Antarctica / Arctic - Glacial and Polar Regions:

        **See also: Cryosphere - Glaciers, Snow, Ice, Sea-Level Rise
ARCTIC:
 
• Arctic Antarctic Research Center - AARC - Scripps Institution
• Arctic Circle - many resources
• Arctic Council - home
• Arctic Culture - resources - About.com
• Arctic islands & Antarctica - resources
• Arctic Ocean Floor - map - National Geographic
• Arctic Studies Center - Smithsonian Institution
• Arctic Circle - Virtual Classroom - University of Connecticut
• Arctic Environmental Data Directory - home
• Arctic System Science (ARCSS) - Data Coordination Center (ADCC)
• ARCUS - Arctic Research Consortium of the US - home
• ARGUS Clearinghouse - Arctic region
• BUBL LINK - Catalogue of Internet Resources - Arctic
• CAFF - Program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
• Canadian Ice Service - home
• Cyrosphere in Canada - CRYSIS project
• Drawing Shadows to Stone- photographic essay - Arctic Peoples
• Greenland History - Study Web
• Iceland - by Geographia
• International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) - University of Washington
• Viking Millenium - Smithsonian Institution
• Virtual North/Canada - home


ANTARCTIC:

• A Tourist Expedition to Antarctica*  Lee Liming, University of Michigan
• Arctic islands & Antarctica - resources
• Antarctica and the Southern Oceans Group - University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Antarctica Continent - High-Resolution images - GSFC-NASA
• Antarctic Cooperative Research Center -  - University of Tasmania
• Antarctic - education resources from University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Antarctic Timeline of Discovery - home
• Antarctic - Polar Pointers - BPRC
• Antarctica CRC - University of Tasmania
• Antarctica Collection - Library/University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Antarctic Digital Database - SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - home Version 2.0
• Antarctica Gateway - images -  University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Antarctica New Zealand - home and Education Resources
• Antarctica Connection - bookstore, Photo Gallery, etc.
• Antarctica New Zealand - homepage
• Antarctica - Visitor Centre - NZ resources
• Antarctica - composite multispectral satellite image
• Antarctica Web sites from SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - home
• Atlas of Antarctic Research - USGS
• Australian Antarctic Program - home
• Blue Ice - Focus on Antarctica - Internet journey to Antarctica
• Cape Roberts Project - home
• Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs - home
• Encyclopaedia Antarctica - home
• Gateway Antarctica - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Lake Vanda - Antarctic Dry Valleys - Antarctica - LEARNZ '95
• LEARNZ - Linking Education and Antarctic Research in New Zealand
• LTER - Palmer Station Antarctica site
• Maps of Antarctica - TERRRAQUEST
• NEW SOUTH POLAR TIMES - South Pole Newspaper
• Penquin Biology - LEARNZ 96
• Satellite Image Map - Antarctica
• SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - home
• Shakleton's Expedition 1914 - National Geographic Society
• South Georgia Island - PBS series
• South Shetland Islands - map - TERRRAQUEST
• Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica -  Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
• UNEP Global Resource Information Database (GRID) - Antarctica - New Zealand - Pacific Region
• USGS - Antarctic Resources - imagery, (TerraWeb)
• Virtual Antarctica - Terraquest
• Warm Lake Under Antarctic Ice Sheet - article
• West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative - NASA - Multidisciplinary Study of Rapid Climate Change and Future Sea Level


GLACIAL-POLAR REGIONS:

 
• Arctic islands & Antarctica - resources
• BUBL LINK - Catalogue of Internet Resources - Arctic
• Byrd Polar Research Center - Ohio State University
• Coastal Change and Glaciology maps - USGS
• Cold Regions Bibliography - home
• Dudley Knox Library - MAPS - Naval Postgraduate School - Africa - Pacific - Antarctica - Continents
• Estimated Present-Day Area* and Volume* of Glaciers and Maximum Sea Level Rise Potential
• Everything You Wanted to Know about SEA ICE - but were afraid to ask! - NASA/JPL
• General History of Other Areas - Oceania etc
• Glacier - Polar Resources - Rice University
• GRID/UNEP - Arendal, Norway - resources
• Hydrographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - Alfred Wegener Institute
• JPL- Radar satellite images of polar world
• Maps of Polar Regions and Oceans - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
• Radar Study - Polar World and sea Ice
• Rich's Polar Pointers - resources
• Study-Web - Cultures - see Australia, Pacific Islands
• University of Tasmania - Science Library Resources
• World Factbook 1999 - CIA

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North Africa:

        See also: Southwest Asia/Middle East
 
• Cairo - Cairo, the Jewel of the Orient
• Country Info - Middle East & North Africa
• Dudley Knox Library - MAPS - Naval Postgraduate School - Africa - Pacific - Antarctica - Continents
• Egyptian Ministry of Tourism
• General History of Other Areas - Africa - Oceania
• Red Sea Virtual Diving Center
• Malta Virtual Tour
• Middle East Resources - Maghreb Net
• Morocco - Index to sites
• Morocco - Geographia site
• Mahgreb Net - index
• North Africa Lithospheric Database
• Running the Nile - AdventureOnline site
• World Factbook 1999 - CIA
• Yahoo - Africa
• Yahoo - Mediterranean
• Yahoo - Middle East
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Sub-Saharan Africa

    **See supplementary list on: Central/East Africa Rift System and also Southwest Asia/Middle East/North Africa
 

• ADDS - Africa Data Dissemination Service
• AdmiNet - Africa
• Aerial Photographic Tour of Senegal - USAID/USGS
• Africa Bureau Information - USAID
• African Dust may Influence Hurricane Formation - article Third World Foundation
• Africa - Environment/Ecology
• Africa Geography - online interactive quizzes
• Africa - General (Stanford University lists)
• Africa Link - USAID
• Africa Nutrition Database Initiative - USAID
• Africa Policy Information Home Page
• Africa Online
• AFRICA - Relief Map/DEM
• African Great Lakes Region - Related Internet Sites
• Africa ONLINE: ABOUT KENYA
• Africa - Regions
• Africa South of the Sahara - Stanford Univ & ASA
• AFRICAN SAHEL 25 YEARS AFTER THE GREAT DROUGHT - Simon Batterbury
• Afrique francophone
• African Studies WWW (U. Penn)
• Annenberg Series: The Africans
• Argus Clearinghouse - AFRICA
• Biodiversity-Rich Ecoregions in Africa Need Protection - UNEP
• Birth and Death in Rwanda - a Photo Essay - TIME
• Black/African Related Resources (Art McGee's List)
• Botswana - Geographia site
• Central Africa gorilla habitat (JPL/NASA) - SIR-C/X-SAR image
• Collapse: Why Civilizations Fall? - and the Mali/Songhai case
• Desertification - UNEP - world and Africa
• Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund - home
• DISASTER MITIGATION - Horn of Africa ALERT! and VAM (Vulnerability and Mapping) - WFP)
• Dudley Knox Library - MAPS - Naval Postgraduate School - Africa - Pacific - Antarctica - Continents
• East Africa Overview - AfricaOnline
• Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of South Africa, Part 1
• Ethiopia - country profile
• Events and People In Black History
• FEWS - Famine Early  Warning System - Satellite Imagery and other documents
• FEWS Youth Page - resources on imagery, etc.
• Flamingos East Africa - photos
• General History of Other Areas - Africa - Oceania
• Ghana - Geographia site
• GHIE Homepage (Greater Horn Information Exchange)
• Greater Horn of Africa - basins, etc
• Guides to Afro-American Resources on the Net - gopher
• GHAI Slide 1 - Greater Horn of Africa Initiative - Presentation Slide #1
• HAPEX SAHEL Information System
• Introduction to Africa - by Geographica
• Ivory Coast - Cote d'Ivoire - Geographia site
• Karisimbi, Rwanda - volcanoes
• Kenya - Africa Data Dissemination Service
• Kenya Country Profile
• Kenya - Geographia site
• Kenya - Dambos - wetlands
• Kenyan Study Area - MSS & TM (Land Cover Change)
• KenyaWeb - Our Land - Climate
• KenyaWeb - Kenya's Definitive Internet Resource
• KenyaWeb - Our Land - Geology
• Kilimanjaro Page - Carl Axell, etc
• Kilimanjaro Climb for CARE - home
• Lake Natron - Kenya
• Lake Victoria from space - Clementine imagery -
• Lake Victoria Research Team
• MALAWI in pictures
• Mali - Geographia site
• Mali Interactive Project - home
• Mali fights to preserve heritage - article
• Mikeno, Uganda
• Morocco - Geographia site
• Mountain Gorilla Protection Project - Rutgers University
• Mountain Gorilla and relation to Ecotourism..among other examples
• Mountain Gorillas - ETE Module
• MBendi - Information for Africa - AfroPaedia
• Namibia - Geographia site
• News Index - OneWorld - Africa News
• Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania - photos/carl Axell
• Nyiragongo, Zaire - volcanoes
• Rift Valley Fever: Our Problem - ETE Module
• Rift Valley - Eastern Arm in Kenya
• Running the Nile - AdventureOnline site
• Rwanda Case Study - animated gif of population change in Rwanda 1940s - 1990s
• Senegal river - GIS study/CIRAD
• South Africa - Geographia site
• SPAAR - Special Program for African Agriculture
• Sustainable Development - Black Africa
• Sustaining the Soil - Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in Africa - from EarthScan
• Tanzania - Geographia site
• VAM (Vulnerability and Mapping) - WFP
• Virunga Mountains - Rwanda - Human-Environment relations - Virtual Trip
• West African Spatial Analysis Project
• WILD - electronic magazine - South Africa
• World Factbook 1999 - CIA
• WWF - Country Environmental Profiles - world list
• Yahoo - Regions:Africa
• Zimbabwe - Geographia site
• Zimbabwe - Parks & Scenic Wonders - GORP
   
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World Regional Geography--General:

 
• 50 States and Capitals - and other knowledge aides
• AAG - Association of American Geographers
• ARGUS Clearinghouse  - Places and Peoples and Social Sciences and Social Issues
• Country Commercial Guides - Library of Congress/State Department
• COUNTRIES AND REGIONS INDEX - World Bank
• Courses on the Web - geography
• CYBERGEO - online magazine
• Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty - Department of State
• Dudley Knox Library - MAPS - Naval Postgraduate School - Africa - Pacific - Antarctica - Continents
• Fun for Kids by Jen - Geography resources and games, etc
• General History of Other Areas - Africa - Oceania
• GeoGlobe - Interactive Geography teaching site
• GeoNet Game - online interactive game on geography
• Geo Teacher - resources site
• Geographia site - by world regions
• Geographic Alliances - State organizations to foment geography
• Geography for Life and the National Geography Standards
• Geography World - Resources Galore!
• Guide to Geography - Mining Co site - many resources!
• Handy Geography Answer Book, by Matt Rosen of Mining Co - Geography Guide.
• Helping Your Child Learn Geography - many resources
• HDGC - Active Learning Modules page - (Human Dimensions of Global Change) AAG
• Human Geography: People, Places and Change - Learner Online Annenberg Educational Resources
• How far is it? - Xerox query tool
• Independent States of the World - Department of State list and information
• INLT - The International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education
• Internet Resources for Geography
• Learner Online Annenberg Educational Resources
• Library of Congress - Country Studies/Area Handbooks and Info and its Learning Center for teachers and students
• Library of Congress - Maps and Geography Reading Room - many resources
• Lonely Planet -- Destinations
• Map Machine - National Geographic Society resources
• Maps on Us - home
• National Geographic Education Resources
• National Geography Standards - National Geographic Society - brief intro. - see also GENIP - more extensive.
• NCGE - National Council for Geographic Education - home
• Orientation to Geography - Tom Martinson
• Outline Maps Online - to copy and use in class
• Power of Place - Annenberg / CPB site & videos
• Sample World Regional Exercises - Michael A. McAdams
• Social Studies Center - interactive resources for teachers
• Street Maps and Road Maps - Mining Co.
• Study-Web - Cultures - see Australia, Pacific Islands
• Test Your Knowledge of World Geography - online quiz on Oceans and Continents
• The Great Adventure - children's tour of world and learning module
• Tom Martinson's - Course - The Discipline of Geography, Electronic Study Guide -
• Turnabout Maps.com - new perspective on the world
• UN - United Nations System - locator page
• US Department of State - main page with links to resources
• US State Department - Office of Global Affairs - resources
• US State Department - Travel Warming and Consular Information Sheets - resources
• USGS - Educational Resources for Geography, Cartography, Mapping and related disciplines
• USGS - TerraWeb for Kids - teaching resources
• US State and Local Gateway - US Government
• VGDP - Virtual Geography Department Project - World Regional Geography Links - VGDP
• World Factbook 1999 - CIA
• World Geography Teaching Resources - online quizzes, tours -  OH Kids - homepage - Ohio Online Information System