Industry Links
Recommended Companies, Associations & Publications
Below are some of the companies, associations and publications that we recommend. We hope you find these resources as useful as we do.
Please contact us to suggest or correct a link on this page.
Antarctic
- Almirante Irizar – Argentinian Icebreaker
- American Polar Society
- The Antarctic Circle
- The Antarctic Connection
- ADD Version 4.1 Download Site
- Antarctica New Zealand
- Antarctic Research at the Department of Physics, Potchefstroom University
- Antarctic Tasmania
- Antarpply S.A.
- Australian Antarctic Division
- Belgian Scientific Research Program on the Antarctic
- Bill Spindler’s Antarctica
- The British Antarctic Survey
- Chilean Antarctic Institute
- Chinese Arctic Antarctic Research
- COMNAP – Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs
- Cool Antarctica
- Curso de Navegación Antártica – ANTARCTIC NAVIGATION COURSE
- Gateway Antarctica @ the University of Canterbury
- International Antarctic Centre Christchurch
- International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators
- International Polar Year
- Landsat Image Mosaic Of Antarctica (LIMA)
- Martech Polar
- Martin Grund’s PenguinCam
- MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) Image Map
- National Institute of Polar Research – Japan
- The New South Polar Times
- P&O Polar
- POLAR Arctic and Antarctic Information
- Polar Tourism Network
- CNR – POLARNET: The National Research Council Polar Network
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- Speciale Antartide
- South Pole, North Pole News and Guide
- United States Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Office
Arctic
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI)
- Alaska Maritime Agencies
- Alaska Science Outreach
- American Polar Society
- AMORE 2001 Expedition to Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean)
- Amundsen – Canadian Scientific Research Icebreaker
- Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely
- Arctic Change – A Near-Realtime Arctic Change Indicator webs
- Arctic Circumpolar Route
- Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
- Arctic Council
- Arctic Health Web site
- Arctic Institute of North America
- Arctic Kingdom Marine Expeditions
- Arctic – Maps and Graphics at UNEP/GRID-Arendal
- Arctic Observing Network
- Arctic Ocean Sciences Board
- Arctic Peoples – Indigenous Peoples at the Arctic Council
- Arctic Research Consortium of Austria
- Arctic Research Mapping Application – ARMAP
- Arctic ROOS
- Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis
- ArticStat Circumpolar Database
- ARCUS | Arctic Research Consortium of the U. S.
- Arctic Submarine Laboratory
- Asian Forum for Polar Sciences
- ATHROPOLIS: Story, Songs, Games, MP3, Learn about the Arctic, and More.
- Barrow Arctic Science Consortium
- Byrd Polar Research Center
- Canadian Polar Commission
- Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping Project
- Chinese Arctic Antarctic Research
- Climate Commons
- Cold Regions Research & Engineering Lab
- Cruise North Expeditions, Arctic Cruises
- Danish Chukotka Expeditions
- Danish Polar Centre
- Danish Polar Centre – ACIA Site
- Dewline Bibliography
- Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.
- EKATI Diamonds, Canada’s diamond mine a>
- Expedition Cruise Guide
- Fifty Years of Canada in the Arctic /
- French Polar Institute
- Frozen Toes!
- Global EdVenture
- International Arctic Buoy Program
- International Arctic Research Center
- International Arctic Science Committee
- IASSA International Arctic Social Sciences Association
- International Ice Patrol Home Page
- International Polar Year
- Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Canada’s National Inuit Organization
- Institute of the North
- Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
- JAMSTEC Arctic Ocean Research
- Kitikmeot Inuit Association
- Mackenzie Gas Project – Northwest Territories Canada
- Martech Polar
- National Institute of Polar Research – Japan
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
- NFB – Arctic Mission – Sedna IV
- Northern Research Portal: Welcome – University of Saskatchewan
- North Pole Expedition list 2003
- Norwegian Polar Institute
- Nunavik Bibliography
- Nunavut Environmental Database
- Nunavut Tunngavik On-Line
- Nunavut – Canada’s Arctic
- NWT Chamber of Mines
- Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center
- PAME – Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
- POLAR Arctic and Antarctic Information
- Polar Bears International
- Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP)
- Polar Continental Shelf Project – S & T Facilities
- Polar Pointers
- PolarPower
- Polar Sea Adventures
- Pole Track 2005
- Pond Inlet
- Qikiqtani Inuit Association
- Russian American Long Term Census of the Arctic
- Seaice Tide – Inertial Interaction
- Searching for Franklin
- Sondrestrom Research Facility
- Stefansson Arctic Institute
- VECO Polar Resources – The Arctic Logistics Provider for the NSF
- Voices – Project Naming – Library and Archives Canada
- WHOI Arctic Group
- WWF – Arctic conservation
Captain Snider, Principal Consultant
Captain David (Duke) Snider, MM, BMS, FNI, FRGS
Captain Snider is the CEO and Principal Consultant of Martech Polar Consulting, Ltd. He is a Master Mariner and with 40 years at sea, operating vessels in a variety of ice regimes in the Arctic, Antarctic, Baltic, Great Lakes and Eastern North American waters. He also has extensive tenure onboard coastal and offshore research vessels as Chief Officer and Master. He retired from Canadian Coast Guard service as Regional Director Fleet Western Region in 2012.
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