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

NISSE - A Student Rocket Project to Study the Upper Polar Atmosphere

The NISSE Team, Nov 30, 2008

NISSE, a rocket project designed by four nordic students, is set to send 11kg of water into the upper polar atmosphere in March 2009, to see what happens. Follow along on their blog here on IPY.org More...

International Polar Day - Above The Poles

December 4th, 2008 marks the seventh quarterly International Polar Day, this time focusing on research Above The Polar Regions. More...

IPY in Google Earth

Learn more about IPY projects using Google Earth 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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News & Announcements

IPY Blogs

Friends of IPY

DECEMBER 4th: POLAR DAY FOCUSING ABOVE THE POLAR REGIONS
Dec 2, 2008
Rhian Salmon Press Releases
Screening of The Last Continent — 12-14 December, San Francisco
Nov 27, 2008
IPY Announcements
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Issue 9: Earth’s Changing Surface
Nov 27, 2008
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears News
Polar Philately: San Marino issues IPY stamps
Nov 25, 2008
Lucia Simion News
Indian Outreach Efforts – An Update
Nov 25, 2008
IPY Announcements
Current Status of IPY INCATPA Project
Nov 25, 2008
INCATPA News
New kid’s science book: How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate
Nov 25, 2008
IPY Press Releases
Flight into Australian Antarctic history - South Magnetic Pole centenary flight 17 January 2009
Nov 20, 2008
IPY
EGU workshop for teachers - Vienna, April 2009: Apply before end November 2008
Nov 20, 2008
IPY Announcements
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NISSE - A Student Rocket Project to Study the Upper Polar Atmosphere
Nov 30, 2008
The NISSE Team
Tango 1 and the air we breathe
Nov 25, 2008
POLENET Team
First non-Chinese Journalist Participating in Chinese Antarctic Expedition
Nov 24, 2008
International Polar Foundation
It takes a lot to get here
Nov 20, 2008
POLENET Team
LIFE’s photos of polar regions now on Google
Nov 20, 2008
Stefan Geens
Nature as Woman - the scientific view of nature in 19th-century Sweden
Nov 18, 2008
Karin Granqvist
Weather Balloons in Antarctica
Nov 7, 2008
Guest Contributor
ICECAP project set to probe Antarctic interior
Nov 3, 2008
Guest Contributor
The mythical, historical and cultural past of the Sámi in 19th century northern scientific works
Oct 31, 2008
Karin Granqvist
Dr. Stein Sandven on Arctic Regional Ocean Observing Systems
Oct 27, 2008
International Polar Foundation
Changing the Arctic: Adding Immediate Protection to the Equation
Oct 21, 2008
Guest Contributor
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The International Polar Year 2007-8 is a huge, exciting scientific campaign focussing on the polar regions. It is also an unprecedented opportunity to demonstrate, follow, and get involved with, cutting edge science in real-time.

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