic Temperatures from Weather Underground:
www.wunderground.com/global/Region/AN/Temperature.html
Geography
National Science Foundation site on Gondwanaland:
www.nsf.gov/od/opp/support/gondwana.htm
Geological Timeline of Antarctica:
www.coolantarctica.com/%20fact%20file/History/history_of_the_land_geological-timeline_of_antarctica.htm
