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Although all of the books and resources deal in some way with science, this is a selection of resources with a primary focus on presentation of polar science results.

Bonus! Additional education and outreach resources that were produced for IPY are now being added to this resource library - these extra resource sets are marked **.

All resources are available for downloading and use for educational and non-commercial purposes. Please always credit the source of material used.

Maps, Graphics & Presentations
Science and Issues
Youth and Education

**Maps, Graphics & Presentations**
	*Global Ice and Snow Graphics* Selected maps and graphics for the cryosphere (global scale, and for Arctic, Antarctic and mountain regions) - high resolution - from Global Outlook for Ice & Snow
	Global Outlook for Ice and Snow presentation: English Presentation (10 mb) Russian Presentation (10 mb) A set of 60 Power Point slides summarizing the book's findings, with photos, maps, graphics and speaker notes - for use in lectures and presentations - from Global Outlook for Ice & Snow

**Science and Issues**
	Highlights of Global Outlook for Ice and Snow (pdf): Arabic (30 mb) Chinese (6 mb) English (3mb) French(3 mb) Norwegian (3 mb) Russian (3 mb) Spanish (3 mb) Main findings from this UNEP assessment, prepared at the beginning of International Polar Year. Covers the Arctic, Antarctic and other regions of Earth dominated by ice and snow from Global Outlook for Ice & Snow
	UNEP Press Release: Arabic(156 kb) Chinese (339 kb) English (42 kb) *French* (43 kb) *Russian(206 kb) Spanish* (50 kb) Prepared for World Environment Day, June 5 2007. Includes an overview of findings and quotes on the subject (pdf) from Global Outlook for Ice & Snow
	*Entire book* (98 mb) 1. *Highlights(3 mb) 2. Why are Ice & Snow Important to Us?* (5 mb) 3. Why are Ice & Snow Changing? (4 mb) 4. *Snow* (9 mb) 5. Ice in the Sea(13 mb) 6A.Ice Sheets(5 mb) 6B. Glaciers & Ice Caps (20 mb) 6C. Ice & Sea-level Change (6 mb) 7. *Frozen Ground(8 mb) 8. River & Lake Ice(7 mb) 9. Policy & Perspectives(1.5 mb) Entire book and each chapter in pdf files - illustrated with photos, maps and graphics and including reference lists. English only from Global Outlook for Ice & Snow*
	Introduction to polar biology (15 mb) An illustrated overview of polar biology from The Biology of Polar Regions, Second Edition
	References on polar biology (400 kb) *Abstracts and key words for all chapters at Oxford Scholarship Online* (full text available with subscription) Reference materials on polar biology: comprehensive list of references and (on an external website) information on the book chapters from The Biology of Polar Regions, Second Edition
	*Introduction to Polar Lakes and Rivers* (600 kb) An illustrated overview of polar lakes and rivers from Polar Lakes and Rivers

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**Youth and Education**
	Selections about climate change science (15 pages) (1.1 mb) Selections from the book, with illustrations and photos, from sections 1 (where we find clues about climate change), 2 (fitting the clues together) and 3 (what scientists and you can do) from How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate
	Climate change science selections from the Teacher's Guide (16 pages) (445 kb) Includes lesson plans, supplementary information and materials from How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate
	**International Polar Year Poster Series Five attractive, ready-to-print posters produced for IPY, aimed at a high school level. Posters, maps and graphics are all downloadable in formats suitable for web use and for print. Poster topics: 1. The Polar Regions, 2. Climate Change and the Polar Regions, 3. Polar People, 4. Research in the Polar Regions, 5. Biodiversity and the Poles. In English and Norwegian. Produced by UNEP/GRID-Arendal.

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