ANTARCTICA: Culture

Created and maintained by the
Federal Research Division
Collections and Services Directorate

The Antarctic Circle
(http://www.antarctic-circle.org/)
Created and maintained by informal, international group of scholars and amateurs. Presents historical, literary, bibliographical, artistic and cultural aspects of Antarctica and the South Polar regions. Includes "Book Notes," "Works-in-Progress" and an annotated bibliography of Antarctic fiction. Other topics range from names of Antarctic pets, to ships and timelines, film and theater, and current and upcoming Antarctic events.

Antarctic Photo Library
(http://photolibrary.usap.gov/)
Part of the U.S. Antarctic Program Web site. Subject categories include people, stations, scenery, science, transportation, wildlife, historical, new photos. Hundreds of photographs are available; all are copyright-free, and reproduction and distribution is encouraged.

Antarctica Experienced Through Music
(http://www.antarctic-circle.org/valmar.htm)
List of music CDs that feature Antarctica. Valmar Kurol of the Montreal Antarctic Society compiled the list and provides extensive commentary.

Antarctica Photo Gallery
(http://www.antarcticaonline.com/antarctica/photos/photos.htm)
Collection of seventy-six Antarctic photographs (Copyright Jim Mastro or Lisa Mastro). Subjects include ice caves, wildlife, scenes from the Dry Valleys and Ross Island area, and transportation.

Antarctica New Zealand (Antarctica NZ)
(http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz)
Established under The New Zealand Antarctic Institute Act 1996. Antarctica NZ develops, manages and administers all New Zealand activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Includes an "Education and Information" section, with downloadable teacher resources. Offers a broad range of materials, from information for the 7-12 age group to post-graduate research scholarships and support.

Artists to Antarctica Programme
(http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/artists/)
An Antarctica NZ program available to New Zealand citizens and permanent residents. Invites professional artists, including writers, illustrators, musicians, photographers, and sculptors to submit proposals for travel to Antarctica. Goals of the program include long term inspiration for each artist exploring Antarctica, greater public awareness of the importance of Antarctica through the mechanism of the Antarctic-inspired art, and increased collaboration between artists and scientists.

IceTongue: poetry and fiction of Antarctica
(http://www.icetongue.org/)
Online literary journal, published during the austral summer, October through February. Includes photographs of people and Antarctic scenes. Encourages the submission of original poetry and fiction. Will consider original photography and artwork as well when submitted with literary works.

Life in Antarctica
(http://www.antarcticaonline.com/antarctica/culture/culture.htm)
A McMurdo Station resident’s overview of living in an Antarctic community. Part of the U.S. Antarctic Program. Includes photographs, descriptions of recreational activities, "night" life, cultural events.

The Magic of Antarctic Colours: A Digital Exhibit of the Artwork of David A. Paige
(http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/polar/paige/paige.htm)
Online exhibit, sponsored by the Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, features the artwork of David A. Paige, expedition artist for Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s second expedition to Antarctica, 1933-1935.

NOAA Photo Library: The Antarctic
(http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/corps/antarctic.html)
Hundreds of photographs with such subjects as modern explorers and scientists, historical places and markers, Antarctic animals, rocks and ice, traverses into the interior, and oceanography aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Each image is available as a thumbnail, as well as low-resolution and high-resolution JPEGs.

Operation Deep Freeze I: 1955-56
(http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/exploration/deepfreeze/deepfreeze1.html)
Codename for a series of expeditions to Antarctica (from November 1955 to April 1956) by U.S. scientists, supported by the U.S. Navy. Features the artwork of Standish Backus (1910-1989) and Robert Charles Haun (1903-1975), including oil on canvas, pencil, and watercolor. Also included are photographs of the artists and their biographies.

Polar Fine Arts – Antarctica: Southern Lights
(http://www.polarfinearts.com)
Online exhibit of Neelon Crawford’s work — a series of fifteen photogravure etchings — supported by the Antarctic Artists and Writers Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.

Representations of Antarctica: A Bibliography
(http://www.utas.edu.au/english/Representations_of_Antarctica/index.htm)
Extensive bibliography, divided into ten separate sections covering material related to Antarctica: juvenile and adult fiction (from 1750 to the present), short stories, poetry, drama, film and television programs, literary and cultural criticism, adult popular non-fiction and non-fiction for juveniles. Supported by a research grant from the University of Tasmania and intended as a resource especially for humanities scholars.