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| The following are north polar-related websites of Polar Circle members. |
| A Note to New Members: To have your north polar-related website listed here, please e-mail the name of the site, your name and location (country only), the URL, and a short description, to polarcircle@arcticmail.com. Please note also that for purposes of this listing, your site does not have to be in English, and it can be a business-related website. This differs somewhat from guidelines for the Polar Circle mailing list. The link can also be to a single page or section within a site. |
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| NORTH POLE PHILATELY |
| FRANÇOIS BERGEZ, FRANCE, IN FRENCH |
| For the past four years, François Bergez has been the postmaster for CERPOLEX's Borneo logistic station at 89ºN, the "world's northernmost post office." This site contains examples of special north pole cancellations from previous expeditions. Even if you don't read French, the site features some wonderful North Pole photographs and is well worth a visit! |
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| POLAR PHILATELY |
| MICHAEL DE JONG, THE NETHERLANDS, IN ENGLISH |
| Website of the Polar Philately Mailing List. Explore the Polar Regions through Philately! This site contains a mailing list, links, articles, a polar philatelic bibliography, a cover gallery, and many other features of interest to both polar philatelists and polar enthusiasts in general. There is a wealth of north polar-related information on this site. |
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| ARCTIC VOYAGE |
| HARLAN HANSEN, USA, IN ENGLISH |
| This site contains an extraordinary collection of photographs that Mr. Hansen's uncle, Olaf Hansen, Chief Engineer on the whaling and trading ship Arctic, made during the course of a 1923-24 voyage to the northern coast of Alaska. The site contains some rare photos of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen who was at Wainwright, Alaska during that time. |
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| ALASKA/ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND |
| ANDREW HUND, USA, IN ENGLISH |
| Website of the Alaska/Arctic Environmental Defense Fund (AEDF), a non-profit, non-partisan, circumpolar umbrella organization formed to unite the numerous environmental and social advocacy groups in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and Siberia. |
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| ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC ADVICE AGENCY AUSTRIA |
| HERMANN KOERBEL, AUSTRIA, IN ENGLISH |
| Comprehensive listing of Arctic research institutes, tourist information with photos and live webcams, Greenland and Canadian native names, book list and extensive links section. Includes an impressive history of Austrian polar exploration in both English and German that will soon be available on CD ROM. |
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| EXPLORE NORTH |
| MURRY LUNDBERG, CANADA, IN ENGLISH |
| Murray Lundberg is the former About.com guide to Arctic & Northern Culture. This is the premier website for information and links for anything pertaining to the Far North. The site contains thousands of annotated links arranged by category, search capability, weekly features, and frequent updates. The web's best starting point in a search for anything northern! |
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| POLARFLIGHT ONLINE |
| BARBARA RHODES, USA, IN ENGLISH |
| Monthly online North Polar Regions news and information magazine. Monthly features include: photo of the month, information sources, featured book, biographical sketches of polar pioneers, articles with a north polar theme, upcoming north polar expeditions and tours, and more . . . |
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