National Science Foundation: Polar Research  
   NSF programs for support of scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic.
   http://www.nsf.gov/home/polar/start.htm

Arctic and Antarctic Regions  
   Resource for research on cold regions. General information, overview, and content.
   http://www.nisc.com/factsheets/aar.htm

Scott Polar Research Institute  
   SPRI is a University of Cambridge research centre covering both the Arctic and Antarctic.
   http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/

National Institute of Polar Research  
   Japanese facility that researches polar meteorology, glaciology, oceanography, geology, marine and terrestrial biology, ecology, and Antarctic meteorites. Includes information on facilities, publications, and joint research.
   http://www.nipr.ac.jp/

Essays on Arctic Environment  
   Essays on key environmental issues by respected Arctic scientists.
   http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/essay.html

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research  
   An interdisciplinary journal providing original research on the Polar regions. Includes abstracts, index, subscription information. It does not provide the full-text of articles.
   http://www.Colorado.EDU/INSTAAR/arcticalpine/

National Snow and Ice Data Center  
   Information and referral center supporting polar and cryospheric research. Site includes education resources, the NSIDC data catalog and an image gallery.
   http://nsidc.org/index.html

Byrd Polar Resesarch Center  
   Research focuses on the role of cold regions in the global climate system. Includes publications, conferences, links to related sites.
   http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/

Arctic Antarctic Research Center  
   Maintains an archive of more than 120, 000 satellite passes of the Earth's polar regions. The centre also provides data processing services to a wide variety of polar researchers.
   http://arcane.ucsd.edu/

The Swedish Universities of Technology Libraries  
   Resource for polar research and cold region technology.
   http://www.luth.se/foundations/coldtech/coldeel.html

National Science Foundation  
   Office of polar programs concerned with scientific research, and operational support of that research.
   http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/

Polar Biology  
   Springer scientific journal that presents results of all kinds of studies in plants, animals, and micro-organisms of marine, limnic and terrestrial habitats of arctic and antarctic regions.
   http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00300/index.htm

Norwegian Polar Institute  
   Institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions.
   http://www.npolar.no/

The International Commission on Polar Meteorology  
   Focus for research into the meteorology and climatology of the Arctic and Antarctic.
   http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/public/icd/icpm/

Operation Deep Freeze  
   Information and pictures on the use of US Navy Destroyer Escorts as weather picket ships from 1957 to 1968.
   http://www.aspen-ridge.net/

Polar Climate Group  
   At the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Goals, staff, publications, research, and literature.
   http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/polar/

Swedish Polar Research Secretariat  
   Governmental organisation under the Ministry of Education and Science with the mission to promote Swedish polar research by planning, organising and conducting research expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions. English/Swedish.
   http://www.polar.se/eng/

Polar Research Board  
   Provides independent analysis to the federal government and the nation on matters of science and technology affecting public policy on research needs, environmental quality, natural resources, and other issues in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and cold region
   http://www7.nationalacademies.org/prb/

The SINTEF Group  
   Polar technology programme from The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian institute of technology.
   http://www.sintef.no/

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research  
   Conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic and at temperate latitudes. It coordinates Germany's polar research programme and provides other institutions with the facilities, equipment and logistics needed for polar expeditions.
   http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/index-e.html

Seaice.de  
   Sea ice concentration and cloud signature maps of polar areas.
   http://www.seaice.de/

CNR - Polar Research Activity  
   Italian organization. Resources, collaborations, news, services, press, and relevant links.
   http://www.polarnet.cnr.it/polar/

Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling  
   Based in London, Bristol and Cambridge, the Centre researches and studies processes at the Earth's Poles. Includes research projects, publications, seminars, meetings, conferences, links, contact details, staff lists.
   http://www.cpom.org/

Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic  
   Program that sponsors research experiences in the polar regions for U.S. elementary and secondary school teachers. Includes program information and journals and other reports from current and past participants.
   http://tea.rice.edu/

Polar Pointers  
   Directory of web sites about the polar regions and related scientific topics.
   http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/genpp.cgi

Polar Ice Sheets, Melting, and Sea Level Change  
   Presentation by Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University. Includes data, estimates, models and projections, discussion of key issues, graphs, photographs, and graphical representation of satellite altimeter measurements. [PDF]
   http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2004/0615Oppenheimer.pdf

Polar Meteorology: Climate Change  
   Information on the role of polar regions, including an interactive climate model, study questions, and links to related web sites. From the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
   http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/~psguest/polarmet/clichange/index.html