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South Georgia, Cape Horn, Falklands & Tierra Del Fuego

On this virtual tour you may see: Majestic mountains dipped in snow...
Crystalline waterways... Whales, seals, Soaring Andes condors...
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The following list of links, provides some museums
with collections relating to the Antarctic and Arctic.

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Countries represented which are on the web:

* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Greenland
* Iceland
* Italy
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Russian Federation
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* United States

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ARGENTINA

Museo Maritimo de Ushuaia, El Presidio, Yaganes y Gabernadar Paz, Ushuaia, 9410 Tierra del Fuego. Tel. +45-2901-437481.
URL http://www.tierradelfuego.org.ar/museomar

AUSTRALIA

Antarctic Adventure, 2 Salamance Square, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania 7000. Tel. +61-3-6220-8220. Fax +61-3-6223-8889.
URL http://www.antarctic.com.au


Australian National Maritime Museum, GPO Box 5131, Sydney, New South Wales 2001. Tel. +61-2-552-7777.
URL http://www.anmm.gov.au


Marine Studies Centre, Antarctic Environment Learning Unit, Woodbridge, Tasmania.
URL http://www.sea.uct.ac.za/cms

Museum of Victoria, PO Box 666E, 222 Exhibition St., Melbourne 3000. Tel. +61-3-669-9997. Fax +61-3-639-1090.
URL http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/

National Museum of Australia, PO Box 1901, Canberra, ACT 2601. Tel. +61-6-256-1111. Fax +61-6-256-1233.
URL http://www.nma.gov.au

South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000. Tel. +61-8-2077500. Fax +61-8-2077444.
URL http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au


AUSTRIA

Museum fur Volkerkunde, Neue Berg, A-1014 Vienna.
URL http://www.ethno-museum.ac.at/


CANADA

Canadian Museum of Civilization, 100 Laurier St., PO Box 3100, Station B Hull, Quebec J8X 4H2. Tel. +1-819-776-7173. Fax +1-819-776-8491.
URL http://www.cmcc.muse.digital.ca


Canadian Museum of Nature, Victoria Memorial Museum Bldg., 240 McLeod St., Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4. Tel. +1-800-263-4433. Fax +1-613-566-4763. E-mail enquiries@mus-nature.ca.
URL http:www.nature.ca

Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Centennial Centre, 555 Main St., 190 Rupert Av., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0N2. Tel. +1-204-956-2830. Fax +1-204-942-3679.
URL http://manitobamuseum.mb.ca

Newfoundland Museum, 287 Duckworth St. and Beck's Cove, St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 1G9. Tel. +1-709-576-2460. Fax +1-709-576-2179.
URL http://www.nfmuseum.com/

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2L9. Tel. +1-867-873-7551. Fax +1-867-873-0205.
URL http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca

Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6.
URL http://www.rom.on.ca

University of British Columbia, Museum of Anthropology, 6393 Northwest Marine Dr., Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2. Tel. +1-604-822-5087. Fax +1-604-822-2974.
URL http://www.ubc.ca

Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Av., Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1A3. Tel. +1-604-737-2211. Fax +1-604-737-2621.
URL http://www.vmm.bc.ca


Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1V1. Tel. +1-204-786-6641. Fax +1-204-788-4998.
URL http://www.wag.mb.ca


CHILE

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Quinta Normal, Casilla 787, Santiago. Tel. +56-2-6814095. Fax +56-2-6817182.
URL http://www.mnhn.cl


DENMARK

Nationalmuseet [National Museum of Denmark], Ny Vestergade 10, DK-1471 Copenhagen. Tel. +45-33-134411. Fax +45-33-144421.
URL http://www.natmus.min.dk/

Orlogsmuseet [Royal Danish Naval Museum], Overgaden oven Vandet 58, DK-1415 Copenhagen K. Tel. +45-31-546363. Fax +45-31-54-29-80.
URL http://www.aok.dk/E/V/CPHDK/0002/73/27


ESTONIA

Estonian Maritime Museum, Pikk 70, Tallinn 200 00 A. Tel. 601-275 or 601-702.
URL http://www.abc.se/~m10354/meremuus.htm


FINLAND

Inarin Saamelaismuseo [Inari Saami Museum], FIN-99870 Inari.
URL http://www.samimuseum.fi

Nanoq, near Jakobstad/Pietarsaari.
URL http://www.greenweb.gl/finndo/nanoq.htm

Provincial Museum of Lapland [Lapin Maakuntamuseo/Lapplands Landskapsmuseum], Arktikum House, Pohjoisranta 4, FIN-96100 Rovaniemi. Tel. +358-60-317-840. Fax +358-60-322-3091.
URL http://www.rovaniemi.fi/taide/maakmus/elamu.htm

FRANCE

Musee de la Marine, Palais de Chaillot, 17 Place du Trocadero et du 11 novembre, F-75116 Paris. Tel. +33-1-45-53-31-70. Fax +33-1-47-27-49-67.
URL http://www.paris.org/Musees/Marine

Musee de l'Homme, Palais de Chaillot, 17 Place du Trocadero, F-75116 Paris. Tel. +33-1-45-53-70-60.
URL http://www.paris.org/Musees/Homme


GREENLAND

Aasiaat Museum, PO Box 41, DK-3950 Aasiaat. Tel. +299-42597.
Ammassalik Museum, Ammassalik.
URL http://www.ammassalik.gl/mus_eng.html


Tasiilap Katersugaasivia [Ammassalik Museum], PO Box 112, DK-3913 Tasiilaq. Tel. +299-981311. Fax +299-981711.
URL http://www.paris.org/Musees/Marine

ICELAND

Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Akureyri Division, [Natturufraedistofnun Islands - Akureyri], Harnarstraeti 81, PO Box 580, IS-602 Akureyri.
URL http://www.nattsud.is


ITALY

Museo Nazionale del'Antartide 'Felice Ippolito', Centro Interuniversitario Genova - Siena - Trieste
Earth sciences: Universita' di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena. Fax +39-0577-263-890. E-mail mna@mna.unisi.it.
URL http://www.dst.unisi.it/MUSEO/museo.html

Life sciences: Palazzina Milo, Porto Antico, Genova. E-mail tesoro@publinet.it.
URL http://www.unige.it/mna/Default.htm

History of exploration: Universita' di Trieste.
URL http://com.area.trieste.it/prospero/antartide1.htm

Museo Nazionale della Montagna "Duca degli Abruzzi", Via Giardino 37, I-10131 Torino. Tel. +39-11-6604104. Fax +39-11-6604622.
URL http://www.valnet.it/monti/monti.htm


NEW ZEALAND

Antarctic Visitor Centre, International Antarctic Centre, Orchard Rd., Christchurch International Airport, PO Box 14-001, Christchurch. Tel. +64-3-358-9896. Fax +64-3-353-7799.
URL http://www.iceberg.co.nz

Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter, 23 Tamaki Dr., PO Box 42-021, Orakei, Auckland. Tel. +64-9-528-0603. Fax +64-9-528-9333.
URL http://www.new-zealand.com/KellyTarltons


NORWAY

Jan Mayen Museum, Forsvarets stasjon, N-8013 Jan Mayen.
URL http://www.npolar.no/npi

*Nord-Troms Museum, N-9086 Sorkiosen. Tel. +47-83-65868.
URL http://www.museumsnett.no/tmusdata/museum/ntrm.htm
Norsk Bremuseum [Norwegian Glacier Centre], N-5855 Fjaerland. Tel. +47-57-69-32-88. Fax +47-57-69-32-87. E-mail: ole.m.korsen@bre.museum.no

Norsk Folkemuseum [Norwegian Folk Museum], Museumsveien 10, Bygdoy, N-0287 Oslo 2. Tel. +47-22-123700. Fax +47-22-123777.
URL http://www.norskfolke.museum.no

Samiske Samlinger [Saami Museum], nr. Hwy 96, PO Box 143, N-9730 Karasjok/Karasjohka. Tel. +47-84-66305. Fax +47-84-67121.
URL http://www.museumsnett.no/trastad/Johan_Hansen.htm

Svalbard Museum, PO Box 521, N-9170 Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Tel. +47-9170-21384.
URL http://www.museumsnett.no/feilmeldinger/finnes_ikke.html

Tana Museum, Polmak, N-9845 Tana. Tel. +47-85-29018.
Universitet i Oslo, Ethnografisk Museum, Frederiksgate 2, N-0164 Oslo. Tel. +47-22-859300. Fax +47-22-859960.
URL http://www.uio.no

Universitet i Tromso, Tromso Museum, Lars Thoerings vei 10, N-9006 Tromso. Tel. +47-77-645000. Fax +47-77-645520. E-mail: < +@imv.uit.no >.
URL http://www.imv.uit.no


RUSSIA

Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic, St. Petersburg, 24-A, Marata St., 191040 St. Petersburg. Tel. +7-812-113-1998. Fax +7-812-164-6818. E-mail vicaar@mail.wplus.net.
URL http://www.polarmuseum.sp.ru.

Sakhalin Provincial Museum of Regional Studies [Sakhalinskii Oblastnoy Kraevedcheskiy Muzey], Yushno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin.
URL http://www.science.sakhalin.ru/SakhNiro/Index.html


SWEDEN


Andree Museum, PO Box 82, 563 22Granaa. Tel. +46-390-410-15. Fax +46-390-102-75.
URL http://andree.grm.se

Marinmuseum [Naval Museum], Amiralitetsslatten, S-371 30, Karlskrona. Tel. +46-455-84071
URL http://www.marinmuseum.se
Naturhistorika Riksmuseet [Swedish Museum of Natural History], Roslagsvagen 120, PO Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm. Tel. +46-8-6664000. Fax +46-8-6664085. E-mail: ma-goran@nrm.se or edmar@nrm.se.
URL http://www.nrm.se/

Silvermuseet, Torgatan, S-930 90 Arjeplog. Tel. +46-961-612-90. Fax +46-961-61313.
URL http://www.silvermuseet.arjeplog.se



SWITZERLAND

Musee d'Ethnographie, 4 rue Saint-Nicolas, CH-2006 Neuchatel.
URL http://www.geneva-city.ch/musinfo/ethg/


UNITED KINGDOM

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers St., Edinburgh EH1 1JF. Tel. +44-131-225-7534. Fax +44-131-220-4819.
URL http://www.nms.ac.uk/

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd., South Kensington, London SW7 5BD. Tel. +44-171-938-9191. Fax +44-171-938-9290. E-mail: library@nhm.ac.uk.
URL http://www.nhm.ac.uk

Stromness Museum, 52 Alfred St., Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Tel. +44-1856-850025.
URL http://www.orkney.com/museums/stromness.htm

University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Rd., Cambridge CB2 1ER. Tel. +44-1223-336540. Fax +44-1223-336549.
URL http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk

University of Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3PP. Tel. +44-1865-270927. Fax +44-1865-270943. E-mail: pitt@vax.ox.ac.uk
URL http://units.ox.ac.uk/departments/prm

Whitby Museum, Pannett Park, Whitby YO21 1RE, North Yorkshire. Tel. +44-1947-602908.
URL http://www.durain.demon.co.uk


UNITED STATES

Alaska State Museum, 395 Whittier St., Pouch FM, Juneau, AK 99811. Tel. +1-907-465-2901. Fax +1-907-465-2976.
URL http://www.uaf.edu/museum/

American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024. Tel. +1-212-769-5100. Fax +1-212-769-5223.
URL http://www.amnh.org/

Antarctic Experience, PO Box 73, Reedsport, OR 97467.
URL http://sung3.ifsi.rm.cnr.it/~dargaud/Antarctica

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.
URL http://www.bishop.hawaii.org/

Brown University, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Mount Hope Grant, Bristol, RI 02809. Tel. +1-401-253-8388. Fax +1-401-253-1198.
URL http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Institute, 4400 Forbes Av., Pittsburg, PA 15213.
URL http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum, Main St., PO Box 25, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724.
URL http://www.cshl.org/cshm/whale.htm

Dartmouth College, Hood Museum, Hanover, NH.
URL http://www.dartmouth.edu

Indiana University, William Hammond Mathers Museum, 601 East 8th St., Bloomington, IN 47405. Tel. +1-812-855-6873. Fax +1-812-855-0205.
URL http://www.iupui.edu

Kendall Whaling Museum, 27 Everett St., PO Box 297, Sharon, MA 027067. Tel. +1-617-784-5642. Fax +1-617-793-0184.
URL http://www.kwm.org

Mariners' Museum, Museum Dr., Newport News, VA 23606. Tel. +1-804-595-0368.
URL http://www.mariner.org/mariner/

Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St., Milwaukee, WI 53233.
URL http://www.mpm.edu/collect/mask.html

Museums Alaska, 8916 Gloralee St., Anchorage, AK 99502
Mystic Seaport Museum, Route 27, Mystic, CT 06335.
URL http://www.mysticseaport.org/welcome.html

Peabody Museum of Salem, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970. Tel. +1-508-745-1876. Fax +1-508-744-6776.
URL http://www.pem.org/

Pratt Museum, 3779 Bartlett St., Homer, AK 99603. Tel. +1-907-235-8635. Fax +1-9007-235-2764.
URL http://www.prattmuseum.com

University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, AK 99775. Tel. +1-907-474-7505. Fax +1-907-474-5469.
URL http://www.uaf.edu/museum

University of Philadelphia, University Museum, 33rd and Spruce Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19104.
URL http://www.philau.edu

University of Washington, Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, Seattle, WA 98195. Tel. +1-206-543-5590. Fax +1-206-685-3039.
URL http://www.philau.edu

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As early as 1995 A Million persons visited the Antarctic through this Virtual Antarctica expedition:
http://www.terraquest.com/va/index.html

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We are anchor off Ukraine Base Vernadsky formally British base Faraday. We split into two groups because of the number of people and the small size of the base. I am in the second group and I leave at 10:30. They give us a tour of the station everything is still in english including the pinnups on the wall. The Ukranians agreed to continue the experiments the British started as a condition to take over the base. This is one of the bases involved with discovering the Ozone hole, they indicate they do not go outside any more than nessisary in the summer time. They are also seeing a slight increase in temperature over the years. After our tour we went up to the Bar and gift shop, I mailed a couple of post cards. After leaving the base we have to cruise around a large iceberg to get back to the ship. After lunch we are preparing to make a landing on Petermann Island. On shore we find Gentoo and Adelie penguins, in addition there is a cross commemorating 3 British men who died here. There is also an Argentinian refuge here as well and some of us take a look through the door, pretty bleak - I would not want to be stranded here. I go looking for Blue Eyed Shags who inhabit some of the higher ground. I find several of them, there are also many Skuas here as well. After returning to the ship we start heading south toward the Antartic Circle through the Grandidier Channel. We pass many large Icebergs some several miles long and maybe 20 stories high. As it gets dark we again dodge icebergs as we proceed through the Harrison Passage and the Mudge Passage before entering Crystal Sound and some uncharted waters. Through all of this the Ships officers were using the search lights, the charts and the Radar to navigate. The radar screen was lit up like a christmas tree, the captain keep a constant watch there.

Ukraine Base Vernadsky

http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cxtdm/heather1.html My First Days In AntarticaMY FIRST DAYS IN ANTARCTICA Written by Hayley LutzEdited by Heather Lugar Jan. 31, 1997...

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/benguela.html Ocean Currents and Tides: The Icy Benguela The icy Benguela current moves north from the Southern Ocean (around Antartica) and flows northwards along the West Coast of Africa. Along with the accompanying...

http://zetatalk.com/theword/tword14o.htm Antartica Melt 4/17/98 - 9:36 PM EDT Section of Antarctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A massive chunk of ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula broke away earlier this year and scientists on Friday blamed global warming. Satellite images of the Larsen B ice shelf, which reaches toward South America, show the section broke away between Feb. 26 and March 23, toward the end of the Antarctic summer, according to the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. The icebergs produced by the crumbled shelf pose no particular threat, since there are no major shipping lanes in that area and Antarctic cruise ships or those resupplying bases all have radar to detect icebergs.

The collapse of the 75-square-mile chunk of ice shelf is consistent with "what we see from the effects of increased greenhouse gases, which cause warming," said Bill Budd, a meteorology professor at Australia's Antarctic Cooperative Research Center. "And it's the warming in the ocean that is most important for the reduction in the ice shelves," he said. "It is the melting from underneath that can be much more effective than warming of the air."

The British Antarctic Survey has predicted the entire Larsen Ice Shelf, which covers more than 4,000 square miles, is nearing its limit of stability. In January 1995, the Larsen A ice shelf to the north broke away in a 48 mile-by-23 mile mass, 600 feet thick. Over the past 50 years, the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed about 4.5 degrees. Research by Budd and his colleagues indicates global warming will melt most of the ice shelves, which border about 44 percent of Antarctica and cover 580,000 square miles. Budd's computer climate models predict significant degradation of the ice shelves beginning in the 21st century and their near-total loss within 500 years.

http://www.af.mil/photos/Nov1997/971421a.html' Deep Freeze' takes McChord way down under U.S. Air Force Photo [View JPEG Photo, 451 KB] Capt. Christopher R. Guzman, a navigator with the 313th Airlift Squadron from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., checks his charts during a Deep Freeze flight. Navigating to Antartica is complicated by poor...

http://www.mca.k12.pa.us/lounge/antartica.html Antartica Lessons Antartica Live Pete Barb's Penguins Antartica Penguins The Rookery South Pole Times Search for Antartic Spring Polar...

http://www.vb-tech.co.za/Antartica/maps1.htmThe ANTARCTICAMap Index home...

http://www.vb-tech.co.za/Antartica/hist1.htmThe ANTARCTICA History Page There has never been a greater feat of sea- manship than Shackleton's open-boat voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia after the loss of his ship the Endurance. His ship the Endurance was part of an ambitious expedition which in 1914 attempted to cross Antarctica...

http://www.vb-tech.co.za/Antartica/myths1.htmWelcome to the official ANTARCTICA Page of Myths and legends The Lost City of Atlantis Home...

http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~wiscengr/issues/nov97/antartica.html On The Ice by Aaron Vokening Antarctica, the most remote, desolate continent on Earth is not the typical location for a co-op. Nate Booth, a senior is civil engineering at UW-Madison, recently had the opportunity to be on the ice, a phrase meaning to spend time in Antarctica. From October...

http://www.schools.ash.org.au/elanorah/arcvid2.htm Elanora Heights Home PageOur Research ProjectsArctic/Antarctic Project Life in the Freezer video We learned some interesting things like :- CAPTAIN SCOTT Captain Scott went to Antartica to do some science. He wanted to discover south Antartica. The journey started with his team. But captain...

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/antmaps.htm
1.    Political Map of Antartica
This map shows which parts of Antartica is claimed by vaious countries around the world
2.    Map

3.    National Geographic Map

4.    Political Map of Antarctica

5.    Map of Antarctica Region
Antarctica, courtesty of the CIA World Factbook.

 http://www.af.mil/photos/Nov1997/971419a.htmlMcChord airmen join penguins for icy duty
U.S. Air Force Photo [View JPEG Photo, 199 KB]

Two penguins pass by a C-141 from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., as it sits on the ground in Antartica. Crews have less than four hours to unload, refuel and get airborne before the 90-inch thick salt water ice underneath the aircraft begins to melt. (Photo by Master Sgt. Bob Pederson)

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http://www.af.mil/photos/Nov1997/971421b.html'Deep Freeze' takes McChord way down under U.S. Air Force Photo [View JPEG Photo, 386 KB] Staff Sgt. Douglas L. Gannon, a loadmaster with the 313th Airlift Squadron from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., retracts a stabilizer strut on a C-141 in preparation to depart Antartica. (Photo by 1st Lt...

http://www-astro.physics.uiowa.edu/~kgg/teaching/solarsys/lecture18.html Lecture #18: Falls and Finds I. Meteors, Shooting stars, and Falling stars -- falls and finds -- Antartica finds -- 1972 event: glancing interaction -- 1908 event: Tunguska -- extinctions II. History of discovery of meteorites -- Chladni (1794) and Biot (1803) -- imperfect...

http://www.sharonwisconsin.com/library/travel.htm Travel Scenic Videos Alaska Bahamas Busch Gardens - A Jungle of Fun Columbus Zoo Czechoslovakia - Triumph Tradition Exploring Antartica Fodor's Spain France Gardens of the World - Country Gardens Gardens of the World - Flower Gardens Gardens of the World - Rose and Rose Gardens...

http://i115srv.vu-wien.ac.at/uv/uv_polar_mov.htmOzone and UV Index Movies Over The Polar Regions: OZONE HOLE IN 1996: OzoneHoleMovie 1996 (5.5 MB) shows the annual behaviour of total ozone over antartica and the southern hemisphere during 1996. (High quality animation 500x360) (OzoneHoleMovie 1996: download as zip-File (2.1MB) ) UV INDEX...

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~klarson/ta211/climate.html Interesting Choices Ship track image Ship track homepage Aral Sea Information about the Aral Sea Aral Sea Radio clip in answer to a question about the Aral Sea Owens Valley Images concerning the LA Aqueduct National Ice Center great pictures of icebergs near Antartica Carbon Dioxide Graph The...

http://www.mreclipse.com/SENL/SENL9812/SENL812.htm SE Newsletter December 1998 23 November 2003: Flights to the eclipse From: Michael Gill Subject: [SE] 23rd November 2003 For all those interested in seeing the 2003 total solar eclipse:- Croydon Travel of Australia operate sightseeing flights over Antartica on chartered Qantas 747-400...

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/grp7/antarctica/question2755.html You've asked a timely question because there was just an article published about the gases coming out of Mt. Erebus: Zereda-Gostynska G, Kyle PR, Finnegan D, & Prestbo K (1997). Volcanic gas emissions from Mount Erebus and their impact on the Antarctic environment. J. Geophysical Research, vol. 102 no. b7, pp. 15,039-15,055. It looks like the gases are SO2, HCl, and HF. The abstract contains the following lines: "Many elements (S, Cl, and metals) found in the Erebus plume are common impurities in Antarctic snow. Using a model which assumes a homogeneous distributionof the volcanic gas plume over Antarctica, we suggest that Erebus could be a source of the impurities."

http://www.150.si.edu/chap2/2ship.htm
Smithsonian International

Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, commander of the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-42, painted this portrait of the expedition's flagship, Vincennes, at anchor in Disappointment Bay, Antartica, in 1840. The need to accommodate objects collected on Wilkes's voyage led to the establishment in 1858 of the National Museum in the Smithsonian Building, now known as the Castle. Today's flags from around the world adorn the Castle's protico, while a statue of Joseph Henry, the Institution's first Secretary, looks out over the Mall.

http://www.zetatalk3.com/theword/tword14o.htm
 Associated Press, 4/17/98 - 9:36 PM EDT
Section of Antarctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off

A massive chunk of ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula broke away earlier this year and scientists on Friday blamed global warming. Satellite images of the Larsen B ice shelf, which reaches toward South America, show the section broke away between Feb. 26 and March 23, toward the end of the Antarctic summer, according to the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. The icebergs produced by the crumbled shelf pose no particular threat, since there are no major shipping lanes in that area and Antarctic cruise ships or those resupplying bases all have radar to detect icebergs.

The collapse of the 75-square-mile chunk of ice shelf is consistent with "what we see from the effects of increased greenhouse gases, which cause warming," said Bill Budd, a meteorology professor at Australia's Antarctic Cooperative Research Center. "And it's the warming in the ocean that is most important for the reduction in the ice shelves," he said. "It is the melting from underneath that can be much more effective than warming of the air.".

http://passporttoknowledge.com/antarctica2/ask/new/College_preparation_for_scientists.txt
QUESTION:
What do scientists take in college to be able to go to Antartica?
 
There is no one subject or course that is required or that better
prepares you to work in Antarctica.  There are scientists here
with backgrounds in physics, geology, biology, zoology,
oceanography, and climatology, to name just a few.  All
scientists here are applying the knowledge they have gained
in their chosen field to the unique environment found in Antarctica.  
Any scientist can apply to work in Antarctica as long as they are
using their expertise to address a specific question that will add
to our knowledge of this region.

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AN ANTARCTIC CIRCLE FACT:

It is the parallel of latitude on the surface of the earth at 66°30¢ S.

It marks the N limit of the area in which the sun does not rise on the summer solstice (about June 21) or set on the winter solstice (about December 21).

Periods of continuous night or day increase from one day at the Antarctic Circle to six months at the South Pole.

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ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD; ANTARCTIC EXPLORER

It is not possible to know the history of the polar regions or undertake scientific investigation of the areas without being aware of Admiral Richard E. Byrd or benefiting from his contributions. As a navigational aviator, Byrd pioneered in the technology that would be the foundation for modern polar exploration and investigation. As a decorated and much celebrated hero, Byrd drew popular attention to areas of the world that would become focal points of scientific investigation in numerous disciplines. Finally, as a naval officer Admiral Byrd contributed to the role of government in sponsoring and facilitating research in polar regions and topics.
Richard E. Byrd first made his mark in the U.S. Navy. Graduating with the class of 1912 from the U.S. Naval Academy, he served in the battleship fleet until forced into medical retirement in 1916 from the after-effects of a smashed ankle suffered while a midshipman. Recalled to active duty in a retired status, he organized the Commission on Training Camps. In April 1918 he won his wings as Naval Aviator 608.
From the start of his flying career he demonstrated unusual ability. Byrd pioneered the technique of night-time landings of seaplanes on the ocean and flew out over the horizon, out of sight of land, and navigated back to his base. In 1918 he proposed flying the newly built NC-1 flying boats across the Atlantic to the war zone in France. His war service was in Canada as Commander, U.S. Naval Air Forces with responsibility for two air bases in Nova Scotia.
With the conclusion of hostilities, Byrd was called to Washington and made responsible for the navigational preparations for the transatlantic flight attempt of the NC flying boats in l9l9. He was a skilled officer in representing Navy interests under consideration by the Congress. Byrd won wide acclaim for directing the lobbying effort that resulted in the first post-war pay-raise for military personnel. Byrd was also invaluable in the long campaign of Naval aviators to establish a Bureau of Aeronautics.
Interested in polar exploration from childhood, his adult involvement began in 1924 when he was appointed navigator for the proposed transpolar flight of the Navy's dirigible Shenandoah from Alaska to Spitzbergen. When the flight was canceled by President Coolidge, Byrd began to organize his own Navy flight expedition to the Arctic. He was compelled to join forces with the MacMillan Expedition to northwest Greenland sponsored by the National Geographic Society in 1925. At that time Byrd completed the first flights over Ellsmere Island and the interior of Greenland.
In 1926 he took leave from the Navy to organize a privately financed expedition to the Arctic, which was to be based in Spitzbergen. Plans included several flights over the pack ice, including one to the North Pole. Supported by Edsel Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the New York Times and others, Byrd and his pilot, Floyd Bennett, claimed to have reached the North Pole on May 9, 1926. Both men were awarded the Medal of Honor after their return to the United States. In later years scholars have raised questions about the success of the expedition in flying over the North Pole.
Cheered by the outpouring of public support and admiration, Byrd continued his leave from the Navy. With commercial sponsorship, he completed the first multi-engine airplane crossing of the Atlantic to France.
Byrd then turned his sights to Antarctica in 1928. During the remaining years of his life he was involved in five expeditions to Antarctica. These explorations accounted for the discovery of hundreds of thousands of square miles of territory which were claimed for the United States. He personified the inception of the mechanical era of Antarctic exploration. No other person in Antarctic history has contributed more to the geographic discovery of the continent than Byrd.
With highly visible accomplishments, he thrilled millions and raised large amounts of funding. He flew over the South Pole in November 1929. He spent most of the winter of 1934 alone in a meteorological hut some 100 miles into the interior. His winter weather observations were the first taken from the interior. This effort almost cost Byrd his life when he was poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes.
He merged his plans for a third private expedition with governmental plans and became the commanding officer of the United States Antarctic Service. With the onset of World War II he returned to active service and earned two decorations as the Chief of Naval Operations.
In the early post-war years, Byrd participated in the organization of the U.S. Navy Antarctic Developments Project in 1946-47 (Operation Highjump) He supervised the preparation of a study for the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Greenland as a site for military training and operations. In his final years he was called again to serve the nation as Officer in Charge of United States Antarctic Programs. This responsibility gave him authority to coordinate government supported scientific, logistic and political work in Antarctica. Admiral Byrd remained an influential figure in polar research until his death in 1957.

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