IPY 2007-2008

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Contributor: International Polar Foundation
Oct 9, 2008

Anne Aghion: Filming ‘Ice People’

SciencePoles.org interviews Anna Aghion, whose latest documentary follows a small team of geologists searching for fossilized vegetation on Antarctic lakebeds.

Contributor: Glenn Stein
Sep 30, 2008

Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse

This book tells, for the first time, the story of the man responsible for that other heroic feat of seamanship during Shackleton's 1914-16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Contributor: Guest Contributor
Sep 25, 2008

McGill University students study Canada’s permafrost

This summer, a McGill University project sent four undergraduate students to Canada's north to study the effects of climate change on permafrost.

Contributor: Rhian Salmon
Sep 24, 2008

Buzzing from People Day

A radio show connecting teachers in Zambia and Greece to researchers in Greenland and Norway, facilitated through aboriginal community radio in Canada; artwork from a primary school in the US; slideshows by teenagers about their life in Greenland, balloons balloons balloons.. and the Day has only just begun!

Contributor: Guest Contributor
Location: The Arctic
Sep 23, 2008

Social/Human Sciences in IPY 2007?2008: A New Mission

In celebration of People Day, IPY Joint Committee members Igor Krupnik and Grete Hovelsrud reflect on the role of social and human sciences in IPY 2007-8, changes that have occurred over the last three IPYs, and the relevance for the future.

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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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