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Living and Working on the Antartic
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/
Living and Working on the Antartic

Arctic Wildlife Portfolio
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/wildlife.html
Arctic Wildlife Portfolio
We know full well that there are many other animals in the Arctic! If we've missed your favorite, drop us a line... but don't say penguins. You?ll have to travel to Antarctica to see those!
We hope to add to this portfolio with new sections including Native perspectives as well as sections on fish, insects and a set of lesson plans for educators. If you would like to submit lesson plans please let us know.

Discovering Antartica
http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/
This site is operated by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) in partnership with the British Antarctic Survey and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Scientists working here have made many discoveries from studying Antarctica’s land and atmosphere, and from clues buried beneath the ice. These discoveries also reveal signs of changes in the future that could affect us all.
Take a journey through this site to discover Antarctica for yourself. Each section features activities, images, video clips and fact sheets, to help you learn about this distant, frozen wilderness.

Antarctica Virtual Field Trip
http://www.tramline.com/sci/antarctic/index.htm
Antarctica Virtual Field Trip
What are the native land mammals of Antarctica? (Hint: that was a trick question). Do you know what Nanatuks are? Being the coldest place on Earth, who chooses to live there and why? Did you realize that if you use rainfall as a measure, Antarctica is by definition a desert? How in the world can a place virtually covered with ice be considered a desert?

CyberHunt Library - Explore Antarctica
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/antarctica_teacher.htm
CyberHunt Library - Explore Antarctica
Take a cool cybervisit with your students to the fascinating continent of Antarctica. Everyone is curious about the continent at the bottom of the Earth, home to millions of penguins and a few hardy scientists. Antarctica is the highest, driest, and coldest continent on Earth. At 5.4 million acres of ice and earth, it is even larger than Europe! Follow the sites on this Antarctic tour to learn more. Before you begin, distribute the CyberHunt Reproducible page, found at www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids.

Arctic Studies Center
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/index.html
The Arctic Studies Center invites you to explore the history of northern peoples, cultures, and environments and the issues that matter to northern residents today.
Join us as we excavate arctic sites; support indigenous efforts to preserve cultural heritage; and work with communities and scholars to share the treasures preserved in museum collections and archives.

Antarctica Virtual Field Trip
http://www.field-trips.org/sci/antarctic/index.htm
A field trip created with TourMaker guides you through a sequence of Web pages on any given topic. For each page, there is simultaneous commentary in an accompanying frame. You move forward and back through the Field Trip using the tour Control Panel and you can leave the Tour to explore links and return to it whenever you want.
What are the native land mammals of Antarctica? (Hint: that was a trick question). Do you know what Nanatuks are? Being the coldest place on Earth, who chooses to live there and why? Did you realize that if you use rainfall as a measure, Antarctica is by definition a desert? How in the world can a place virtually covered with ice be considered a desert?