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News, Updates & Background
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Newsgrams
U.S. National Council to the IPY
Downloads
Polar Science Layer for Google Earth (KML file)
Created by Alton Echols, aechols@usgs.gov
Geographically displays a wide variety of scientific and geospatial data from the Arctic and Antarctic regions in Google Earth (requires free software). Includes such data as aerial photo index maps,
topographic maps, DEMs, satellite imagery, and professional papers. Check back regularly for updates. Download the KML file below.
Polar_Science.kmz [40KB]
Working Groups
Meeting Announcements
- 10th The International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science (ISAES)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) August 26 - 31, 2007
Workshops August 26 and September 1
- The focus of the 10th ISAES-2007, marking the beginning of the International Polar Year, will be Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World.
- Sponsored by SCAR and the U.S. National Science Foundation.
- For further information, please go to:
http://isaes2007.geol.ucsb.edu/
- Live Webcast of ARCUS 19th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2007
"Water in the Arctic: International Collaborations and Understanding
Environmental Change."
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- Wednesday, 23 May 2007 beginning at 9:10 a.m. EDT
- Thursday, 24 May 2007 beginning at 8:30 a.m. EDT
- 15th Arctic Conference
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
- 1-3 November 2007
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 October 2007
- Application and Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 15 June 2007
The annual conference is an
informal symposium of archaeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, and
geologists who gather once a year to share data and new findings and to
plan collaborative research activities. Guest speakers at the conference
are Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland of the Canadian Museum of
Civilization. The conference is especially suited to student
participants who are encouraged to present findings from thesis and
dissertation research. A research workshop of the Sanak Biocomplexity
Project will occur during and following the conference.
For further information, please contact:
Herbert D. G. Maschner
Department of Anthropology
Idaho State University
Phone: 208-282-2745
E-mail: maschner@isu.edu
- I mportant Arctic Events in Washington, D.C.
22-24 May 2007
- Congressional Science Briefing on "Observing, Understanding, and
Responding to Arctic Change"
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
- Live Webcast of ARCUS 19th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2007
"Water in the Arctic: International Collaborations and Understanding
Environmental Change" Wednesday-Thursday, 23-24 May 2007
- Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) Open Meeting
Thursday, 24 May 2007
For further information about these events, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2007/index.html
- Arctic Coastal Zones at Risk
- 1-3 October 2007
Polar Environmental Centre
Tromso, Norway
- Workshop Announcement and Call for Papers
- Application and Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 15 June 2007
- For further information, please go to:
http://coast.gkss.de/events/arctic07/
or contact: Goetz Floeser, floeser@gkss.de
- Climate Change Impacts on Boreal Forest Disturbance Regimes
- 30 May-2 June 2007
University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Early Registration Deadline: Wednesday, 18 April 2007
- For further information, please go to: http://www.icddbf.uaf.edu
or contact: Doreen Fitzgerald, fndlf2@uaf.edu
- International Symposium for Antarctic Earth Sciences
- August 26-31, 2007
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Short paper submission deadline: April 1, 2007
Extended abstract submission deadline: May 15, 2007
- Full details at: http://isaes2007.geol.ucsb.edu/
- Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments (SEDIBUD) Second Workshop
- Workshop Announcement and Call For Papers
Abisko, Sweden
15-19 September 2007
- Registration and Abstract Submission Deadline: Sunday, 25 March 2007
- For further information, please see the First Circular at:
http://www.geomorph.org/wg/wgsb.html
- or contact:
Armelle Decaulne
SEDIBUD Secretary
E-mail: armelle@nnv.is
- IPY GeoNorth 2007 - First International Circumpolar Conference on Geospatial Sciences and Applications
- Arctic Science Summit Week
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Large-scale Historical Industrial Exploitation of Polar Areas (LASHIPA)
- Open Workshop
1-4 April 2007
Arctic Centre, University of Groningen
The Netherlands
Registration Deadline: Thursday, 1 March 2007
For further information, please go to:
http://www.lashipa.nl
or contact:
Nienke Boschman
E-mail: arctisch@let.rug.nl
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IPY Resources
Permafrost Course Database Available Online
- International University Courses on Permafrost
- For further information and to access the database, please go to:
http://www.geo.uio.no/IPA/PermafrostCourses.htm
- or contact:
Angelique Prick
International Permafrost Association Secretariat, The University Centre
in Svalbard
E-mail: ipa@unis.no
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IPY Press Resources
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US Geological Survey National Ice Core Lab, jointly supported by the National Science Foundation.
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica - a portion of the stunning natural color version (ETM+bands 3,2,1) over McMurdo Station, the largest research base in Antarctica on Ross Island, Antarctica. Ross Island is roughly 45 miles across at its widest point.
Members of the walrus satellite radio-tagging crew led by USGS Alaska Science Center during the spring 2006 walrus abundance survey in the Bering Sea aboard the Russian icebreaker Magadan. The survey was conducted in collaboration with USFWS and Russian scientists from Chukotka's Pacific Fishery Science Research Center (ChukotTINRO) and Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries Fleet Designing (GIPRORybFlot).
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IPY Presentations
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Updates
Updates for USGS-IPY Colleagues
March 30 kickoff through the Tagzania IPY site
Tagzania: Items by USGS
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Background Documents
IPY International Committee Documents
IPY National Committee Documents
IPY Presentations
Expressions of Interest
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