Arctic Information: Nature, History and Scenery

Arctic Interest Group (AIG) provides an internet forum to discuss any aspect of The Arctic with other members: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arctic/

North Pole webcams: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html

Arctic Circle website:  http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/

Arctic Animals: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/arcticanimals.shtml

Animals of the Arctic: http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/

Arctic Wildlife: http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/Awildlife.html

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides Arctic infomation and a set of reputable indicators that describe the present state of the Arctic ecosystem and climate: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/

Arctic Studies Center: http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/wildlife.html

Arctic Council: http://www.arctic-council.org/

Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme: http://www.amap.no/

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA): http://www.amap.no/acia/

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 101 12th Avenue, Room 236, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701: http://arctic.fws.gov/

Arctic (History) Website: http://www.arcticwebsite.com/

Arctic archaeological:  http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/ArcticArchStuff/index.html

Arctic information for children: http://www.athropolis.com/links/arctic.htm

Arctic Institute of North America is a non-profit membership organization and a multi-disciplinary research institute of the University of Calgary: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/sections.php?sid=about&cid=mandate

Arctic is North America's premier journal of northern research. Now in its sixth decade of continuous publishing, Arctic contains contributions from any area of scholarship dealing with the polar and subpolar regions of the world. Articles in Arctic present original research and have withstood intensive peer review.  http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/sections.php?sid=publications&cid=arctic_journal

Arctic Maps: http://www.athropolis.com/map.htm

Canada's Arctic: http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/

Canadian's Arctic Resources Committee: http://www.carc.org/

CIA Factbook about the Arctic Ocean: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/xq.html

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR): http://instaar.colorado.edu/

Polar Programme of UNEP/GRID-Arendal: http://polar.grida.no/index.cfm

Polar Bear attack. This link goes to the photos of a person who managed to survive an attack whilst in his tent. He managed to kill the bear in self-defence. Please do not view these photos if you are easily upset: http://www.b0g.org/wsnm/articles/Polar+Bear+Attack

Polar bear visits airport in the summer: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1384548.ece

The Ice, The Sea, The Calm - photographic exhibition contrasting the Arctic with the South Coast of England: http://www.prweb.com/releases/200649/6/prweb394403.htm

Svalbard info: http://www.svalbard.com/

Svalbard earthquake research: http://www.eas.slu.edu/People/BJMitchell/TextPages/Svalbard.html

Svalbard Pages Forum (online): http://forum.svalbard.com/viewtopic.php?t=14130

Svalbard weather station. Current weather conditions from the automatic weather station by the Auroral Station in Adventdalen (4 km from Longyearbyen): http://haldde.unis.no/vaerdata/

Svalbard's Polar History: http://www.svalbard.com/histintro.html

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is located in Longyearbyen and is state-owned. The universities of Oslo, Bergen, Tromsų and NTNU in Trondheim are represented on the board. The objectives are to provide university level education in Arctic studies, to carry out high quality research, and to contribute to the development of Svalbard as an international research platform. It came into operation in autumn 1993. http://www.unis.no/

University of The Arctic: http://www.uarctic.org/Frontpage.aspx?m=3