Standing Fossil Forests, Melting Ice Shelves, and Subglacial Lakes I. Map boundaries: 70 to 80 degrees South; 60 to 90 degrees West II. Country: Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (British Antarctic Survey stations at Fossil Bluff on Alexander Island and Sky Blu in Palmer Land) III. Overview Ice shelves in the Bellingshausen Sea are melting, making map-making … More Alexander Island and Ellsworth Mountains
Great Arctic Nature Reserve, great estuaries, and great gas fields I. Map boundaries: 70 to 80 degrees North; 60 to 90 degrees East II. Country: Russia (Archangel Oblast: Nenetsia Autonomous Region-Vaygach Island and Archangel Oblast-Novaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Oblast, and Tyumen Oblast: Yamilia Autonomous Region) III. Overview High arctic tundra surrounds the Kara Sea, and the … More Kara Sea
Mawson Coast and Prydz Bay Emperor Penguins, with Indian Affinities I. Map Boundaries: 60 to 70 degrees South, 60 to 80 degrees East II. Country: Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (Stations operated by Australia, China, and Russia; India plans to open a research station in the Larsemann Hills by 2012) III. Overview Prydz Bay and the Amery … More Mawson Coast and Prydz Bay
A false gold mine from the 1500s and a nesting waterfowl haven I. Map boundaries: 60 to 70 degrees North; 60 to 80 degrees West II. Country: Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador; Nunavut-part of Qikiqtaaluk Region; Quebec including Katavik Regional Government or Nunavik) III. Overview In 1576, a voyage from England under the leadership of Martin … More Koukdjuak and the Crystal Eye of Nunavik
The greenest part of Antarctica; volcanoes, penguins, and a melting ice shelf Map boundaries: 60 to 70 degrees South; 60 to 80 degrees West Countries: Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (stations operated by Argentina, Chile, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States) Overview The Antarctic Peninsula sticks out into the flow of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica and causes … More Graham Land and Palmer Archipelago
Baby Mammoths, Waterfowl, and Gas Fields–world’s largest estuary and second largest gas field Map boundaries: 60 to 70 degrees North; 60 to 80 degrees East Country: Russia (Archangel: Nenetsia Autonomous Region, Komi Republic, Krasnoyarsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, Tyumen: Khanti Mantsia and Yamilia Autonomous Regions) Overview This map area marks the transition from boreal forest to tundra … More Ob River and Urengoy Gas Field
Left Behind When India Moved North I. Map boundaries: 50 to 60 degrees South; 56 to 70 degrees East II. Country: France (French Southern and Antarctic Lands overseas territory) III. Overview This map area includes a small group of islands, Isles de Boynes, on the western edge of the Kerguelen Plateau, the second largest volcanic … More Boynes Islands and Elan Bank
Caribou, a Nickel Mine, High Tides, and Meteor Craters I. Map boundaries: 50 to 60 degrees North; 56 to 70 degrees West II. Country and Administrative Subdivisions: Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador including Nunatsiavut; Nunavut-part of Qikiqtaaluk Region; Quebec including Katavik Regional Government, Cote-Nord Administrative Region) III. Overview To the north of the Gulf of St. … More Labrador and the Eye of Quebec
Avenue of the Glaciers at the End of the World; Goldman Sachs Gets in Park Business; Tame Wolf Noted by Darwin Goes Extinct Map boundaries: 50 to 60 degrees South; 56 to 70 degrees West Countries: Argentina (Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Burdwood Bank), Chile (Region XII-Magallanes), United Kingdom (Falklands overseas territory) Overview At the … More Cape Horn and the Falklands
Waterfowl, Mountain Meadows, and Nuclear Legacy Map of the Month: Ural Mountains-South, Turgay Plateau, and Ishim Steppe Map boundaries: 50 to 60 degrees North; 56 to 70 degrees East Countries: Kazakhstan (Akmola, Aktobe, Karagandy, Kostanay, and North Kazakhstan) and Russia (Bashkortostan Republic, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Orenburg, Perm Territory, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Khanti Mantsia Autonomous Region) Overview This … More Ural Mountains and Turgay Plateau
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