Links & Ressources
Polar Links
Antarctic Organizations and Conventions
Research Institutes and Research Programs
General information about the Polar Regions
Belgian Polar Platform - Links & Ressources
Polar links
Some links to (inter)national organisations and institutes involved in polar activities; surely not complete, but a way to get started.
National Antarctic Programs
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
- Antarctica New Zealand
- Australian Antarctic Divison
- Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research (BNCAR)
- British Antarctic Survey
- German Federal Environmental Agency
- Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH)
- Italian National Programme of Antarctic Research(PNRA)
- National Institute for Polar Research (Japan)
- Norwegian Polar Institute
- Office of Polar Programs (USA)
- Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Antarctic Organizations and Conventions
- Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty (ATS)
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Council of Managers of Antarctic National Programs (COMNAP)
- Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP)
- Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)
- International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO)
Research Institutes and Research Programs
- The Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (JACARA)
- Antarctic Research Facility (Florida State University)
- Byrd Polar Research Center
- Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)
- Gateway Antarctica
General information about the Polar Regions
- International Polar Foundation (IPF)
- Antarctic Philately
- Cool Antarctica
- Hedwig's Penguin Home
- Het laatste continent
- Virtual Antarctica (TerraQuest)
- Polar Challenges: adventure and research
Educational sites
- SciencePoles: the scientific website of the International Polar Foundation (IPF)
- Live from Antarctica (NASA)
- Glacier (NSF/Rice University)
- Het laatste continent: Dutch site containing diverse information about Antarctica
- Educapoles: the educational website from the International Polar Foundation
- Polar issues: overview by polar scientist and explorer Louis Beyens
- Belgen
op zoek naar een nieuwe basis op Antarctica (Belgian
Science Policy)
A la recherche d’une nouvelle base belge en Antarctique (Belgian Science Policy) - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
Academic polar courses
- Polar ecology at the University of Antwerp: