Links

Governance of Antarctica

• Polar Regions Section, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  www.fco.gov.uk
• Antarctic Treaty Secretariat
  www.ats.aq
• International Polar Year 2007-08
  www.ipy.org
• International Polar Heritage Committee www.polarheritage.com
• Australian Antarctic Division
  www.aad.gov.au
• Antarctica New Zealand
  www.antarcticanz.govt.nz
• International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators
  www.iaato.org
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  www.scar.org
• International Polar Foundation
  www.polarfoundation.org

British scientific research

• British Antarctic Survey
  www.antarctica.ac.uk
• Natural Environment Research Council
  www.nerc.ac.uk
• HMS Endurance Tracking Project
  www.visitandlearn.co.uk
• Sea Mammal Research Unit
  www.smru.st-and.ac.uk
• Hydrographic Office
  www.hydro.gov.uk

Resources in the UK

• Coalition of BAS, RGS, FCO
  www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk
• Scott Polar Research Institute
  www.spri.cam.ac.uk
• Royal Geographical Society
  www.rgs.org
• Royal Scottish Geographical Society
  www.geo.ed.ac.uk/~rsgs/menu.html

Heroic Age exploration

• The Oates Museum
  www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
• Discovery Point Antarctic Museum
  www.rrsdiscovery.com
• Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery
  www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk
• Natural History Museum
  www.nmm.ac.uk
• The Captain Scott Society
  www.captainscottsociety.co.uk
• The James Caird Society
  www.jamescairdsociety.com
• Athy Heritage Centre
  www.athyheritagecentre-museum.ie
• Jonathan Shackleton’s site
  
• Mawson's Huts Foundation
  www.mawsons-huts.org.au

Captain Cook, Royal Navy, (1728-1789), the discoverer of Antarctica

• Captain Cook Memorial Museum www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk
• Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
  www.captcook-ne.co.uk
• Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum
  www.captaincookschoolroommuseum.co.uk
• Captain Cook Country
  www.captaincook.org.uk
• Captain Cook Society
  www.captaincooksociety.com

The South Atlantic

• Falkland Islands Government
  www.falklands.gov.fk
• Falklands Conservation
  www.falklandsconservation.com
• South Atlantic Remote Territories Media Association
  www.sartma.com
• South Georgia Government
  www.sgisland.org
• South Georgia Heritage Trust
  www.sght.org
• South Georgia Association
  www.southgeorgiaassociation.org
• South Georgia Cemeteries Project
  www.wildisland.demon.co.uk/sgcems
• Save the Albatross
  www.savethealbatross.net

Polar interest sites

• Polar Worlds online magazine
• Antarctic Circle
  www.antarctic-circle.org
• 70 South
  www.70south.com
• The Fuchs Foundation
  www.fuchsfoundation.org

Antarctic Maps Overview

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