POLAR-PALOOZA - Wild Cards

Wild Cards
All the Other Cool Stuff

What would a careful and comprehensive list be without an escape clause? Here's where we shamelessly link to anything that doesn't fit anywhere else! If you have outside the box ideas, send links or information to us via our form on the Credits & Contacts page.

	State of the Cryosphere: This site provides time-series data for Northern Hemisphere snow cover, mountain glacier fluctuations, sea ice extent and concentration, changes in ice shelves, and global sea level. It also provides a snapshot of current permafrost conditions.
	Polar Science and Global Warming: Earth has two polar regions -- the Arctic and the Antarctic -- and each is considerably larger than the lower 48 United States. The most distinctive features of both polar regions are cold climate and abundant snow and ice, caused by the extreme annual variation of sunlight.
	Speak like a Native Want to speak like an Antarctic Native (duh, there are no Antarctic natives, no indigenous people here.) But with this handy guide to slang terms you can be mistaken for an OAE (Old Antarctic Explorer) who's spent time replenishing calories in the galley at Mactown or Pole.
	Students Enter Competition to Produce a Zero-Emissions Snowmobile February 26, 2007 - Snowmobiles long ago replaced dogsleds for hauling people and cargo in the polar regions, particularly in remote research stations and field camps such as those on the Greenland Ice Sheet and in Antarctica.
	Andrew C. Revkin Andrew has been reporting for the New York Times on the environment since 1995. He spearheaded a three-part Times series and one-hour documentary in 2005 on the transforming Arctic.
	Arctic Report Card 2007 An international team of research scientists, including PPZA Traveler Jackie Richter-Menge as a lead author (also featured in the APLIS videos) has created a peer-reviewed website, Arctic Report Card 2007, which tracks multiple changes in the arctic environment.

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