Polar Regions

See also Antarctica

EducaPoles: Pictures
http://www.educapoles.org/index.php?/fun_zone/pictures_galleries/&s=7&rs=14&lg=en
The International Polar Foundation provides this collection of photographs free for educational use. Included are: whales and dolphins (cetaceans), Antarctic marine biology (scientific activities), Antarctic marine biology (flora and fauna), marine mammals from Antarctica, a colony of emperor penguins, sea ice and icebergs, sailing through Antarctic ice, birds of the Antarctic and the South Atlantic, Polar scientific activities, ice coring, polar bears, types of ice, Arctic and Antarctic fauna.

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The big melt

Global warming affects the polar regions. Use the introduction to the International Polar Year to select the appropriate answers

International Polar Year March, 2007 - March, 2009 Image © IPY The Polar Regions are remote areas of the Earth that have profound significance for the Earth's climate and ultimately environments, ecosystems and human society. International Polar Year website IPY Interim website Includes some great polar regions photos Australia's involvement Activities planned by the Australian Government Antarctic Division. Polar resources include: Polar Regions CMIS Curriculum Context and Resources Antarctica CMIS Curriculum Context and Resources The Arctic CMIS Curriculum Context and Resources Polar websites Classroom Antarctica Experience Antarctica JACARA Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica See also: Arctic & Antarctic Classroom Resources National Science Foundation NSF Multimedia Gallery Try a search for 'polar', 'Antarctic' or 'Arctic'. EdNA Online Antarctica Resources