Southwest Volcano Research Centre

• Institution whose goal is to "conduct on-going volcano research with a concentration on volcano eruption forecasting techniques and methodologies". The link provides access to their award-winning website. An excellent source of information for volcanic eruption forecasting.

How Volcanoes Work

• An excellent source for all things related to Volcanology.
  

Exploratorium - The museum of science, art, and human perception

• Staff of the Exploratorium traveled to Antarctica and Mt. Erebus during the 2001-2002 season to learn and share their experiences with the public. Several interviews and travel logs can be found at their website:
  
  
  • Calendar of events from Antarctica
    
    
  • Webcast #1 (Dec 6, 2001) - RealPlayer required
  • Webcast #2 (Dec 9, 2001) - RealPlayer required
  • Webcast #3 (Dec 11, 2001) - RealPlayer required
  • Webcast #4 (Dec 12, 2001) - RealPlayer required
  • Webcast #5 - Geology of Mt. Erebus (Jan 2, 2002) - RealPlayer required
  • Travel up Mt. Erebus
  • Climbing the summit of Mt. Erebus
  • Fives Senses on Mt. Erebus
  • Video log by Paul Doherty and Noel Wanner (Jan 2, 2002) - RealPlayer required

Teachers Experiencing Antarctica

• K-12 teachers experiencing Antarctic and Mt. Erebus research first-hand by joining the crew from New Mexico Tech.
  
  
  • Colleen Brogenski (2003-2004 season): Colleen is an 8th grade teacher at St. Johns Middle School in Houston, Texas. Visit her travel log at http://tea.rice.edu/tea_brogenskifrontpage.html
    
    
  • Tim Vermaat (2001-2002 season): Tim traveled to Mt. Erebus and got to experience the fury of Antarctica storms. Check out his travel log at http://tea.rice.edu/tea_vermaatfrontpage.html for details on the storm and his other deep south exploits.

NSF Antarctic Artists & Writers Program

• NSF sponsored program to bring a small number of humanities scholars (painting, photography, writing, history and other liberal arts) to Antarctica to help increase the public's understanding of the Antarctic.
  
  
  • Henry Kaiser - a widely recoginized and creative guitarist from California. He has performed with many musicians from around the world. He traveled to Mt. Erebus with writer Bill Fox. A record of his Antarctic experiences can be found here.

Raytheon Polar Services

• The company that currently supports logistics at McMurdo Station and the South Pole.

Antarctic Sun Newspaper from McMurdo Station

• On-line newspaper direct from McMurdo Station, Antarctica (only available during the Austral summer)

National Public Radio (NPR)

• Interview with Dr. Nelia Dunbar during the 2000-2001 field season.

NSF - Office of Polar Programs

2002 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting

• Held on July 9-12, 2002 in Wellington, New Zealand, this meeting 'is intended to serve the needs of geophysicists interested in studies in the western Pacific region.'
  
  One session (SE19) focuses on Antarctic Magmatism with topics that included Mt. Erebus.