The International Polar Year in 2007

Anniversaries punctuate all our lives, providing the semicolons that cause us to pause and think again. Everyone has plenty of personal anniversaries but there are also cultural and institutional ones that we can use as an opportunity to remember but also as a platform to leap forward. How far have...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Author: WALTON, DAVID
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2003
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
International Polar Year
IPY
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102003001676
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102003001676
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Summary:Anniversaries punctuate all our lives, providing the semicolons that cause us to pause and think again. Everyone has plenty of personal anniversaries but there are also cultural and institutional ones that we can use as an opportunity to remember but also as a platform to leap forward. How far have we come and where do we want to be in the future? The recent announcement of an International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007 is linked to the fiftieth anniversary of the International Geophysical Year, an event that proved to have such momentous consequences both for Antarctic science and for international politics.

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