General links for the Arctic, climate and climate challenges

Useful websites

• Norwegian Polar Institute
• Discovering the Arctic
• Discovering Antarctica
• Nysgjerrigper
• Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
• Voluntary Carbon Offset Scheme
• Institute of Marine Research
• Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
• The Norwegian Meteorological Institute
• State of Environment Norway
• The University Centre in Svalbard
• Tromsø University

Popular science articles and fact sheets 

• Fact sheets about climate change - CICERO – Center for International Climate and Environmental Reserach
• Fact sheet - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
• Sarepta – Using Space in Education
• WWF – Climate school
• Sustain.no – An educational tool for sustainable development
• Arctic portal

Games and multimedia

• Espere climate encyclopedia
• Polaria - Quiz
• BBC - Climate challenge
• Devon county Council - Climate change heroes
• United States environmental protection agency - Climate change for kids
• Discovery channel - Global warming
• Climate Challenge Fund - Operation climate control

Miscellaneous links, grouped by the contents of the website

The men on the shop floor

• National Geographic – Sea Angels under the Arctic ice
• National Geographic – Sea Angels under the Arctic ice 2

Svalbard’s land vegetation

• Norwegian Polar Institute – the Cruise handbook for Svalbard – Svalbard’s vegetation
• The Online flora of Svalbard

Middle -management and top level

• Norwegian Polar Institute – Fact sheet – Polar bear
• Norwegian Polar Institute – Fact sheet – Follow the migrations of the ivory gull
• Norwegian Polar Institute – Fact sheet – On a polar bear expedition to Svalbard
• National Geographic - Walrus mom and baby
• National Geographic - Narwhals
• National Geographic - The egg thief – the Arctic fox
• National Geographic - Polar bear in its lair
• National Geographic – Polar bear attacks ring seal
• YouTube – Smart orcas
• YouTube – Polar bear fails at hunt
• YouTube – Polar bear vs. walrus

Climate

• Norwegian Polar Institute on climate
  

Sunlight and Northern Lights

• The Science Center of Northern Norway

The ocean

• Norwegian Polar Institute - A large pool of freshwater building up in the Arctic
• Norwegian Polar Institute - Barents Sea 2007 – high activity in important area

The sea ice

• National Geographic - Arctic Sea Ice Likely at Lowest Volume on Record

Glaciers

• No links available at this time

Svalbard’s geology

• Norwegian Polar Institute – Fact sheet – GEOKART, geological mapping in the Norwegian polar areas
  
• Norwegian Polar Institute – the Cruise Handbook for Svalbard – Svalbard’s geology
• Landforms and sediments in Todalen and upper Gangdalen and Bødalen

Rubbish, heavy metals and environmental toxins

• No links available at this time

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