The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 co-sponsored by ICSU and WMO became the largest coordinated research program in the Earth's polar regions. It invol

"IPY 2007-2008 generated a much anticipated 'pulse' (momentum) in the form of substantial new funding for polar research and monitoring programs, new observatio

The United States has enduring national and strategic interests in the polar regions, including citizens living above the Arctic circle and three year-round sci

In 2007-2008, many nations around the world will host an intense, coordinated field campaign of polar observations, research, and analysis called the "Internati

Arctic Social Indicators II (ASI-II) is a follow-up activity to ASI-I (2010) and the first Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR, 2004). The objective of ASI (2