The following list offers just a few of the many available mapping and IPY resources. Visit the ARCUS Arctic GIS site for a more extensive list of GIS and Mapping links. Visit the IPY International Programme Office site for a more extensive list of IPY resources. Please contact us if you’d like to suggest any additions to this list.

Links are provided on this page for the following :

• Interactive mostly-Arctic Maps
• Other GIS & Mapping Resources
• IPY Resources
• Agencies & Initiatives with an Arctic Focus

IPY Resources

• ASCI
  Arctic Ship Coordination for IPY
  http://www.asci-ipy.de
• IPY International
  International Programme Office Web Site
  http://www.ipy.org
• IPY National
  Links to National Program Offices & Web Sites
  http://www.ipy.org/national/committee.htm
• NAS
  National Academy of Sciences
  http://www.nationalacademies.org/

Agencies & Initiatives with an Arctic Focus

• ACIA
  Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
  http://www.acia.uaf.edu
• Arctic Portal
  http://arcticportal.org
• ARCUS
  Arctic Research Consortium of the US – GIS Community Resource
  http://www.arcus.org
• IARPC
  Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee
  http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/start.jsp
• CALM
  Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring
  http://www.udel.edu/Geography/calm
• Cryolist
  For those studying and with interests in snow and ice
  http://www.cryolist.org
• FARO
  Forum of Arctic Research Operators
  http://www.faro-arctic.org
• IASC
  International Arctic Science Committee
  http://www.iasc.se

Interactive mostly-Arctic Maps

• BAID-IMS
  Barrow Area Information Database
  Internet Map Server
  http://www.baidims.org
• CAN-IPY Canadian International Polar Year
  Internet Map Server
  http://www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/CANIPY
• CEON-IMS
  Circumarctic Environmental
  Observatories Network
  Internet Map Server
  http://www.ceonims.org
• DPC
  IPY - Greenland in Google Earth
  http://www.dpc.dk/Res&Log/IPY/Start.html
• EarthSLOT
  3D GIS and terrain visualization applications
  http://www.earthslot.org
• Toolik GIS
  Toolik Map Engine
  http://www.uaf.edu/toolik/gis/ToolikMapEngine_Intro.html
• UNAVCO monuments
  Permanent & campaign GPS sites in Google Earth
  http://facility.unavco.org/data/maps/maps.html
• UN Environmental Program
  Arctic Environmental Atlas
  http://maps.grida.no/arctic
• USGS Antarctic
  Atlas of Antarctic Research
  http://usarc.usgs.gov/antarctic_atlas

Other GIS & Mapping Resources

• Arctic Geobot Atlas
  Circumpolar Arctic Geobotanical Atlas
  http://www.geobotany.uaf.edu/arcticgeobot
• ALIAS
  Arctic Logistics Information and Support
  http://www.arcus.org/alias
• GINA
  Geographic Information Network of Alaska
  http://www.gina.alaska.edu
• Russian map resource
  The Eurasian Regional IPY office’s static map page
  http://www.ipyeaso.aari.nw.ru/activity%20plans.html