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Editorial: Cold Rush for Polar Position

Please click here for an editorial written by Paul Egerton (the executive director of the European Polar Board and the European Polar Consortium at the European Science Foundation), Carlo-Alberto Ricci (professor of geology at the University of Siena and the chairman of the European Polar...

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IPY needs full archive system to continue ‘extraordinarily success’, director says

International Polar Year (IPY), the largest and most ambitious scientific effort for half a century, has been an “extraordinarily international success” since its launch in March 2007 but the initiative could be in danger of losing its momentum and purpose if a comprehensive data storage facility...

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Aurora Borealis breaks new grounds - and old ice

It can crush ice sideways and stay precisely on station to an accuracy of a metre. It can drill a hole 1,000 metres deep into the seabed while floating above 5,000 metres of ocean and it can generate 55 megawatts of power.  Aurora Borealis will be the first ever international ship, the...

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Podcast: European Polar Board’s Professor Carlo-Alberto Ricci on the EPB’s works and INFRAPOLAR

Listen to the podcast The Chairman of the European Polar Board (EPB) Professor  Carlo-Alberto Ricci speaks about the EPB’s achievement in 2007 and its plan for 2008. He also discusses the EPB’s plan to launch INFRAPOLAR, an effort to network European Polar Research stations in the Arctic and...

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Podcast: IPY International Programme Office’s David Carlson on the International Polar Year update

Listen to the podcast Dr.  David Carlson,  Director of the International Programme Office, speaks about the achievement of the IPY and its upcoming plan. Carlson was attending the European Polar Summit, which was held on the 7th November in Rome. The Summit titled 'The Future of...

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ESF, VR, FORMAS sign MOU to promote Global Environmental Change Research

The European Science Foundation (ESF), the Swedish Research Council (VR), and the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) have agreed to join forces to promote Global Change Research through an international, interdisciplinary conference series....

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Moved by the State – the reality of modern day human migration in the northern Polar Regions

Seasonal nomadism, migration, and resettlement have always been important for the people living in the northern Polar Regions as these movements are key for their survival. In the past, movements such as aggregation in temporary winter villages near the sea ice for seal hunting and summer dispersal...

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Podcast: European Polar Board’s Dr. Egerton on the IPY, Europe and ESF’s involvement

European Polar Board’s Dr. Paul Egerton speaks about International Polar Year, Europe’s involvement, ESF’s role and IPY’s legacy.

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International Polar Year Researcher Profiles

  Locked in Arctic ice and sediments are vital records of what the Earth’s environment was like in the past. To more accurately predict the future of the Earth’s climate, we need to know more about the extremes. Finding out how hot and how cold the Earth was in the past, and how much, as well...

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European Launch of International Polar Year 2007-2008

The European launch of International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 marks the commencement of the largest and most ambitious internationally-coordinated scientific effort for half a century.    

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