Office of Polar Programs

• Arctic & Antarctic — An Overview of NSF Research
• Related Polar Links
• Polar Programs Advisory Committee (1998 – 2012)
• Committee of Visitors reports and Government Performance and Results Act Reports (2000 – 2009 Reports)
• Polar Programs-supported Workshops

UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC PROGRAM

Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT)

• About the Section for Antarctic Sciences
  • Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences
  • Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems
  • Antarctic Earth Sciences
  • Antarctic Glaciology
  • Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Antarctic Integrated System Science
  • Antarctic Writers and Artists Program
    • Additional Information about Antarctic Artists and Writers Program
  • Sub-Glacial Lake Steering Committee
    • NSF Subglacial Lake Exploration and Research — Links to Additional Information
  • A Research Program for Projecting Sea-Level Rise from Land-Ice Loss (PDF file, 301 Kb)
    
  • Antarctic Program Information for New Investigators
  • Dear Colleague Letter: Data Management and Data Reporting Requirements for Research Awards Supported by the Office of Polar Programs
  • United States Antarctic Policy
  • United States Antarctic Program
  • U.S. Policy for Antarctica
    • Agency Responsibilities
    • U.S. Antarctic Policy — Historical Perspective
    • President's Memorandum Regarding Antarctica (Memorandum 6646; 5 February 1982)
    • U.S. Policy on Private Expeditions to Antarctica

Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics Section (AIL)

• About the Section for Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics
  • USAP Ships
  • United States Antarctic Stations
    • South Pole Station
      • U.S. South Pole Station: A Special Report
    • McMurdo Station
      • A. P. Crary Science and Engineering Center
    • Palmer Station
    • Field Camps
  • United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Aircraft

International Policy

• The Antarctic Treaty
• International Cooperation
• U.S. Annual Antarctic Treaty Exchange of Information (1997 – 2009)
  • U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Evaluations

Resources

• Opportunities to particpate in the U.S. Antarctic Program
• Frequently Questions about the U.S. Antarctic Program
• Significant U.S. Science Discoveries in Antarctica (NSF Fact Sheet)
• U.S. Antarctic Program (NSF Fact Sheet)
• Philatelic Mail
• U.S. Antarctic Program Images
• McMurdo Dry Valleys Satellite Images
• Antarctic Journal of the United States
• NSF in the Antarctic
• Antarctic Treasure: The Underwater Images of Norbert Wu
• Digging Dinosaurs
• Icy Overland Trip May Add Ground Vehicles to South Pole Supply Missions

ARCTIC SCIENCES

• About Arctic Sciences (ARC)
• Arctic Research Opportunities
• Arctic Research Support and Logistics
• Arctic Research and Policy
• Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic
• Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)

 

POLAR ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH SECTION (PESH)

• PESH Home page
• About the Polar Environment, Safety and Health
• U.S. Antarctic Program and Environmental Stwewardship
  • Antarctic Conservation Act
    • Antarctic Conservation Act: Regulations and management plans (NSF 01-151)
  • U.S. Regulation Governing Antarctic Meteorites
  • U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Evaluations
  • IEE/EA, FONSI, and other related documents by year
• U.S. Policy on Private Expeditions to Antarctica

 



INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

• Final list of NSF-supported IPY awards (September 2010)
• International Polar Year (IPY), 2007-2008, Information for the Research and Education Communities
• U.S. Interagency IPY web portal (Archived site)