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The Global Warming Art Site
A web site that, in its own words, "strives to incorporate and develop materials that may
be widely reused by the public at large" regarding climate change.  I have used images
from this site in my global warming slide shows, in my Antarctic pages, and elsewhere.  

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/
On the sinking of the Antarctic Cruise ship "Explorer"
This is a National Geographic site, whose ship the "National Geographic Endeavour" was the
first rescue ship on the scene.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071126-iceberg-sinking.html
Dealing with the expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1914-1916

Text:  http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/shackleton/index.shtml
Pictures:  http://www.shackleton-endurance.com/
Path of the Expedition - Drift of the Ship:  http://www.historyonmaps.com/BWSamples/Shackleton.htm
Various Ice Information
From the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Home Page:  
http://nsidc.org/index.html
Ice Shelf Images:  http://nsidc.org/data/iceshelves_images/index.html
Ice Shelf Discussion:  http://nsidc.org/sotc/iceshelves.html
Ice Shelves, Quick Facts:  http://nsidc.org/quickfacts/iceshelves.html
Wilkins Ice Shelf Image:  http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/iceberg_images/jpeg/a59_352.jpg
Atlas of the Cryosphere:  http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/atlas_info.html
Sea Ice Index and Images:  http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/
Compare Sea Ice Images (as in Gallery 1): http://nsidc.org/cgi-bin/bist/bist.pl?config=seaice_index
Quick Iceberg Facts: http://nsidc.org/quickfacts/icebergs.html
Ice Trek Study: Erosion of bergs and Other Info:  http://nsidc.org/icetrek/log_deploy.html
Ice Trek Study - Iceberg Paths:  http://nsidc.org/icetrek/research_updates.html
Study of Antarctic Sea Ice Drift
University of karlsruhe, Germany

Home page:  
http://imkhp7.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/~eisatlas/eisatlas_start.html
Links Page to many of the pictures:  http://imkhp7.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/~eisatlas/HTML/eisatlas_products.html
Changing Conditions around the Palmer Research Station
on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula
A paper in American Scientist by Palmer personnel discussing wildlife, temperature, glacier retreat, and climate.

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/ecological-responses-to-climate-change-on-the-antarctic-peninsula/1
Wikimedia Commons
Also a source of images that can be reused.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
The Antarctic Ozone Hole

On a NASA Educational Site:  http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/Ozone/antarctic.html
The Antarctic Convergence

At Absolute Astronomy:  http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Antarctic_Convergence
Blue Ice in Icebergs and Glaciers
A scientific explanation for the blue ice with great pictures

At Luminous-Landscape.com:  
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/blue-icebergs.shtml
More blue iceberg pictures:  http://www.blueiceberg.com/nature/nature38.htm
A picture from Alaska:  http://www.terragalleria.com/pictures-subjects/wild-scenics/picture.wild-scenics.glba0273.html
Glacier Retreat in Antarctica
This is the April 22, 2005 Issue of Science Magazine
On the web site of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Click on the Retreating Antarctic Glaciers link - you need to be a member for the full article, but anyone can see the abstract

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol308/issue5721/index.dtl
Azipods, Thrusters, and Stabilizers
The modern way to control a large ship

Azipod pictures at ship-technology:  
http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/elation/elation7.html
Azipod explanation:  http://dvo.free.fr/systemsarticles.htm
A YouTube video on Azipods:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skMd8Yi6th8
A side thruster photograph:  http://www.purgit.com/thrust.html
A YouTube video of a bow thruster:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXNRMdDPDQU&feature=fvw
A YouTube video of thrusters on an oil rig:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzjFEe47bzA&feature=related
A Tour of a US Coast Guard Ship - Stabilizer Pic about half-way down: http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/cgcSeneca/files/tour.asp
A Stabilizer Pic at Wikimedia Commons:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stabilizer1.JPG
Stabilizers at Sperry Marine:  http://www.sperrymarine.northropgrumman.com/Products/Ship_Stabilisers/gyrofin/introduction
Another Sperry Marine Page:  http://www.sperrymarine.northropgrumman.com/Products/Ship_Stabilisers/gyrofin/installation
Beagle Channel Glaciers
See my Gallery 5 for my pictures and many links to other, earlier pictures.

http://www.gibbworld.com/antarc/antbeaglechannel.html
Iceberg Videos

An iceberg turning over:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt6digvuLsk&NR=1
Another iceberg turning over:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvwuUxDgKw&feature=related
An iceberg calving (breaking up):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewHIo2ekU4g
The International Ice Patrol

Main Picture Gallery Page:  http://www.uscg-iip.org/Photo_Gallery/Category.shtml
Pictures of Sea Ice vs. Icebergs:  http://www.uscg-iip.org/Photo_Gallery/Icebergs_in_Sea_Ice_1.shtml
Weathering and Calving Icebergs

A Close Approach to a Weathered Tabular Berg:  http://antarctic.fury.com/4-chicken.php
Erosion and Other Info from the IceTrek Study:  http://nsidc.org/icetrek/log_deploy.html
A Series of Pics of the same one:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Valued_image_candidates/Iceberg_deterioation
General Iceberg Information

NSIDC Iceberg Facts:  http://nsidc.org/quickfacts/icebergs.html
Antarctic Icebergs Being Tracked by the National Ice Center:  http://www.natice.noaa.gov/products/iceberg/index.htm
A NASA Page:  http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/scienceques2001/20020222.htm
Iceberg Page from Solcomhouse:  http://www.solcomhouse.com/iceberg.htm
Solcomhouse Home Page:  http://www.solcomhouse.com/
Information About Penguins and various Penguin Species

PenguinWorld Home Page: http://www.penguinworld.com/index.php
PenguinWorld Page: on Penguin Types:  http://www.penguinworld.com/types/
PenguinWorld Gentoo Penguin Page:  http://www.penguinworld.com/types/gentoo.html
PenguinWorld Chinstrap Penguin Page:  http://www.penguinworld.com/types/chinstrap.html
PenguinWorld Adelie Penguin page:  http://www.penguinworld.com/types/adelie.html
Penguins at Antarctic Connection:  http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/penguins/index.shtml
Penguin Changes at Palmer Station (page 6 after taking the link):
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/ecological-responses-to-climate-change-on-the-antarctic-peninsula/1
Katabatic Winds (also spelled "Catabatic")

A Discussion of These Winds at BBC Weather: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/az/alphabet31.shtml

Animation at Intl Polar Foundation (Click the Katabatic Winds link, but there are other interesting animations here):  
http://www.polarfoundation.org/www_educapoles/index.php?/multimedia/flash_animations/&pg=7
Links to My YouTube Videos from Antarctica and Some Penguins in South America

Antarctic Iceberg with Waves (0:48):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bSFO1j-Vk8
Antarctic Iceberg And Breaking Waves (1:08):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddQkr_JvXH8
Antarctic Wind And Waves (0:59):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0gOT7Mg4KM
Antarctic High Wind And Waves 1 (0:12):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGK96Mc7FNs
Antarctic High Wind And Waves 2 (0:12):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFUBQYnWUkM

The following is a video of Magellanic Penguins near Punta Arenas, Chile
Penguin with an itch (0:53):  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQCyNOkFcWs

The last one is a colony of Rockhopper Penguins in the Falkland Islands
Penguin Squawk (0:28):  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41OBpIv505U
Gallery 1 -- Geography
Gallery 2 -- Snow and Ice Piles
Gallery 3 -- Glacier Fronts
Gallery 4 -- Glacier Retreat
Gallery 5 -- Beagle Channel
Gallery 6 -- Strange Icebergs
Gallery 7 -- (Big) Tabular Bergs
Gallery 8 -- Stranger Icebergs
Gallery 9 -- Penguins
Gallery 10 -- Wind and Waves
Gallery 11 -- Leaving a Wake
Gallery 12 -- The Southern Moon