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International Polar Year - IPY 2007-2008

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Audience/Grade: College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s): Earth Sciences
Geological Engineering
Learning Resource Type: Community - General
Media Type:

 WWW
Author(s): National Science Foundation - NSF
Description: Website on International Polar Year (2007-08) hosted by the National Science Foundation. The site is organized around Science and Nature, People and Culture, Students and Teachers, Multimedia, News and Events, U.S. Participants, and Resources. "hanks to advances in global telecommunications technologies, people worldwide have a rare opportunity to follow, and sometimes even participate in, Arctic and Antarctic research and exploration as part of the International Polar Year (IPY), a global scientific campaign which began in March 2007. IPY promises to advance our understanding of how the Earth's remote polar regions affect global climate systems, to bring about fundamental advances in many areas of science, and to fire the enthusiasm of young men and women for careers in science and engineering. The Polar Year actually will extend from March 1, 2007, until March 1, 2009, to allow researchers to conduct two annual observing cycles in each region, particularly in isolated areas that are prohibitively cold and dark for roughly six months of the year." "Introducing the U.S. Senate resolution that paved the way for U.S. participation in the International Polar Year 2007-2008, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., stressed the benefits to all mankind that derived from research carried during previous International Polar Years--including the most recent Polar year, which was expanded into the 1957 International Geophysical Year (IGY)--and the possibilities for scientific advancement inherent in a new Polar Year."
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Keywords: Antarctic, images, NASA, Landsat satellite images, polar year
Referenced By LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
   
Usage Tip
Use of Resource: The website is for one year only, but during this year the site will be updated with news and images.
Difficulty: Medium
Interactivity Level: High

   
Version Info
Publication Date: December 2007
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://www.ipy.gov/
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS