Antarctica New Zealand iprovides these links as a gateway to enhance appreciation and awareness of Antarctica. Antarctica New Zealand supports initiatives which educate and inform New Zealanders about Antarctica, New Zealand's activities there, and our role and responsibilities as a member of the  International Antarctic Treaty.

NATIONAL ANTARCTIC PROGRAMMES

Alfred Wegener Institute - the German national centre for polar and marine research

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russia)

Argentine Antarctic Institute

Australian Antarctic Division

Belgium Antarctic Research Programme

British Antarctic Survey

Canadian Polar Commission

Chilean Antarctic Institute

Italian National Programme of Antarctic Research (PNRA)

Malaysian Antarctic Research Program

Nowegian Polar Institute

Raytheon Polar Services Company - contracted to the US Antarctic Program

Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

US Office of Polar Programs

ANTARCTIC ORGANISATIONS AND CONVENTIONS

Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP)

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP)

International Polar Year

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SC-ADM)

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE)

Arctic Region Supercomputing Centre

Byrd Polar Research Center - at Ohio State University

Cape Roberts Project

Cold Tech - a foundation to support research within cold climate technology

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) - data archive at NGDC

Foundation for Research Science and Technology (NZ)

GNS Science

International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition

Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Malin's Antarctic Research - Antarctic images by Malin Space Science Systems Inc.

Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (NZ)

Polar Science Center - applied physics laboratory at the University of Washington

Royal Society of New Zealand

Scott Polar Research Institute

South Pole Observatory -- South Pole, Antarctica

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Polar activities in the Arctic

ANTARCTIC TERTIARY STUDY COURSES AND RESEARCH (NZ)

Antarctica and the Southern Oceans (University of Otago)

Gateway Antarctica (University of Canterbury) 

Massey University

University of Auckland

University of Waikato Antarctic Research Unit

Victoria University Antarctic Research Centre

INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Antarctic Heritage Trust

Antarctic Hub - a NZ-wide education and outreach initiative of the International Polar Year 2007-2009.  It aims to create greater awareness amongst New Zealanders about the Southern Ocean and Antarctica

BIBSYS - Norwegian polar library catalogue

Cool Antarctica

Intute - offers access to high quality Web resources in the physical sciences

NZ Universities' Antarctic Alliance

Polar Conservation Organisation - comprehensive information about Polar regions including educational resources

Scott Polar Research Institute - polar museums link and other resources

The Science Learning Hub - for year 9 & 10 students (Icy ecosystems)

Virtual Antarctica

Visitor Centre, International Antarctic Centre

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS

International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO)

A recently-compiled guide to Antarctic Education Resources for teachers can also be downloaded below.