The Polar Regions: Antarctic Maps & Images
Antaractic
Maps - Perry Castañeda Map Collection
Most of these maps
work best when viewed online, printing them can sometimes be tricky. Material
from this site is in the public domain and can be reproduced for educational
purposes as long as a copyright
statement is included.
Earth and Space
Sciences Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water cycle
Earth and Space Sciences Standard 2: Understands Earth's composition and
structure
AMRC's
Recent Iceberg Images
This site contains
several near-real-time and archived images of icebergs during the current
year. The images are usually labeled so one can track the movement of
particular icebergs. This site also offers some animations of Ross Shelf
Icebergs that show movement over time. You can use this site to have students
track changes in an area over time. These images are in the public domain
and can be copied for educational use.
Earth and Space
Sciences Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water cycle
Earth and Space Sciences Standard 2: Understands Earth's composition and
structure
Antarctic
Ozone Hole
This site from the
EPA shows a map (Fall, 2000) in several alternative formats showing changes
in the extent of the Antarctic Ozone Hole. The links explain why the ozone
layer is most likely to show thinning over Antarctica. Relatively easy
to read and from an authoritative source.
Earth and Space
Sciences Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water cycle
Earth and Space Sciences Standard 2: Understands Earth's composition and
structure
Geography World In Spatial Terms Standard 1: Understands the characteristics
and uses of maps, globes, etc.
Geography World In Spatial Terms Standard 3: Understands the characteristics
and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface
Antarctic
Connection Gallery
These photos are
submitted by people who have visited Antarctica and who have chosen to
share them via the web. You can find pictures here of ice caves, ice bergs,
the aurora, field camps, boats, field stations, and wildlife. Images change
often here and you may not find one you found before, but you can send
an image to yourself as a postcard. I could not find a copyright description,
but it appears that these could be used freely unless a particular image
is labeled otherwise.
Geography World
In Spatial Terms Standard 1: Understands the characteristics and uses
of maps, globes, etc.
Geography World
in Spatial Terms Standard 2: Knows the location of places, geographic
features, and patterns of the environment.
ISTE Student Technology
Standard 5: Uses technology research tools
Antarctic
QuickTime VR - Mawson Station
A panoramic view
of the Australian Mawson Station.
Put your mouse on the image, click-and-drag to look around. This one
allows you to move your mouse up and down as well as sideways (watch
the change in arrows to see where you can go). Requires QuickTime to
view.
Geography World
in Spatial Terms Standard 2: Knows the location of places, geographic
features, and patterns of the environment.
ISTE Student Technology
Standard 5: Uses technology research tools
Antarctic
QuickTime VR - Auster Rookery Near Mawson Station
Panoramic photo
of a penguin rookery near Mawson Station. Put your mouse on the image,
click-and-drag to look around.
Geography World
in Spatial Terms Standard 2: Knows the location of places, geographic
features, and patterns of the environment.
ISTE Student Technology
Standard 5: Uses technology research tools
The
Ice
Galleries of photos
for McMurdo, Palmer and South Pole station as well as short descriptions
of each. Use the left hand navigation bar to see the materials and click
the thumbnails to see larger versions of the pictures. There is no copyright
policy listed, but you can e-mail the author if you have questions.
Geography World
in Spatial Terms Standard 2: Knows the location of places, geographic
features, and patterns of the environment.
ISTE Student Technology
Standard 5: Uses technology research tools
Live
from Antarctica 2
This interactive
map of a small part of Antarctica will take students to journal entries
about scientists' experiences. The journals usually contain some photographs,
which can be viewed, but not downloaded or used without specific permission
from the site.
Geography World
in Spatial Terms Standard 2: Knows the location of places, geographic
features, and patterns of the environment.
ISTE Student Technology
Standard 5: Uses technology research tools
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