Antarctica Resources from WHOI

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Polar Discovery Website includes a section on Antarctica that provides an introduction to the continent, information about its location & geography, ocean circulation, and ecosystem along with useful maps and diagrams. For example, an interactive diagram showing both a summer and winter Antarctic ecosystem is available.

There is also a section titled Compare the Poles that compares the Arctic and Antarctica in terms of
their physical features, seasons, weather, frozen features, and plants & wildlife.

A Tour of the Cryosphere: Antarctica

NASA's A Tour of the Cryosphere is an animation that provides an overview of Earth's frozen surfaces using satellite observations and details the impact that recent cryospheric changes are making on our planet.

The 5 minute animation begins in Antarctica, showing some unique features of the Antarctic landscape found nowhere else on earth. Ice shelves, ice streams, glaciers, and the formation of massive icebergs can be seen clearly in the flyover of the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica.

Still images of Antarctica, along with images from the collapse of the Larsen iceshelf are also available for download.

Satellite View of Antarctica

The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is the first-ever true-color high-resolution satellite view of the Antarctic continent enabling everyone to see Antarctica as it appears in real life. The primary purpose of the LIMA website is to provide materials that will allow for both students and educators to explore the continent.  The Meet Antarctica page provides an introduction to the continent; fact sheets along with high resolution images are also available for download. 

The Antarctic Mysteries page contains seventeen images (many of which are also available for high resolution download) that depict a variety of Antarctic features, from crevasses to icebergs, and provides a description of each.