Pacific and Polar Regions

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Pacific Ocean | Polar Regions

Pacific Ocean

• Te Puna Web Directory - New Zealand and Pacific Islands (National Library of New Zealand)
• The Diplomat - Asia-Pacific News
• Native Land - Find the people native to lands in the Americas and Oceania

Australia:

• Black Stump: Australiana - All things Australian
• Guide to Australia

New Zealand:

• New Zealand on the Web

News:

• New Zealand Stuff

Polar Regions

• Directory of Polar and Cold Regions Organisations (Scott Polar Research Institute, SPRI)
• PolarWeb - Resources on the Arctic and Antarctic
• Science from the Poles - Read about climate change at the poles and see video of scientists constructing a telescope at the South Pole (Exploratorium)

Arctic:

• The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar Security Studies
• Arctic Theme Page - Research by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Explore North - "Your gateway to the circumpolar north"
• Greenland Guide

Antarctic:

• Big Dead Place - The inside scoop on what it's like to live and work in Antarctica
• Cool Antarctica - Scientific and travel information; pictures
• Gateway to Antarctica
• Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty - Organization to implement the international agreement regarding the continent

Antarctic Research Efforts

Various nations conduct research in Antarctica. These Web sites provide updates and other information.

• Antarctica New Zealand
• Australian Antarctic Division
• British Antarctic Survey
• U.S. Antarctic Resource Center - Maps, satellite images, etc. of Antarctica. Includes an online, interactive atlas.

Libraries and Bibliographies on the Polar Regions:

Even if you can't visit these libraries in person, their online catalogs can be useful for research.

• Arctic Centre Library, Rovaniemi, Finland
• Arctic Science and Technology Information System - A service of the Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary
• Cold Regions Bibliography Project
• Scott Polar Research Institute library and archives, Cambridge, England - Covers all subjects related to the Arctic, the Antarctic, and snow and ice elsewhere in the world
• Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty documentation centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Other Polar Libraries, etc.:

• Polar Libraries Colloquy - Association for libraries and individuals interested in polar research
• SPRI Polar Directory - "Libraries, museums and organisations with interests relating to the polar and cold regions; that is, to the Arctic and Antarctic and to all parts of the world where ice, snow and permafrost are to be found" (Scott Polar Research Institute)