INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

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Three times in the past 125 years, scientists from around the globe have come together to organize coordinated scientific research and exploration programs in the polar regions. Each program came to be known as a “polar year” and involved an intense period of cooperative research and observation providing a snapshot in time of the state of the polar regions, resulting in major new scientific discoveries and breakthroughs fundamentally changing how science is conducted in the polar regions. Canada has participated in each of the three previous polar years.

The next International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 officially begins on March 01, 2007 and will involve a 24 month program of coordinated research focused on Arctic and Antarctic regions. Scientists from 67 countries will employing new research technologies to carry out a broad range of cooperative scientific studies that will greatly improve our understanding of conditions and changes occurring in the polar regions and their influence around the globe. IPY 2007-08 will leave a legacy of improved research capacity and new scientific information, and will help train a new generation of polar scientists both in the North and around the world.

To learn more about information on the research themes and scientific plan for IPY 2007-08 go to www.ipy.org

Recognizing that the success of IPY 2007-08 in Canada will depend upon having committed and capable people in the North who are specifically part of the Canadian IPY program and activities, the Canadian Federal Program Office for IPY established interim northern IPY nodes in Nunavut, NWT, Yukon and Nunavik. The interim IPY Node for Nunavut is currently hosted by the NRI. Jamal Shirley, NRI manager of research design, serves as the interim Nunavut Node Coordinator.

For More Information

Nunavut IPY Node
Nunavut Research Institute
E-Mail: jshirley@nac.nu.ca
Phone : (867) 979-7290
Fax : (867) 979-7109

Federal Program Office
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
E-mail: API-IPY@inac.gc.ca
Phone : (819) 953-2007
Fax : (819) 953-9066

Canadian IPY Secretariat
University of Alberta
E-mail: IPY@ualberta.ca
Phone : (780) 492-7245
Fax : (780) 492-0493

International IPY Joint Committee
Canadian IPY Secretariat
Canadian IPY Interactive Map Server
Canadian Federal IPY Program Office