Start Your Research on Antarctica
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Websites
- Antarctica New Zealand
- http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/ This government website includes information about a variety of topics as well as teaching ideas.
- British Antarctic Survey
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/index.php This website provides a wealth of resources about Antarctica.
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- http://nsidc.org/data/easytouse.html This specific page is the "easy-to-use" data sets for students, teachers, or the general public.
- National Science Foundation: Office of Polar Programs
- http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP Scientific information about both poles.
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- http://www.scar.org/ The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the international coordinating body for national programs of Antarctic research.
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/links/general.html This website maintains a comprehensive lists of "polar" links.
Books
Hillstrom, Kevin. Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003.
Call Number:
GE160 .S645 H55 2003
Hassol, Susan Joy. Impacts of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge U P, 2004.
Call Number: QC994.8 .H3 2004
Lucas, Mike. Antarctica. 1st ed. New York: Abbeville P, 1996.
Call Number: G 860 .L983 1996
Articles
Britannica Online
This the online version of the famous Encyclopedia Britannica. The link below will take you to its Antarctica article.
Link: http://rpa.laguardia.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9109381
Nature Magazine
Search Natureusing keywords such as Antarctica or Arctic.
Link:
http://rpa.laguardia.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature
Science Magazine
Search Science using keywords such as Antarctica or Arctic.
Link:
http://rpa.laguardia.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.sciencemag.org
EBSCOHost-Academic Search Premier
Search EBSCOHost using keywords such as Antarctica AND Climate Change
or
Greenhouse Antarctica AND Ice Sheets
Link: http://rpa.laguardia.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/
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