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Finn Hansen's PolarVenture

If you find yourself in Qaanaaq, Greenland, may I humbly suggest contacting Finn Hansen. He has lived in Qaanaaq for ~25 years, most of that time as a hunter, and now has a small business providing dogsled and boat trips for visitors. He has an extensive knowledge about the natural and human history of the area, and his hospitality is considerable. Good people.

Joan Myers homepage

Joan Myers was the photographer-in-residence during the 2002-03 season, under a grant from NSF. She had THE BEST job on the continent, and went literally everywhere down here. She has written a book called "Wondrous Cold" and it is available now at your local bookseller.

Big Dead Place

A very irreverent page of stories and commentary on life in Antarctica….written by a small cast of McMurdo and South Pole residents, who until recently remained nameless for obvious reasons. Nick Johnson, the proprietor of the site, has now come out with a book of the same name, and I'd recommend it for anyone who wants a glimpse the strange reality life on the ice.

Guillaume Dargaud's Antarctica site

Antarctica site made by Guillaume Dargaud. I don't know him, but I stumbled upon his site and enjoyed it quite a bit. He's worked at Dumont d'Urville and Terra Nova Bay, and has even spent a few days at lovely McMurdo. He also has a nice concise review of McMurdo....it's interesing to hear a perspective of this place from an outsider. This fellow's site is large, extensive, and quite interesting.

Bill Spindler's South Pole Site

This is an excellent site about the South Pole station. There is a wealth of interesting info and history from the earliest days of the station through the present. Bill keeps it updated pretty regularly with news of goings-on at the Pole. He returned to Pole for winter 2005...18 years after his first winter there.

Bill Spindler's Palmer Station Site

Another first-rate site from Bill (who has also spent a lot of time at Palmer). It is full of facts, stories, trivia, history, and current goings-on at Palmer.

VXE-6

I got an email one day from Joe, the webmaster of this site, about an aircraft I had mistakenly identified on my site. I followed a link to his site and it too is an excellent place to visit. This site details the history of the old Navy squadron, VXE-6, which did the flying down here from Deep Freeze I through the 1990's.