Conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic and at temperate latitudes. It coordinates Germany's polar research programme and provides other institutions with the facilities, equipment and logistics needed for polar expeditions.

Resource for research on cold regions. General information, overview, and content.

Maintains an archive of more than 120, 000 satellite passes of the Earth's polar regions. The centre also provides data processing services to a wide variety of polar researchers.

An interdisciplinary journal providing original research on the Polar regions. Includes abstracts, index, subscription information. It does not provide the full-text of articles.

Research focuses on the role of cold regions in the global climate system. Includes publications, conferences, links to related sites.

Based in London, Bristol and Cambridge, the Centre researches and studies processes at the Earth's Poles. Includes research projects, publications, seminars, meetings, conferences, links, contact details, staff lists.

Italian organization. Resources, collaborations, news, services, press, and relevant links.

Essays on key environmental issues by respected Arctic scientists.

Japanese facility that researches polar meteorology, glaciology, oceanography, geology, marine and terrestrial biology, ecology, and Antarctic meteorites. Includes information on facilities, publications, and joint research.

Office of polar programs concerned with scientific research, and operational support of that research.

NSF programs for support of scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Information and referral center supporting polar and cryospheric research. Site includes education resources, the NSIDC data catalog and an image gallery.

Institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions.

Information and pictures on the use of US Navy Destroyer Escorts as weather picket ships from 1957 to 1968.

Springer scientific journal that presents results of all kinds of studies in plants, animals, and micro-organisms of marine, limnic and terrestrial habitats of arctic and antarctic regions.

At the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Goals, staff, publications, research, and literature.

Presentation by Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University. Includes data, estimates, models and projections, discussion of key issues, graphs, photographs, and graphical representation of satellite altimeter measurements.

Information on the role of polar regions, including an interactive climate model, study questions, and links to related web sites. From the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.

Directory of web sites about the polar regions and related scientific topics.

Provides independent analysis to the federal government and the nation on matters of science and technology affecting public policy on research needs, environmental quality, natural resources, and other issues in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and cold regions in general.

SPRI is a University of Cambridge research centre covering both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Sea ice concentration and cloud signature maps of polar areas.

Governmental organisation under the Ministry of Education and Science with the mission to promote Swedish polar research by planning, organising and conducting research expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions. English/Swedish.

Program that sponsors research experiences in the polar regions for U.S. elementary and secondary school teachers. Includes program information and journals and other reports from current and past participants.

Focus for research into the meteorology and climatology of the Arctic and Antarctic.

Polar technology programme from The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian institute of technology.

Resource for polar research and cold region technology.