GENERAL ARCTIC INFORMATION
Canadian Polar Commission
Government of Nunavut
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
Canada and the Circumpolar World
Avataq Cultural Institute
National Inuit Youth Council
Inuit Art Foundation
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Inuit Circumpolar Conference
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
Arctic Insititute of North America
Nunavut Wildlife Management Board
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Canadian Ice Service
Getting Started in Oral Traditions Research
POLE TO POLE
Arctic-Antarctic sea ice comparison
An activity book for young children
WEATHER OR CLIMATE
GLOBE Seasons and Biomes Atmosphere/Climate protocols
WHY IS IT COLD IN THE POLAR REGIONS?
More information about the seasons and climate from Iowa State University’s Polaris Project North Star
Short video about Earth’s tilt and the seasons from Ignite Learning
An online calculator to determine sunrise and sunset times at different latitudes and longitudes
OZONE HOLE DEMO
NASA diagrams of the Antarctic ozone hole from 1979 to 2009
United Nations Environment Programme information about the ozone hole
In depth background information from the University of Cambridge Centre for Atmospheric Science
For more about the role of CFCs in ozone destruction
ICE INTRODUCTION
A multi-media tour of the cryosphere from NASA
ALBEDO
An interactive demonstration of albedo and related concepts based on information from NASA and the US Geological
Survey
Overview of the cryosphere in climate research
GROWTH AND FLOW OF ICE SHEETS
US National Snow and Ice Data Center—quick facts on ice sheets
Ice Sheet chapter from Global Outlook for Ice and Snow from the United Nations Environment Programme
An activity book produced by the Antarctic Drilling Project—Chapter 2 provides several other ice activities
Glacier glossary
WHEN ICE MELTS...
A short video exploring Archimedes’ principle
Goddard Institute for Space Studies report on ice melt and sea level rise
Measuring sea level
SEA ICE AND OCEAN CURRENTS
More about sea ice from the Antarctic Sea Ice Processes & Climate (ASPeCT) project
A Northern Hemisphere perspective on sea ice and ocean processes in the Arctic
EXAMINING ICE CRYSTALS
Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment
Diagrams and explanations of crystal structures
More information about polarisation
Information and tutorials about polarisation and optical birefringence
Simple explanation of polarisation
PENGUIN REUNION
All about Adélie penguins
Information about penguins from Sea World (includes recording of calls)
More on penguin communication
SURFACE CURRENTS
The Global Drifter Program—satellite-tracked drifting buoys
Fundamentals of surface ocean currents from PhysicalGeography.net
DEEP WATER CIRCULATION
Deep water circulation from ‘Window to the Universe’
Downloadable animations of ocean currents
NASA ‘Ocean Motion’
Nathan B. Palmer Cruise Blog
ARGO project (free-drifting profiling floats)
For data from CTD sensors mounted on elephant seals around Antarctica
SEA ICE POROSITY AND OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS
Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX)
POLAR FEASTS
Simple game related to polar food chains
Diagram of Arctic marine food web
Pictures of Arctic marine organisms from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
General information about the Antarctic marine ecosystem
Information on Antarctic marine food web from New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
(NIWA)
BLUBBER INSULATION
More details about blubber
THE EARTH THROUGH TIME
A look at Earth’s climate through time
A child-friendly introduction to plate tectonics
A higher-level, more comprehensive background
Information, diagrams and animations about geology from the University of Tromsø
RECONSTRUCTING PAST CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS
Diatoms
Palaeoclimatology
Palaeoclimatology information from NOAA
FORMATION OF GLACIAL VALLEYS
National Snow and Ice Data Center Glacier Gallery (photos of glaciers and glacial features)
Background material and activities from the US National Park Service
Background material and photos of glacial features
Glacier glossary
PERMAFROST AND TEMPERATURE CHANGES
US Fish & Wildlife Service: Ice Wedges, Polygons and Pingos
All about frozen ground from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center
OPTIMAL FORAGING
Snowy owl research in Nunavut
ArcticWOLVES IPY Project
WHAT IS COMMUNITY
Canadian Council for Geographic Education Lesson Plans (for more classroom resources on Arctic-specific life and land
topics)
Many Strong Voices (a group that links Arctic and small island developing states)
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic
WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE OF THE ARCTIC?
The Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR) for a general overview and as a source of information and statistics on
culture and societies in the North
For position research:
Politicians
Researchers
NGO Representatives (Pages 11 - 23)
Economists and (pages 9 - 10)
UP THE FOOD CHAIN: POLLUTION IN THE ARCTIC
What are POPs?
General articles on pollution in the Arctic
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee information
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
Biology online information on pollution in the Arctic
KEEPING WARM ON POLAR EXPEDITIONS
Informative poster on polar clothing from Scott Polar Research Institute
UNDERSTANDING AURORAS
Comprehensive information about auroras (with pictures, movies and web links) from the Exploratorium
More about the science behind auroras
More information with good photos of auroral forms and structures
Information, links and images
NASA videos of conjugate auroras
British Astronomical Association Auroral Section
VIEWS FROM SPACE
ESA School Atlas; geography from space thanks to real satellite imagery
LandSat image mosaic and broad set of resources for Antarctica
LandSat: A Global Land-Observing Program
Glacier glossary
THE MISSING ENERGY MYSTERY: POPCORN AND NEUTRINOS
IceCube Neutrino detector main website
IceCube Education & Outreach site
YouTube Movie about the detector
Popcorn popping in super-slow motion
CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION
Earthwatch Institute
Understanding Canadian Weather
Pembina Institute's Climate Change portal
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
World Wildlife Fund: Climate
The Northern Climate ExChange
Climate Action Network
Scott Polar Research Institute
David Suzuki Foundation: Climate Change
Environment Canada: Climate Change
One Tonne Challenge
Climate Change- Environment Canada
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations
Health Canada: Climate Change and Health Office
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
CO2 Science
Climate Change Calculator
Carbon Footprint Calculator
Year Round Programs - Earth Day
Sustainable Energy Solutions
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Northern Climate Exchange
Sierra Club - Clean Energy
World Resource Institute
Climate Change Youth Café
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Walter Duncan & Gordan Foundation
Counter Currents
The University of Winnipeg Climate Change Resources
Union of Concerned Scientists
World Health Organization
United Nation Environment Programme
SELECT NORTHERN NEWS MEDIA
CBC News North
Nunatsiaq News
Northern News Services
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
ARCTIC EXPLORATION
Arctic Exploration Overview
Arctic Youth Statement
Declaration on Climate Change from Arctic Youth
(PDF File: hosted on Arctic Youth Network website) Click Here
Books
The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change
By Dinjar Godrej
New Internationalist Publications Ltd., 2001
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future
by Richard B. Alley
Princeton University Press, 2002
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
by Brian M. Fagan
Basic Books, 2004
Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilization
by Brian Fagan
Basic Books, 1999
A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change
by William H. Calvin
University of Chicago Press, 2002
The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change
by Lynn Margulis
University Press of New England, 2002
Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises
by National Research Council, 2002
Global Climate Change
by Sharon Spray
Book News Inc., 2004
Population and Climate Change
by Brian C. O'Neil, F. Landis MacKellar, Wolfgang Lutz
Cambridge University Press, 2001
Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
by David Suzuki with Amanda McConnell
David Suzuki Foundation and Greystone Books, 1997
Greenhouse: The 200-year Story of Global Warming
By Gale E. Christianson
David Suzuki Foundation and Greystone Books, 1999
Vanishing Halo
By Daniel Gawthrop
David Suzuki Foundation and Greystone Books, 1999
A Citizen's Guide to Air Pollution
Edited by David V. Bates and Robert B. Caton
David Suzuki Foundation, 2002
Articles
The Government of Canada welcomes the release of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), the most detailed assessment to date of changes in circumpolar climate and ultraviolet radiation and their consequences for Arctic people and ecosystems. Read the complete Government of Canada News Release.
The complete ACIA Overview "Impacts of a Warming Arctic" is available for download in .pdf format at http://www.acia.uaf.edu
Bramley, Matthew. "Fighting climate change: a policy prescription." The Globe and Mail. 17 December 2004. E3
George, Jane. "Inuit lauded for role in Arctic science." Nunatsiaq News. 20 February, 2004. 24
George, Jane. "Tradition aids science in polar bear research." Nunatsiaq News. 14, November, 2003. 8
Mitchell, Alanna. "A Change of Climate." Canadian Geographic. May/June, 2005, pp 56-65.
Shellenberger, Michael and Ted Nordhaus. "The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World." 2004.
Simms, Andrew and David Woodward. "Cast Adrift: How the Rich are Leaving the Poor to Sink in a Warming World." New Economics Foundation, in association with Greenpeace, 2004.
Weblinks
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