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NSF Announces Education and Outreach Project Funding for IPY 2007-08
25.09.2006
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and its Director, Arden Berment, have announced that NSF will fund nine Education and Outreach projects to create a variety of educational programming, materials, multimedia, presentations and field experiences to engage the public during the International Polar Year 2007-08.
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ESA’s Earth Observing Satellites at the Service of the International Polar Year 2007-2008
04.07.2006
Thousands of scientists from 60 countries will be conducting research during International Polar Year 2007-2008. They will have access to satellite measurements offering complete coverage of the polar regions, which play a vital role in the Earth's climate and ecosystems.
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IGY 1957-58 Poster Set Available Online
13.02.2006
There is perhaps no greater milestone in polar research than the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58, which involved as many as 61 nations, paved the way to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, and is the direct precursor of an equally promising and exciting event: The International Polar Year (IPY)…
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Preliminary International Polar Year Planning Chart Published
13.01.2006
The IPY International Programme Office in Cambridge has published a Preliminary IPY Planning Chart. The chart is made up of 136 hexagons each representing a specific coordination proposal. More information on each proposal is available by typing the hexagon number into the coordination proposal search facility of the IPY Online…
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Sciencepoles IPY Interview Series
08.11.2005
Sciencepoles is conducting interviews with senior figures in polar research about their expectations and hopes for the International Polar Year 2007-2008. The first interviews, held in October 2005, are with Professors Jorn Thiede and Chris Rapley, Directors respectively of Germany's Alfred Wegener Institut and the UK's British Antarctic Survey.
