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What is IPY?


The 4th International Polar Year (IPY) beginning in March of 2007 is a campaign of intense, internationally coordinated research to gain new knowledge about Earth's polar regions, how those regions are changing, and how such changes are impacting the health of our biosphere. IPY is an opportunity to educate and excite the public and help train the next generation of scientists, leaders, and educators.

The UA IPY Office was established to promote UA research, education, and outreach activities and to ensure that the benefits of IPY extend to everyone in Alaska.
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Alakanuk, Alaska
Aerial image of Alakanuk, Alaska courtesy of Alaska Mapped.
Fairbanks, Alaska— The people of Alakanuk, Alaska already know the problems their young people face. more...
 
Fairbanks, Alaska—An interdisciplinary group of scientists led by Donald “Skip” Walker of the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has strongly linked sea ice changes to changes in Arctic land-surface temperatures and increased tundra greenness. more...
 
Read a panel discussion with Zolotukhin and UAF researchers more...
 
View video of Bjørn Lomborg's talk at UAF
Events
CRS photo by Jim Barker
An IPY symposium will be held on the UAF campus March 4-7, 2009. more...
 
Fairbanks, Alaska—The UA International Polar Year Young Researchers’ Network is sponsoring a photo and video contest to encourage photographers and videographers to document today’s Alaska. more...
 
Murray Gell-Mann
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann will speak at UAF on March 4 at 6 p.m. in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom more...
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