These links include other heritage protection organisations which have some relevance to the work of those working in the field of polar heritage protection. eg. museums with polar collections, environmental agencies etc.
Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) The AAD has a committment to manage and conserve places of cultural heritage in its Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions. http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=217
Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC) based in Barrow, Alaska that is dedicated to the encouragement of research and educational activities pertaining to Alaska’s North Slope and the adjacent portions of the Arctic Ocean. http://arcticscience.org/
Getty Conservation Institute.
The Institute engages in activities dedicated to conservation of objects, collections, architecture, and sites. www.getty.edu/conservationGrenna Museum, Sweden. Andrée expedition and polar centre. http://www.grennamuseum.se/
International Council on Historic Sites and Monuments ICOMOS is
an international non-governmental organization of professionals, dedicated to the conservation of the world’s historic monuments and sites. www.icomos.orgInternational Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. ICCROM aims to improve the quality of conservation and to make cultural heritage benefit people in every part of the globe. www.iccrom.org
International Union for the Conservation of Nature. IUCN aims to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. www.iucn.org
National Maritime Museum (Greenwich, London). This museum has a range of exhibitions featuring early polar exploration. www.nmm.ac.uk
Polar Museums Directory. A section of the SPRI website. http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/lib/museums.htm
Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI). The SPRI “Links’ page has an extensive list of other relevant agencies. www.spri.cam.ac.uk/links.htm
South Georgia Heritage Trust. Promoting the protection of the physical, natural and historic heritage of the South Georgia area. http://www.sght.org:80/
Swedish Programme for Social Science Research in the Polar regions (available in Swedish language only). http://www.spkp.kva.se/
University of Groningen Arctic Centre An information centre for polar research in the Netherlands. http://odin.let.rug.nl/arctic/
World Wildlife Fund – Arctic (WWF-Arctic). http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/arctic/index.cfm