Kids' pages
Here are Antarctica and the Arctic as seen from space
Can you list the differences?
Main menu
Explorers
- Information on Captain Robert Falcon Scott
- Ernest Shackleton - a website created by one of his relatives in Ireland, Jonathan Shackleton.
See dramatic moments in Shackleton's journey, as captured on film by expedition photographer Frank Hurley. In 1999, Shackleton's Endurance expedition was recreated by a team from the USA. - More senior students might like to look at our new Index to Antarctic expeditions - a comprehensive guide to Internet resources on historic and selected contemporary expeditions.
The Arctic
- Alaska
- Arctic Canada
- Inuit People from The Nunavut Handbook
- Nunavut: Basic Facts for school assignments, from ExploreNorth
- Toothwalkers: Giants of the Arctic Ice on walruses in Arctic Canada, from PBS, USA.
- Greenland
- European Arctic
- The Arctic Ocean
- Siberia
- The American/Russian frontier
The Antarctic
- Information from the British Antarctic Survey
- Information from the Cambridge University Centre for Atmospheric Science
- The Ozone Hole Tour
Animals and birds
- Click here to read about polar animals and birds, such as polar bears, penguins, whales, albatrosses, squid and seals. Find out how long is a polar bear's tail? What colour is its skin?
- Polar animals - Activities from AtoZ KidsStuff
Living and working at the South Pole
- Information from the British Antarctic Survey
Questions
Jokes
- Here is our jokes page
- If you've heard any good polar jokes please send them in
Other ways to find stuff out
- English-language newspapers which cover the polar regions