Award-winning Thinkquest site offers stories, facts, and pictures of the animals that live in this icy region.

Information on a scientific mission of the US Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star, its crew, its discoveries, Arctic peoples, and the northern environment. Includes an image, sound, and video archive.

Provides basic facts about the world's smallest ocean, including geography, economic significance, and transportation.

Offers basic facts about the region, along with pictures of wildlife.

Offers a look at life in the northern-most parts of Alaska.

Examines the region's geography, climate, plant and animal life, and natural resources. Includes interactice quizzes.

Information about environments, geography, organisms, and research, along with photographs.

Provides a simple description of the region and a look at the animals native to it. Includes printable coloring pages.

Examines where the Arctic ends and more temperate regions begin.

Offers a glimpse into life in Canada's coldest territory. Includes photos of the land itself, sketches of winter clothing, and profiles of native animals.

Arctic photographs from a North Pole web cam maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Concise look at the area and its history.

Follow four men in a 19-foot open boat as they brave unforgiving Arctic waters and seek to circumnavigate the polar ice cap.

Join 31 Polar Huskies and six educators/explorers on a 3,000-mile adventure as they attempt to transect the Arctic.

Offers a brief overview of the northern regions.

Dedicated to the history, science, and adventure of the Arctic, Alaska, and the 1898 Gold Rush. Includes images, maps, and wildlife, environmental, and glacier information.