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Discovering the Arctic

Interactive educational resources about the Arctic for schools.

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  • Introducing the Arctic
    • What and where is the Arctic?
    • Countries and Peoples of the Arctic
    • The Physical Landscape
      • Periglacial processes
      • Glacial processes
      • Ice sheets and glaciation
    • The Cryosphere
      • What is the cryosphere?
      • The new Arctic
      • Permanent Permafrost
      • Boom or bust?
  • Ecosystems
    • In the waters
    • Cold feet
    • Red or dead?
    • Long haul travel
    • A fine balance
  • Climate Change
    • Arctic Climate Challenge
    • Sensitive Arctic
    • Losing the ice
    • The front line of climate change
    • Greenland and global warming
    • What happens next?
  • Science and research
    • Science
      • Shrinking sea ice
      • Social Science
      • Svalbard Science
    • Research
      • Arctic Research Programmes
      • Arctic Pollution
      • The Northern Lights
    • Paving the way
      • Polar Processing
      • The Global Seed Vault
  • Living in the Arctic
    • Resources
      • Using the land
      • Resources from elsewhere
      • Nature’s riches
      • Arctic Resources
    • Living on the edge
      • Life on the edge
      • Arctic homes
      • Change, cost or benefit?
      • The long journey
      • Living at 77° N
  • Tourism
    • Santa where?
    • Wish you were here
    • Last chance to see?
    • The ice hotel
  • Development
    • The concrete sea
    • Breaking the ice
  • Governance
    • Arctic Geopolitics
      • Fabled passage
      • Conflict and geopolitical issues in the Arctic
      • Northwest Passage – the Arctic Grail
      • Russia and the geopolitics of the Arctic
    • Arctic circumpolar governance
      • Polar patrol
      • Northwest and Northeast Passages?
      • The Arctic Council
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  • Introducing the Arctic
    • What and where is the Arctic?
    • Countries and Peoples of the Arctic
    • The Physical Landscape
    • The Cryosphere
  • Ecosystems
    • In the waters
    • Cold feet
    • Red or dead?
    • Long haul travel
    • A fine balance
  • Climate Change
    • Arctic Climate Challenge
    • Sensitive Arctic
    • Losing the ice
    • The front line of climate change
    • Greenland and global warming
    • What happens next?
  • Science and research
    • Science
    • Research
    • Paving the way
  • Living in the Arctic
    • Resources
    • Living on the edge
  • Tourism
    • Santa where?
    • Wish you were here
    • Last chance to see?
    • The ice hotel
  • Development
    • The concrete sea
    • Breaking the ice
  • Governance
    • Arctic Geopolitics
    • Arctic circumpolar governance
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Ice caves

Ice fishing

Ice fishing

Ice fishing

Ocean fertilisation phytoplankton

Ocean algae blooming

Leaf vein

leaf veins

Inughuit hunters

Inuit sledding with dogs

Inuit sledding with dogs

Inuit sledding with dogs

Inuit sledding with dogs

Inuit sledding with dogs

Inuit in fur

Svalbard Science activity screenshot

Svalbard Science activity screenshot

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