Each of our On Location sections includes a few, carefully chosen links to other sites which we feel can help augment your enjoyment and understanding of the material featured in each section. They are not intended to be comprehensive lists of all related links that may be found!

Alvin

For everything there is to know about Alvin, check out the Alvin's User Manual.

For details on the research cruise, scehematics and information on Altlantis and Alvin, go to the Extreme1 Home Page.

Mariners have a language all their own. For a good introduction, take a look at the nautical glossary.

Find out why we're studying hydrothermal vents at NOAA's page on hydrothermal vents.

Antarctica

The Passport to Knowledge focuses on a topic (i.e. Antarctica, the Hubble Space Telescope, Mars) and is accompanied by live broadcasts linking students in classrooms with researchers in the field. The resulting show is broadcast on PBS and NASA TV stations across the county. Take a look at their recent venture to Antarctica.

Terraquest has led two expeditions which link students with explorers in Antarctica and the Galapagoes Islands. Here students can follow the explorers' journals, maps, to learn more about the natural history, geology, and human history of an area.

Belize

To learn about Glovers Atoll and Belize, check out:
Wildlife Conservation Society's Glover's Reef Marine Research Station Web Site!

Find out why Coral Reefs are called "The rain forests of the sea" at:
NOAA's Coral Reef Home Page

A tremendous source of activities and information on coral reefs is the
Reef Resource Page of Indiana Univsersity

Some primary field references the coral reef researchers are using:
PADI Open Water Diver Manual: The fun and adventure of learning to scuba dive. International PADI, Inc. Santa Ana, California. 1994

Pisces Guide to Watching Fishes: Understanding Coral Reef Fish Behavior. Wilson, Roberta and James Q. Pisces Books, Houston, Texas. 1992.

Reef Creature Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas. Humann, Paul. Deloach, Ned, ed. New World Publications, Inc. Printed by Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc. Jacksonville, Florida. 1996.

Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas. Humann, Paul. Deloach, Ned, ed. New World Publications, Inc. Printed by Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc. Jacksonville, Florida. 1993.

Global Climate Change

Israel and the Red Sea