Exploring icy domains on earth and beyond: seeking an international framework for the next international polar year

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Apr 2003

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EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #13615

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In 1957-1958, under the shadow of the Cold War, the Third International Polar Year was launched, inspiring, educating and training a generation of polar scientists. Now, 50 years later in a much different world, plans for the next International Polar Year are emerging from our now very global science community. In November 2002, the US Polar Research Board convened a day-long session to explore ideas for how the US polar science community might move ahead with planning for a fourth International Polar Year, beginning in 2007. The Board began discussions in four areas: Identifying appropriate and exciting science themes that involve multiple disciplines and both poles, engaging younger scientists, sharing the excitement and discoveries with the general public and schools, and integrating a US science program with plans being made by other nations. Two broad science themes emerge as potentially unifying elements for an international IPY effort: exploration and climatic processes. The exploration theme might focus on the sub-ice environment, which is the largest unexplored region of our planet. The climate theme could capture many dimensions, from the role of the poles as a “canary in the mine” giving warning of climate change impacts to the potential role in abrupt climate shifts. These themes need further elaboration. The U.S. Polar Research Board in pursuing a dialog in the United States and elsewhere to encourage community support of an IPY effort and move toward planning activities.

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