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	Virtual Antarctica This expedition was the first to go on-line for all the world to share the experience. Re-live the trip, or surf the site to fine out about animals, ecology, history.
	Discover Antarctica  in National Geographic's interactive site
	Discovering Antarctica - Royal Geographical Society and British Antarctic Division have created this site
	Wild Kids - Antarctica  - Australian Museum site
	Zoom School : Antarctica
	Glacier
	Australian Antarctic Division - Visit the Australian stations in the Antarctic.  Find out about life on  Mawson, Davis, Casey, MacquarieI sland and Heard Island  Stations
	Douglas Mawson : South Australian Museum exhibit about the famous explorer-scientist. Great site - explore his hut and read his diary.
	Shackleton's Expedition
	Antarctic Philately has biographies of all the explorers

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	WickEd Antarctica
	You wouldn't want to be an Antarctic Explorer
	Weatherbase - Antarctica
	The Race to the South Pole : an Antarctic Webquest - Join up with some classmates to race others to the pole and learn about other explorers who made the journey
	A Month in Antarctica : The question of this webquest is to decide which Antarctic base a group from your school should visit.
	Inspire Antarctic Expedition 5  Follow Robert Swan's expedition, as it happens, to the Russian base at Bellingham where they will set up the E-Base -- the first education station in the Antarctic. From 21 Feb 2007.
	Polar Passport - International Polar Year March 2007  Dan is an earth scientist writing a diary about living and working at Davis Base

Antarctic Webcams (Remember, the daylight hours are very short in winter)

	Australian stations
	The South Pole (sunrise is in September!)

Resources for Teaching

Updated March 2007