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HOT TOPICS AND SITES 

 The Search for Antarctic Meteorites (An NSF fact sheet)

 Video Available: NSF Official Describes Hunt for Antarctic Meteorites (Scott Borg)

 Antarctic Remediation Underway (PR 01-13)


 Antarctic Sun (U.S. Antarctic Program's newspaper)



 More on the Ross Sea Icebergs, B-15 and B-16

Science Team Places Sensors on Enormous Iceberg to Track Motion, Weather Conditions

 Photos available: Enormous antarctic icebergs
 Four icebergs break free of the Ross Ice Shelf (NSF PR 00-12 and PR 00-16)
 Iceberg Motion -- University of Wisconsin, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC)
 Iceberg Images at AMRC
 What's new at the National Ice Center
   



 South Pole Station Modernization News

 New South Pole Station Power Plant, Satellite Link Go Online (PR 01-04)
 Construction of New South Pole Station Begins; Environmental Upgrades to be Completed, Satellite Link Built (PR 00-78)
   



 A Dash of Adventure Leavens the Cutting-Edge Science of 2000 Antarctic Research Season (PR 00-77)


 New Report Links Meteorite To Possibility That Microscopic Life Existed On Mars (PR 00-96) (Additional information available at Iowa State University's web site, http://www.iastate.edu/news/releases/2000/dec/bazylinski.html)
 NSF biology course in Antarctica, January 2001 (course description)


REPORTS AND OTHER INFORMATION 

 OPP's FY 2001 Budget Request 
 Antarctic Conservation Act Application & Form (revised form) 
 U.S. annual Antarctic Treaty Information Exchange
 U. S. Antarctic Program, 1999-2000 (NSF 00-30)


FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

 Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) Phase II Field Project (NSF 01-78)
 Antarctic Research Opportunities and Proposal Guide (NSF 01-81) 
 Arctic Research Program (NSF 00-96)  
 Polar Instrumentation and Technology Development Program Solicitation (NSF 00-25)
 Life in Extreme Environments (LExEN) 
 Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE): Integrated Research and Education in Environmental Systems
 Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) (NSF 00-78)


 

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