|
|
Article: Social sciences and humanities in the International Polar Year 2007-2008: an integrating mission.(INFONORTH)
- Article from:
- Arctic
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
THE READERS OF ARCTIC ARE CERTAINLY FAMILIAR with the major new interdisciplinary initiative in polar research, the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY 2007-08). IPY 2007-08 is envisioned as an intense international campaign of coordinated observations and analysis across the polar regions of the globe. It will be bipolar in focus, multidisciplinary in scope, and truly international in participation. The emerging vision of IPY 2007-08 is that researchers from many nations will work together to gain holistic insights into planetary processes and to explore and increase our understanding of the Arctic and the Antarctic, as well as their roles in the global system. The ...