Whilst doing research yesterday, I came across Expedition Everest, a ride at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida. Wikipedia has some good background information on the ride, the mountain containing a roller coaster is not supposed to represent Everest, but the forbidden mountain of the Yeti. Everest is represented by a barren peak, on right of the mountain range. The idea of the ride is that thrill seekers travel from the fobidden mountain to the base of Everest. If you want a taster, Disney has a website for the ride. (more…)

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I’ve added a subforum in Geographyforum.net to allow discussion about the Pilot. Please sign up and share some ideas, with the exception of Alan Parkinson, I’m working in the dark!

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One of the ideas we are playing with is students developing a risk assessment for an expedition to Antarctica. I thought this liability clause from a travel company made interesting reading, though our perception of these environments have changed, the conditions haven’t. (more…)

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Antarctic Connection, part informative, part educational, part commerical, this site is rather wordy, but provides great summaries of the importance of Antarctica for scientists. There are photo albums, the historical perspective and a good summary of the bases on the continent with links to their respective websites.

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Though not as comprehsenive as other countries’ Antarctic programme sites, the US Antarctic Programme ,does have hundreds of images that may be of use to students and teachers.

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“Great God, this is an aweful place” - R.F. Scott

70 degrees South is basically a news portal for the continent. It provides up-to-date news on all aspects of the continent and there is a newsletter, so that the latest updates can be sent to your email account. There is also a nice quotes section, a map of all the bases with associated images and information, and a number of photo albums.

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The Antarctica New Zealand website is a vast source of information, fact sheets, photo albums, and educational resources. Sadly, the site organisation is a little annoying, especially when trying to access the educational resources, but there is some great stuff here. Including a webcam of Scott’s base. There is an interesting section on travel which students may find useful in planning their expedition.

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This National Geographic has an interactive map of Antarctica, the map links to a number of ‘tags’, that lead to visual and audio resources. Most of this is based on the ecology of the continent; there is though a nice audio section on the exploration and use of the continent.

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The Natural History Museum has a comprehensive page on the work of heritage and conservation in Antarctica, there are a number of resources here, including the historical discoveries made by Scott and Shackleton, videos about past discoveries and the work of present day scientists and an interesting blog about conversationists involved in work to perserve Shackleton’s camp.

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There is currently an interesting thread on the SLN forum about how our shopping habits have changed and how we deliver this to students. Some interesting ideas here, specifically for the Pilot’s People as Consumers unit.

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