TREC Links
More content will be coming soon. In the meantime, here are a few resources
with information about the Arctic. Check out the Hot
Links page on the ARCUS web site for hundreds of other links to
Arctic programs and resources.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network - Serves as a resource for
compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge
systems and ways of knowing.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/
Alfred Wegener Institute - Focuses on scientific research
in the Polar Regions, national coordination of polar research projects,
and logistic support of polar expeditions from other German institutes.
http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/index-e.html
Arctic Climate System Study - Investigates the relationship
between global and Arctic climates. http://acsys.npolar.no/
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)
- Identifies and brings together the distributed human and facilities
resources of the Arctic research community. http://archive.arcus.org/
Arctic Research of the United States - Reports on
current and planned research in the Arctic. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02047/nsf02047_1.pdf
Arctic Studies Center (Smithsonian Institution) -
Explore the history of northern peoples, cultures, and environments.
Information is also provided about representative projects in the Arctic
Social Sciences. http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)
- Addresses the problems and opportunities unique to the world's cold
regions. The site also includes an online library with a sizeable
collection of cold regions scientific and technical literature. http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/
International Ice Patrol (IIP) - Monitors iceberg
danger near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and provides the limits
of all known ice to the maritime community. http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/iip/
National Ice Center (NIC) - Provides worldwide operational
sea ice analyses and forecasts. Also includes data and images
for sea ice and icebergs. http://www.natice.noaa.gov/
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Arctic Theme Page - Provides access to widely distributed
Arctic data and information for scientists, students, teachers, academia,
managers, decision makers and the general public. http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/
National Snow and
Ice Data Center (NSIDC) - Data and information resource for
those studying snow and ice, and their importance to our Earth system.
Educational resources and photo gallery are also available. http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/
Office of Polar Programs (OPP) of the National Science Foundation
(NSF) - NSF's program for support of research in the Arctic
and Antarctic. http://www.nsf.gov:80/od/opp/start.htm
Polar Museum Link - Provides brief details of museums
known to have collections relating to the Arctic and Antarctic. Compiled
by William Mills, Librarian and Information Officer at the Scott Polar
Research Institute, as part of a new reference work Keyguide to
information sources on the polar and cold regions (Mansell, 1998).
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/resources/museums/
Scott Polar Research Institute - Contains a number
of online information resources, including searchable databases and
polar directories. The polar library offers exceptional archival
and online bibliographic information. http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/
University of Lapland - Includes information on internationally
high-level multidisciplinary research, project services, and exhibitions.
Arctic Centre http://www.urova.fi/contentparser.asp?deptid=9015
Information Service and Library http://www.urova.fi/?deptid=10381