What is IPY?
The International Polar Year is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009. Learn more about IPY.
Highlights
McGill University students study Canada’s permafrost
Guest Contributor, Sep 25, 2008
This summer, a McGill University project sent four undergraduate students to Canada's north to study the effects of climate change on permafrost. More...
International Polar Day - People
The 6th International Polar Day, on September 24th 2008, celebrates People in the Polar Regions. More...
Featured Multimedia
Join John Priscu and team as - for the first time ever - American researchers stay out in the field for an extended research season in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. More...
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- US Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) launches new website
IPY
Announcements
- NSIDC Releases new set of sea ice animation for Google Earth
IPY
News
- Poles Apart // Pulling Together: call for IPY Images
ANDRILL Team
Announcements
- Call for Abstracts for International Polar Year Session (J03) at the MOCA Joint Assembly: July 2009
Nicola Munro
Announcements
- IPY Report: October 2008
Nicola Munro
Announcements
- Call for Abstracts: Lessons from Continuity and Change in the 4th IPY; March 4-7, 2009
IPY Alaska
Announcements
- Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Issue 7: Energy and the Polar Environment
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
- 2008 Disko Bay expedition takes artists to the Arctic
IPY
- Forecast Confirmed - Low Arctic Sea Ice Cover in the Summer of 2008
IPY
Press Releases
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- Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse
Glenn Stein
- McGill University students study Canada’s permafrost
Guest Contributor
- Buzzing from People Day
Rhian Salmon
- Social/Human Sciences in IPY 2007–2008: A New Mission
Guest Contributor
- The Indigenous Discourse: Representations of Sámi and Representations of Inuits in the 19th Century
Karin Granqvist
- Investigating the permafrost in NE Greenland – and comparing it to the permafrost in Svalbard!
Svalbard Students
- Arctic Sea Ice in the news
David Carlson
- A Chilly Swim in the Arctic
Rhian Salmon
- A step back from the adventure
Rhian Salmon
- Glaciers and Pod Groups
Rhian Salmon
- Hirbilung Fjord in Alexander Bay
Rhian Salmon
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