Welcome to the SACNAS International Polar Year Resource Page

We invite you to explore all of the resources we have provided regarding International Polar Year (IPY). SACNAS has been awarded a significant grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct a series of activities related to IPY. At the 2008–2010 conferences, participants will not only have the opportunity to learn about the interdisciplinary nature of polar sciences but you will also have the opportunity to communicate with leading scientists and traditional ecological knowledge experts on issues surrounding the topic of climate change. We hope this information encourages you to consider a career in polar sciences and to take advantage of the amazing resources that we have gathered here for you!

What is IPY?

The International Polar Year—organized through the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)—is a large, international scientific program (www.ipy.com) that focuses on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009. Thousands of scientists from over 60 nations will be examining a wide range of physical, biological, and social research topics.

What are the polar sciences?

Polar science encompasses a broad range of disciplines including:

• animal ecology
• anthropology
• atmospheric science
• biogeochemistry
• botany
• climatology
• computer science/modeling
• earth sciences
• ecology
• ecosystems
• engineering
• geology
• geomorphology
• glaciology
• marine biology & marine sciences
• meteoritics
• meteorology
• oceanography
• petrology
• physical chemistry
• sea ice studies
• seismology
• sociology
• solid earth geophysics
• space & upper atmosphere physics
• terrestrial biology
• zoology
• and more!

SACNAS Participation in IPY

IPY-ROAM Project
December 16-31, 2007, Aaron Velasco, PhD SACNAS Past-President, and Normal Neely, EdD, former SACNAS Board of Directors member, joined two dozen students and five precollege educators in exciting, hands-on polar research as part of International Polar Year – Research and Educational Opportunities in Antarctica for Minorities (IPY-ROAM) program. The group’s journey and participation in IPY-ROAM is part of SACNAS’ 3-year-long IPY/polar sciences initiative.

Learn about the group’s adventures through the frigid Antarctic Ocean and the documentation of their discoveries:

• Blogs and podcasts
• View pictures and follow links to media coverage

IPY Resources

This is a brief introduction to the multitude of online information available about International Polar Year and related programs. All of these sites serve as a clearinghouse for accessing further information.

General IPY Information
International Polar Year
U.S. International Polar Year
International Polar Year at the National Science Foundation
U.S. Committee to the International Polar Year, 2007-2008

Polar Research Laboratories & Consortiums
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)
United States Antarctic Program
U.S. Antarctic Resource Center
Arctic Science Laboratory
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Polar-Palooza

Polar Research Programs
Research and Educational Opportunities for Minorities in Antarctica (IPY-ROAM)
IPY ROAM Blog
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute – Polar Discovery
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
Polenet-The Polar Earth Observing Network
Polar Foundation
National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs

Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Alaska Native Science Commission
Indigenous Peoples’ Restoration Network
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Precollege Polar Education
PolarTREC – Teachers & Researchers, Exploring & Collaborating
Students on Ice
Exploratorium – Science From the Poles
The Armada Project
ANDRIL-Antarctic Drilling Project
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears-Online Education Magazine

Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
NOAA Climate Program Office
United Nations on Climate Change
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change
U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
World Meteorological Association

Climate Change/Polar Science Departments & Universities
University of Washington
Texas A&M
UC Los Angeles
UC Davis
University of Arizona
Texas Tech University
University of Kansas
Cornell University
Purdue University
Howard University
Harvard University
SUNY Albany
UMASS
Indiana University
MIT
University of Michigan
Georgia Institute of Technology

Texas Tech University
Colorado State University
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Michigan Technological University
University of Colorado – Boulder
Oregon State University
Penn State
Princeton University
University of Georgia
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Saint Louis University
University of Maryland
University of Miami
North Carolina State University
University of Oklahoma
University of Washington
University of Alaska at Fairbanks

For Teachers
EducaPoles: Teaching tools from the International Polar Foundation
Polar Sciences Resource Collection for Teachers
University of Alaska—Fairbanks Polar Sciences Resources
IPY Opportunities for Teachers and Students

Associations
National Science Foundation Polar Year: Office of Polar Programs
International Polar Foundation
National Science Teachers Association

Summer Intership Opportunities
Mount Holyoke Undergrad Polar Research Opportunity in Norway
POLENET Undergraduate Internship Opportunities

For Postdocs
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
The National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs
NSF 06-529 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research

Data Resources
U.S. Army -- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
NOAA: Arctic Change
National Snow and Ice Data Center
North Pole Environmental Observatory
Polar Science Station
U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory-USGS