On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen is the first man to reach the South Pole.
- The Expedition on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen's_South_Pole_expedition
- Cool Antarctica - http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/roald%20amundsen.htm
- Race for the South Pole - http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/history/pole-race2.shtml
- Where None Have Gone Before - http://www.mnc.net/norway/Amundsen.htm
- The American Experience Article - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ice/peopleevents/pandeAMEX87.html
- South Pole.com - http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm
- South Pole for Kids - http://southpoleforkids.ca/kids-teachers/south-pole-facts/
- Antarctica Virtual Tour - http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/
- South Pole Station - http://www.southpolestation.com/index.html
Have a class debate about South Pole tourism, or on whether or not Antarctica is shrinking.
- http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/hillary-clinton-urges-tougher-controls-on-south-pole-tourists-1667533.html
- http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects/
- http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2008/0110/p14s01-sten.html
- http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=1678441&page=1#.TuJIOLJCo8k
- http://www.livescience.com/16548-antarctic-ozone-hole-5th-largest-record.html
- http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/is-global-warming-melting-antarcticas-ice-1193/
- http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/whys_there_more_ice_at_the_sou.html
- http://www.explainthatstuff.com/globalwarmingforkids.html
- Find out the Pros and Cons of controversial issues -http://www.procon.org/
- Debate online with UFeud – http://www.ufeud.com/
- Create Debate is an online discussion community - http://www.createdebate.com/
- Heads Up - HeadsUp is a moderated, online space for under 18s to debate the political issues important to them. - http://www.headsup.org.uk/content/
- Post and respond without signing up but content may not be filtered - http://www.wedebate.it/
- Debate online using aMap, a tool that helps you map your arguement - http://www.amap.org.uk/create/
Animals:
- http://www.ehow.com/facts_5636029_kind-animals-found-south-pole_.html
- Penguins - http://www.penguinscience.com/classroom_home.php?gclid=CIilp5fM9awCFaMSNAodEGNQRg, http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/, http://www.siec.k12.in.us/west/proj/penguins/main.html, http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/emperor-penguin/, http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.aspx,
- Seals - http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/downey/project/seals.html, http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/Antarcseal.htm, http://www.travelthewholeworld.com/antarcticaseals.html, http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/seal.html, http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/antarctica/seals.htm
- Whales - http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/whale.html, http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/wildlife/whales/food%20web.htm, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0605/features/whales.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxY4c5SeIs
- Birds - http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Birds.html, http://www.greglasley.net/antartix.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Antarctica, http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/bird.html
Ice, Snow, Winter Poetry:
- Frost: Fire and Ice - http://poemhunter.com/poem/fire-and-ice/
- Dust of Snow - http://poetry.about.com/library/weekly/blfrostwinter.htm
- Mazur: Ice - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/26218
- Medcalf: Ice Magic - http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020325/ice_magic.shtml
- Snow in the Trees - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23440.html
- Snow in the Air - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23544.html
- Snow in the Valleys - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23689.html
- Snow Fort - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23988.html
- The Snow Fairy - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/claude_mckay/poems/1775.html
- Snow Flakes - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/6132.html
- A Little Snow Was Here and There - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/6973.html
- Snow Day - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/billy_collins/poems/11285.html
- The Snow Man - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/wallace_stevens/poems/18032
- Now and Ice - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/quincy_troupe/poems/22440.html
- The Abominable Snowman - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/ogden_nash/poems/19623
- The Snowman in the Yard - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/joyce_kilmer/poems/17330
- Snow Flurries - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23370.html
- Poem Hunter Snow Poems - http://poemhunter.com/poems/snow/
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