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The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 was a synchronized effort to simultaneously collect data from polar regions. Being the fourth in a series of IPYs, the demand for interdisciplinarity and new data products was high. However, despite all the research done on land, people, ocean, ice and atmosphere and the large amount of data collected, no central archive or portal was created for IPY data. In order to improve the availability and visibility of IPY data, a concerted effort between PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth and Environmental Science, the International Council for Science (ICSU) World Data System (WDS), and the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) was undertaken to extract data resulting from IPY publications for long-term preservation. Overall, 1380 IPY-related references were collected. Of these, only 450 contained accessible data. All data were extracted, quality checked, annotated with metadata and uploaded to PANGAEA. The 450 articles dealt with a multitude of IPY topics - plankton biomass, water chemistry, ice thickness, whale sightings, Inuit health, alien species introductions by travellers or tundra biomass change, to mention just a few. Both the Arctic and the Antarctic were investigated in the articles, and all realms (land, people, ocean, ice and atmosphere) and a wide range of countries were covered. The data compilation can now be found with the identifier doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.150150, and individual parts can be searched using the PANGAEA search engine (www.pangaea.de) and adding "+project:ipy". With this effort, we hope to improve the visibility, accessibility and long-term storage of IPY data for future research and new data products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The International Polar Year 2007-2008 was a synchronized effort to simultaneously collect data from polar regions. Being the fourth in a row of IPYs, the demand for interdisciplinarity and new data products was high. However, despite of all the research done on land, people, ocean, ice and atmosphere and the large amount of data collected, no central archive or portal was created for IPY data. In order to address these issues, a concerted effort between PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth and Environmental Science, the ICSU World Data System (WDS), and the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) was undertaken to extract data resulting from IPY publications for long-term preservation. 1380 IPY-related references were collected. Out of these, only 450 contained accessible data. All data was extracted, quality checked, annotated with metadata and uploaded to PANGAEA. The 450 articles dealt with a multitude of IPY topics - plankton biomass, water chemistry, ice thickness, whale sightings, Inuit health, alien species introductions by travelers or tundra biomass change - to mention just a few. Both, the Arctic and the Antarctic were investigated in the articles, and all realms (land, people, ocean, ice and atmosphere) and a wide range of countries were covered. The data compilation can now be found with the identifier doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.150150 and individually searched for using the PANGAEA search engine (www.pangaea.de) and adding "+project:ipy". With this effort, we hope to improve the visibility, accessibility and long-term storage of IPY data for future research and new data products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Polar Data Centre of the National Institute of Polar Research has had the responsibility to manage the data for Japan as a National Antarctic Data Centre for the last two decades. During the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008, a considerable number of multidisciplinary metadata that mainly came from IPY-endorsed projects involving Japanese activities were compiled by the data centre. Although long-term stewardship of those amalgamated metadata falls to the data centre, the efforts are in collaboration with the Global Change Master Directory, the Polar Information Commons, and the newly established World Data System of the International Council for Science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The legacy of the International Polar Year 2007–2008 (IPY) includes advances in open data and meaningful progress towards interoperability of data, systems, and standards. Enabled by metadata brokering technologies and by the growing adoption of international metadata standards, federated data search welcomes diversity in Arctic data and recognizes the value of expertise in community data repositories. Federated search enables specialized data holdings to be discovered by broader audiences and complements the role of metadata registries such as the Global Change Master Directory, providing interoperability across the Arctic web-of-repositories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) system study is a Canadian-led International Polar Year (IPY) initiative with over 350 participants from 27 countries. The study is multidisciplinary in nature, integrating physical sciences, biological sciences and Inuvialuit traditional knowledge. The CFL study is designed to investigate the importance of changing climate processes in the flaw lead system of the northern hemisphere on the physical, biogeochemical and biological components of the Arctic marine system. The circumpolar flaw lead is a perennial characteristic of the Arctic throughout the winter season and forms when the mobile multi-year (MY) pack ice moves away from coastal fast ice, creating recurrent and interconnected polynyas in the Norwegian, Icelandic, North American and Siberian sectors of the Arctic. The CFL study was 293 days in duration and involved the overwintering of the Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen in the Cape Bathurst flaw lead throughout the annual sea-ice cycle of 2007-2008.In this paper we provide an introduction to the CFL project and then use preliminary data from the field season to describe the physical flaw lead system, as observed during the CFL overwintering project. Preliminary data show that ocean circulation is affected by eddy propagation into Amundsen Gulf (AG). Upwelling features arising along the ice edge and along abrupt topography are also detected and identified as important processes that bring nutrient rich waters up to the euphotic zone. Analysis of sea-ice relative vorticity and sea-ice area by ice type in the AG during the CFL study illustrates increased variability in ice vorticity in late autumn 2007 and an increase in new and young ice areas in the AG during winter. Analysis of atmospheric data show that a strong northeast-southwest pressure gradient present over the AG in autumn may be a synoptic-scale atmospheric response to sensible and latent heat fluxes arising from areas of open water persisting into late November 2007. The median atmospheric boundary layer temperature profile over the Cape Bathurst flaw lead during the winter season was stable but much less so when compared to Russian ice island stations.[Traduit par la rédaction] L'étude du système du chenal de séparation circumpolaire (CSC) est une initiative de l'Année polaire internationale (API) menée par le Canada et à laquelle 350 participants provenant de 27 pays ont pris part. L'étude, de nature multidisciplinaire, fait appel aux sciences physiques et biologiques ainsi qu'au savoir traditionnel Inuvialuit. L'étude du CSC vise à examiner les répercussions des processus climatiques changeants dans le système du chenal de séparation de l'hémisphère Nord sur les composantes physiques, biogéochimiques et biologiques du système marin arctique. Le CSC est une caractéristique permanente de l'Arctique durant la saison d'hiver et se forme quand la banquise mobile de glace de plusieurs années s'éloigne de la banquise côtière fixe en créant des polynies récurrentes et interconnectées dans les secteurs norvégien, islandais, nord-américain et sibérien de l'Arctique. Pour mener l'étude du CSC, qui a duré 293 jours, le brise-glace de recherche canadien NGCC Amundsen est demeuré dans le chenal de séparation du cap Bathurst tout l'hiver, c'est-à-dire pendant tout le cycle annuel des glaces de mer de 2007-2008.Dans cet article, nous fournissons une introduction au projet du CSC, puis nous utilisons les données préliminaires de la saison sur le terrain pour décrire le système physique du chenal de séparation, tel qu'observé durant l'hiver du projet du CSC. Les données préliminaires montrent que la circulation océanique est influencée par la propagation de tourbillon dans le golfe d'Amundsen (GA). Des caractéristiques de remontée d'eau le long de la lisière des glaces et le long d'éléments topographiques abrupts ont aussi été observées et identifiées comme des processus importants apportant des eaux riches en nutriments jusqu'à la zone euphotique. L'analyse de la vorticité relative de la glace de mer et de la superficie de la glace de mer par type dans le GA durant l'étude du CSC révèle une variabilité accrue dans la vorticité de la glace à la fin de l'automne 2007 et un accroissement des superficies de nouvelle et de jeune glace dans le GA durant l'hiver. L'analyse des données atmosphériques montre que la présence d'un fort gradient de pression nord est - sud ouest au-dessus du GA en automne peut être une réponse atmosphérique d'échelle synoptique aux flux de chaleur sensible et latente à partir des zones d'eaux libres qui ont persisté jusque vers la fin de novembre 2007. Le profil thermique de la couche limite atmosphérique médiane au-dessus du chenal de séparation du cap Bathurst durant la saison hivernale était stable, mais beaucoup moins que les profils observés aux stations des îles de glace russes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study that investigates the polar baseline surface radiation measurements of six active polar sites that are involved in the Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) during the International Polar Year (IPY), which ranges from March 2007 to March 2009. It includes two sites situated at Svalbard archipelago in Norway and four stations located in the Antarctic. It mentions that BSRN was created in 1988 to provide high quality surface shortwave and radiation monitoring.

The article presents the author's views about the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY) and the Norwegian-American Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica. The author says that 50 or 60 thousand scientists, technicians and crew carried out more than 200 research projects during the IPY. The author further says that new research programmes are being conceived to address questions raised by the old ones and plans are being made to sustain polar monitoring systems in Norway and other countries.

The article offers information on the celebrations for the International Polar Year (IPY). This is a campaign of internationally coordinated research for the study of the Earth's polar regions, how the regions are changing, and the impact of the changes on the health of the biosphere. It also provides education to the public and training to aspiring scientists, leaders, and educators in the field. IPY has delivered lectures and released publications to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in Fairbanks, Alaska and outreach programs for several students. It is noted that the 4th IPY, which began in March 2007 and ended in March 2009, presented the International Conference on Permafrost at the UAF in July 2008. Information on several IPY researches are also included.

"Invisible journey" is a one million year journey through ice and through time. The project was initiated by a group of scientists and artists at the international ARENA "Large Astronomical Infrastructures at CONCORDIA" conference at Roscoff, October 2006, and obtained the label of the International Polar Year in March 2007. The aim of the "Invisible journey" is to send a message towards the future. This message will take the form of an object which will be deposited in the Antarctic ice-pack. The object will be transported on its slow voyage through the ice-pack, as it migrates from its launch point towards the Antarctic ocean, for a period of ∼1 million years. The "Invisible object" is a kind of post-card that we wish to send to our descendants. The messages will be collected from all over the Earth. By this action, we wish to reinforce connections between people, in particular between those of the far North and the far South. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the author discusses aspects of the International Polar Year (IPY). He offers a description of the Arctic landscape and a summary question to support an answer to the question of whether the IPY can achieve something never done before. Also discussed is the interdisciplinary cooperation science requires, the funding and approaches effective science communication requires, and how data sharing can be a wise and enabling practice.

The article offers information on the International Polar Year (IPY), a program focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic regions from March 2007 to March 2009. Scientists and technicians use these two summer field seasons to make a detailed meteorological and climate variability analysis and eventually deploy instruments that will continue to furnish data on ice dynamics.

The article reflects on the climate lessons from the first International Polar Year (IPY). The section focuses on a unique glimpse of the Arctic from a period before the present era of climate warming is found in the records of the first IPY of 1882-83. The purpose of the study was to discover the fundamental laws governing global meteorological and geophysics phenomena. The study also aims to contribute significant information to the upcoming fourth IPY scheduled for 2007-08: to understand the climate changes currently unfolding in the Arctic/Antarctic within the context of the past.

The article discusses the International Polar Year (IPY) international science program involving over 60,000 scientists from 63 countries. The author states that the goal is to broaden people's understanding of the polar regions and to examine a variety of physical, biological, and social science topics so that people develop a better understanding of the critical influence polar regions have on the rest of Earth. How students and teachers can get involved is also discussed.

The article discusses the 2007-2008 International Polar Year (IPY), a period during which an international effort will be made to raise funds and explore solutions to many of the problems facing the world's polar regions. The author explores the scientific advancements that have been made since the last IPY in 1957-1958, especially with the advent of supercomputers. Several research topics related to the polar regions are discussed including the migration of the polar ice caps.

The article focuses on the unprecedented logistical challenges and scientific opportunities for governments of the world imposed by the International Polar Year (IPY). IPY is a 2-year research extravaganza that kicked off this month and continues until March 2009. It was cited that Arctic researchers from many nations are forced to rearrange their plans due to the prohibitively expensive tariff imposed in passing through Russia's Exclusive Economic Zone. In October 2006, Russia decided to cut down its tariff by half for foreign vessels which take part of the IPY program. IPY is the fourth in a series of lollapallozas since 1882 and it serves as both administrative umbrella and cheerleader for various research collaborations that countries have pledged to support.

The article presents projects for Arctic and Antarctic research to be carried out during the 4th International Polar Year, which runs from March 2007 to March 2009. Beluga whales in the Arctic will be tagged with satellite transmitters to study their movements. How microorganisms in the polar seas help regulate the ecosphere will be studied by a Norweigan-led effort. The effects of rising temperatures on terrestrial habitats will be studied through a survey of spider biodiversity.

The article presents an update on the polar snapshot year of the global interagency International Polar Year (IPY). The International Council for Scientific Unions established an IPY 2007-2008 partly in response to concerns on changing climate and thinning glaciers. The IPY ushered in the modern era of high latitude scientific research. Its primary objective is to compile legacy data sets that will provide new information about polar processes and establish benchmarks against which future changes in Earth's cryosphere can be assessed.

The article focuses on the specialized topics or series of articles that the "Computing in Science and Engineering" periodical will be publishing in its 2007 issues in observance of the International Polar Year (IPY). The objective is to educate the readers on polar research and issues related to IPY. The initial January/February issue tackles high-latitude remote sensing, while the issue thereafter will be on climate and glaciers.

The author reflects on the biological programme Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) by the Life Sciences Standing Science Group which began in 1994. He mentions that the CAML was developed to be a major initiative for the International Polar Year (IPY). He states that the CAML is one of the established programmes under the Census of Marine Life, an international programme supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The article provides an overview of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008. It states the IPY 2007-2008 focuses on ecosystem and human health and the development of indigenous societies and economics. It notes that the IPY 2007-2008 plays a significant role in promoting cooperation and coordination on Arctic research and in increasing awareness and visibility of the Arctic region.

The article reports on the effects of marine-fuel price increase on the research projects launched as part of the International Polar Year (IPY). Hundreds of scientists that handle research projects in the Arctic and Antarctic regions worry on cancellation or postponement of their projects. The high cost of fuel affected the operation of scientific vessels and icebreakers like Polarstern, which is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar & Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany. Scientific vessels like the Polarstern are powered fuelled by marine diesel oil that is much expensive compared to fuels used by normal cargo ships. AWI had requested budget to the German Ministry of science that will cover the extra costs but it was rejected.

The article focuses on the International Polar Year of 2007-2008, international and collaborative science and outreach in Polar regions. It represents one of the most ambitious co-ordinated international science programmes ever attempted. The poles are recognised as sensitive barometers of environmental change and exceptional archives of what the Earth was like before. Furthermore, the said event are being launched every three months and focuses on specific aspect of real and current research.

The article acknowledges the publication's final submission in its International Polar Year (IPY) series of articles, and notes highlights of IPY. The Belgian government plans to build an eco-friendly research station for Antarctica. The Arctic Human Health Initiative was launched to examine issues affecting the health of Arctic peoples.

The article focuses on the International Polar Year (IPY) program from March 2007 to March 2009. The purpose of IPY is to offer an international and interdisciplinary approach in order to understand the behavior of the polar regions and to facilitate observation during all seasons. The characteristic of previous IPYs is the role of polar regions in the broader earth system. Capacity building, public awareness and information dissemination are among the expected legacy of the IPY campaign.

The author reflects on the success of International Polar Year (IPY). He states that IPY was established by International Council for Science and World Meteorological Organization that represents the globalization of science. More than 60 nation will collaborate to work with more than 200 projects. He expresses that IPY's success is not only dependent of the scientific community, but, on the help of policymakers by giving enough resources for the program to move.

The article reports on climate change as the focus of the International Polar Year (IPY), which runs from March 2007 to March 2009. The tasks in IPY include taking detailed measurements of the melting sea ice in the Arctic and searching for the best records of past climate change in the Antarctic. Canada is funding an international effort to study the circumpolar flaw lead, an area of water that separates the bulk of the Arctic sea ice from the ice at the coast.

The article focuses on antarctic science and the designation of 2007 as International Polar Year (IPY). Over 40 countries are signed up to participate in promoting geophysical awareness. Executive Director David Carlson has constructed funding for the project by incorporating member dues. The article questions the expectations from the IPY and how countries have benefited from the program over the years. It argues that some participants may or may not find new opportunities, but that the most crucial aspect is that polar regions are an integral part of the global picture.