Available Resources

Logistical help for planning polar research is available from

The Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation. Further information can be found at their Polar Support page.

Contract support for work in Antarctica is supported by Raytheon Polar Sevices Company.
Raytheon provide extensive details about procedures and facilities at McMurdo station at the following web site www.polar.org/usapserv/index.htm.

Raytheon has provided an online geographical information system that details: Ship tracks between (1994-1999), Specially protected areas of the Dry Valleys and other Special Sites of Scientific Interest that require permits, along with an assortment of useful Antarctic maps and animations. This site can be found at www.polar.org/it/GIS/index.htm.