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01US National Archives: Operation Highjumpunwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov↗02Ohio State: expedition archival finding aidlibrary.osu.edu↗03Treaty Secretariat: tourismwww.ats.aq↗04Treaty Secretariat: peaceful purposeswww.ats.aq↗05Original treaty, including inspection provisions (PDF)documents.ats.aq↗06National Park Service: glacial horns and peakswww.nps.gov↗07British Antarctic Survey: how a sub-ice map is assembledwww.bas.ac.uk↗08ESA: 85 newly detected active subglacial lakeswww.esa.int↗09Ohio State: Byrd diary found in archivesnews.osu.edu↗10Penn State: strange radio pulses detected in Antarcticawww.psu.edu↗11Library of Congress: 1534 world map recordwww.loc.gov↗12Australian Antarctic Program: Wilkins Aerodromewww.antarctica.gov.au↗13British Antarctic Survey: ancient river landscapeswww.bas.ac.uk↗14WHOI: six-million-year-old ice discoveredwww.whoi.edu↗15Abizaid flat stationary Earth map — Library of Congresswww.loc.gov↗16Gleason map — Boston Public Library / Digital Commonwealthark.digitalcommonwealth.org↗17Jain cosmological map — The Metropolitan Museum of Artwww.metmuseum.org↗18Ross South Polar Chart — Library of Congresswww.loc.gov↗19Ferguson map — Library of Congresswww.loc.gov↗20FOIA.gov — requesting recordswww.foia.gov↗21National Science Foundation — FOIAwww.nsf.gov↗22US Antarctic Program Data Centerwww.usap-dc.org↗23Google Earth — imagery collectionsupport.google.com↗24USGS — Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarcticalima.usgs.gov↗25Polar Geospatial Center — REMA elevation datawww.pgc.umn.edu↗26USGS Antarctic aerial photographsHistorical image archive; rights vary, including for some BAS material.↗27Polar Geospatial Center aerial archiveArchive access and documentation; check individual coverage and use conditions.↗28Nimbus satellite archiveHistorical satellite data; consult collection-specific metadata and limitations.↗