Be certain to visit The Whole Mars Catalog

• "The Outer Reaches of Life", by John Postgate. What are the absolute pre-requisites for our kind of life?

• Meteorites on the Web
• Gateway to Antarctica from New Zealand
• Antarctic Meteorite Location and Mapping Project (AMLAMP)
• Meteorites from Antarctica from NASA JSC
• Exploring Antarctica on the Internet from NASA ARC's Live From Antarctica Home Page at NASA ARC
• Light Transmission and Reflection in Perennially Ice-Covered Lakes on Earth and Mars by Chris McKay at NASA ARC
• Antarctica: the closest place to Mars (Dale Andersen, SETI Institute) from the San Jose Mercury News
• Discovery Extra: On The Ice: Antarctica, The closest place to Mars Seattle Times

Archaea, Methanogens

• 22 August 1996: Press Release: U.S. and U.K. Researchers have sequenced the genetic information or "genome" of Methanococcus jannaschii, a single-cell microorganism known as an archaeon (meaning "ancient" in Greek). M. jannaschii is a methane-producing thermophile discovered at the base of a Pacific Ocean thermal vent. This work is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Microbial Genome Initiative

• "Genetic Structure of Microorganism Reveals Closer Connection to Humans Than to Bacteria " from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• 23 August 1996: "Complete Genome Sequence of the Methanogenic Archaeon, Methanococcus jannaschii " Science 23 August 1996, pp. 1058-1073.

• Methanococcus jannaschii Genome Database (MJDB)

• 23 August 1996: PAGE ONE -- "Microbe Confirmed As New Form of Life It can freeze, eat metal, tolerate radiation" David Perlman, SF Chronicle Science Editor

• "Complete Genome Sequencing and Characterization of the Thermophilic Methanogen, Methanococcus Jannaschii", Carol J. Bult et al; Abstract submitted for January 1996 DOE Human Genome Program Contractor-Grantee Workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

• Prokaryotic SSU Taxonomic List: Release Number 5.0 May 17, 1995 : ARCHAEA

• Catalog of Methanogens List of Strains.

Oceanic Vents and Hot Springs

• POSETIV: Paramushir Okhotsk Sea Expedition to Investigate Venting, Reconnaisance Mapping Of a Giant Deep Sea Vent Field In The Sea Of Okhotsk
• Oceanography Links from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (excellent)
• Mammoth Hot Springs from the University of Massachusetts
• Hydrothermal vent life from the Smithsnoian's Ocean Planet Exhibition located at the NASA GSFC SeaWiFS HomePage
• NOAA's VENTS program
• Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems Physical, Chemical, Biological and Geological InteractionsGeophysical Monograph Series, Volume 91, 1995. American Geophysical Union
• Bacterial Flora of Antarctic Thermophilic Environments
• Unconventional Environments Harbor Bacteria With "Extremozymes"
• Hydrothermal Features of Yellowstone
• Hydrothermal processes at mid-ocean ridges from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Origins of hydrothermal vent and seep fauna from the University of Victoria
• British Mid-Ocean Ridge Initiative (BRIDGE)
• USENET Newsgroups: bionet.biology.deepsea
  WWW Interface: http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/DEEPSEA/
  

• Rock (endolithic antarctic lichens)
  • Endolithic Algae of the Limestone Cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment
• Ice
  • algae which stain ice and snow
  • bacteria isolated from the stomachs of frozen mammoths
• Metal (organisms often used in bioremediation)
• Liquid Hydrocarbons (oil-eating bacteria)
• Fossilized amber
  • Microbiologist Brings Ancient Bacteria Back to Life from California Polytechnic State University

• Dessicated organisms which can be revived after long periods
  • Plant seeds from tombs

• Bacteria which thrive in nuclear reactors
• Radioresistance of insects

• Feature Buried in Romania: Forever-Dark Cave Crawling With Life National Science Foundation press release 24 October 1995
• "Slime" at Hanford Hints at Potential for Microbes on Mars lithoautotrophic bacteria from the Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• "Can Deep Bacteria Live on Nothing But Rocks and Water?" Science Magazine - Abstract: Lithoautotrophic Microbial Ecosystems in Deep Basalt Aquifers

• Bacteria recovered from Surveyor III camera returned by Apollo 12 crew after 3 years in a hard vacuum
• Bacteria captured at high altitudes
• Deep Ocean trenches