AntarcticDirectory > Kids_and_Teens > School_Time > Social_Studies > Geography > Polar_Regions > Antarctic
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Article and multimedia items offer an introduction to this land of ice. |
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. |
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. |
PBS site offers a glimpse into life in the land of powerful winds and massive icebergs. |
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. |
Dispatches, photos, and video depict life on an icebreaker as the crew studies krill and other Antarctic species. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Explores life under, on, and high above the Southern Ocean. |
Examines the uniqueness of the world's coldest, driest and windiest continent -- a place where researchers from around the world work together in peace. |
Thinkquest Jr. site tells about the land of Antarctica, its climate, the animals that live there, and explorers who have visited. |
Photos, text and maps provide a virtual tour of the South Pole. |
Follow a group of experienced Irish sailors and mountaineers attempted to retrace the footsteps of the epic journey made by Ernest Shackleton in 1915. Also learn about the geography, climate and wildlife of the region. |
See the dawn of a new day in Antarctica as autumn begins in Earth's northern hemisphere. |
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. |
A scientist living on Antarctica answers questions about the continent and what he's doing there. |
Learn about the people doing research in Antarctica, what life is like there and how their research is important. |
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