Sunday, June 04, 2006

Ice highway leading to an Antarctica road network?

The first couple of items refer to the 'ice highway'. The rest of the websites refer to (scientific)work being done in Antarctica by Australia, New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom, United States of America. All the websites contain information about Antarctica generally and about the Antarctic Treaty.

USA's Science-Driven "Ice Highway" Hitting Rough Sledding in Antarctica
http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/snapshot/sf041213.htm
(includes map [of possible 'highways'], photos, websites and statistics)

See also: Icy Overland Trip May Add Ground Vehicles to South Pole Supply Missions
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=105718&org=olpa&from=news

'California on ice' — the last great land grab
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/california-on-ice-151-the-last-great-land-grab/2006/04/21/1145344279959.html

Antarctic 'cold rush' raises fears for last great wilderness
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/04/want04.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/04/ixnews.html

Australian Antarctic Division
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp
(Official Australian Govt website about Antartica: very large website and with news from the individual Australian bases there)

Antarctica New Zealand
http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/
(Official NZ site showing the work ANZ)

British Antarctic Survey
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/index.php
(Official website of the BAS; large website about the BASs work, especially in the Antarctic; excellent introduction to the Antarctic Treaty; news from the individual UK bases there)

United States Antarctic Program
http://www.usap.gov/
(Large official website with lists of scientific projects; lots of photos)

National Science Foundation – Office of Polar Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=OPP
(Large official website with details of polar scientific results and much else)

Polish Antarctic Station Henryk Arctowski
http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/dab/ and
http://www.dab.waw.pl/