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January/February 2010 issue


INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

International Polar Year: Multimedia  


Discover videos, interactive features and photo essays mapping the issues, science and communities behind the International Polar Year.


Cruising along the shores of Ellesmere Island near Alexandria Fiord.
Photo: Ralph Brunner
Browse the photo essays from each IPY feature
Browse the videos from each IPY feature
Browse the interactive pieces from each IPY feature
FEATURE STORIES & EXTRAS
  • What is IPY?

    International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 is a collaborative international effort to research the polar regions. Discover its key issues. Read more »
  • Community research station

    At the Kluane Lake Research Station, what’s happening in the Arctic is a family affair. Read more »
  • Are the Inuit Healthy?

    A mass health checkup of the Inuit attempts to set right a terrifying legacy left by the C.D. Howe. Read more »
  • The Arctic mercury mystery

    Scientists rush to unlock why Mercury taints the Arctic air and what this means for the planet. Read more »
  • A Canadian scientist in Norway

    Does sending a geography student to Norway offer the answer to fostering Arctic scientists of the future?
    Read more »
  • The Future of Arctic Research

    After the glut of International Polar Year funding evaporates, what does the future hold for Arctic exploration? Read more »
  • Multimedia

    Discover videos, interactive features and photo essays mapping the issues, science and communities behind the International Polar Year.
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PHOTO ESSAYS
What is IPY?
Two ways of knowing: What Inuit wisdom and Arctic science can teach us about global warming

Community research station
Home base: Dig Kluane Lake Research Station’s community vibe
Community research station
Field Report: An interview with Kluane photographer Fritz Mueller
Are the Inuit Healthy?
Inuit health: Meet the people and communities taking part in the checkup
The Arctic mercury mystery
Mercury mystery: Scientists with the OASIS project work to unlock the Arctic’s heavy metal mystery
A Canadian scientist in Norway
Cryosphere kid: Young Canadian scientist Robert Way travels to Norway to learn more about his home
The Future of Arctic Research
Tools of the trade: See the unique tools Arctic scientists use in the field


VIDEOS
What is IPY?
Papikatuk: A boy and his grandfather talk about Arctic change
What is IPY?
Arctic shadows: R.M. Anderson expedition footage, part 1 and part 2
Community research station
Lay of the land: Investigating climate change’s impact on the Arctic landscape part 1 and part 2
Are the Inuit Healthy?
Melting lands: An Inuit community strives to keep its traditions
Are the Inuit Healthy?
Altered life: More about changing traditions part 1, part 2 and part 3
The Arctic mercury mystery
Hot water: Investigate global warming’s impact on marine wildlife and Ocean currents part 1 and part 2
A Canadian scientist in Norway
Turbulent tundra: Global warming’s impact on Arctic tundra
The Future of Arctic Research
Ice research: An insider’s look at Arctic ice research, part 1 and part 2


INTERACTIVE
What is IPY?
IPY aims: Learn more about the goals of IPY in 2007-08
What is IPY?
Into the unknown: Follow the 1881-84 Greely Expedition
Community research station
Caribou country: Follow the caribou’s migration patterns on the tundra
Are the Inuit Healthy?
Living with change: Discover more about the Inuit and IPY
The Arctic mercury mystery
Finding the flow: Watch animations of Arctic currents
A Canadian scientist in Norway
Crossing the line: Observe changes in the tree line and examine its affect on Canada’s Arctic tundra
The Future of Arctic Research
IPY by the Numbers: Learn more about Canada’s Arctic IPY projects

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Your post really informative.It will be a growing area to watch this year. Like you say, comments keep the conversation going.They also provide additional insight to the readers and the bloggers. Comments offer a different perspective and put a
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Submitted by maxer on Friday, January 28, 2011


I am glad to read this post, its an interesting one. I am always searching for quality posts and articles and this is what I found here, I hope you will be adding more in future. Thanks

Submitted by cheap Casual Shoes on Wednesday, September 29, 2010


I wish I was a scientist, because I believe in what these are doing and I wish I could participate in determining the facts in this issue. There is a lot of science that I think most people are particularly unaware of and it's important the information get out. I envy the writer's ability to cover this story. The best I can do is bug my MP to get some traction on the issue. Good luck writer and scientists all. The north is Canada and we shouldn't forget about it.

Submitted by Diane on Monday, February 15, 2010


Nice to read an article on another promising young Labradorian! Good Luck, Robert!!

Submitted by Kim Morris, Cartwright, Labrador on Sunday, January 31, 2010


Not really a cause for rejoicing. Dozens of reports indicate this ice is thin and that the Arctic has changed in a disastrous way.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/21/arctic-ice.html

http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/canada/article/414964melt-season-for-canadian-arctic-sea-ice-outpacing-global-average-study

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/25/melting-arctic-north-pole-explorers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/05/climatechange.sciencenews

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/science/earth/02arct.html

Submitted by Anon on Friday, January 15, 2010


I was fortunate enough to do some research at KLRS with the University of Ottawa and let me tell you, Andy and the gang really make you feel at home. I wish you all the best with renovations and I hope to one day go back to the station to show my children how wonderful it is.

Submitted by Tina Girardin on Wednesday, January 13, 2010


It's good to know that polar ice is increasing again: "A report from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado finds that Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007."

Submitted by Ralph Grabowski on Wednesday, January 13, 2010








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