Education

• NEW! Smithsonian Arctic Website "A friend acting strangely"
• Arctic Change - information on the present state of Arctic ecosystems and climate, with easy to read and understand narratives. (from NOAA)
• Virtual Classroom from University of Connecticut
• The Canadian Northwest Territories from Canada Library and Archives
• Arctic Ostracode Database from USGS
• Arctic Tundra Province - US Forest Service
• Gates of the Arctic National Park site by John W. Uhler
• Arctic Submarine Laboratory from the US Navy
• All About Glaciers from the National Snow & Ice Data Center
• Ice Wedges, polygons and pingos: Good tutorial on freezing and thawing of the arctic soil
• Alaska ecosystems
• Polar ecosystems
• Teachers experiencing the Antarctic and the Arctic
• Arctic Exploration On-line (from NASA and the US Coast Guard)
• Electronic field trip of Glacier National Park from the Kalispell, MT Public Schools
• Virtual Field Trips from publisher Houghton Mifflin
• The Arctic Ice Cap: One of the Last Unexplored Regions of the Earth -Univ of WA
• General Educational Sites
  • The Learning Web from USGS
  • Educational resources from the Scott Polar Research Institute
  • Polar Meteorology from the Naval Postgraduate School
  • Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean Educational sites
  • Polar Climate from Manchester Metroplitan University
  • Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment from Manchester Metroplitan University
  • Kids Site on Global Warming from the EPA
• An Arctic PRIMER for newcomers to the North from the National Snow & Ice Data Center
• Arctic Studies Center from the Smithsonian Institution
• Click and Learn about Ice, Polar Bears, Whales, Arctic/Antarctic differneces, and more from the Alfred Wegener Institute
• Teachers experienceing Antartica and the Arctic (University of Rhode Island supported website)
• Northern Research Portal - maps, photos, interpretative exhibits for K-12, general readers and researchers - from University of Saskatchewan