Review of Legacies and change in polar sciences: historical, legal and political reflections on the International Polar Year, edited by JM Shadian & M Tennberg

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Dodds, Klaus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sputnik; International Polar Year; IPY; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2951; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v29i3.6090

The International Polar Year (IPY) of 2007–09 was an international scientific enterprise that encompassed all polar regions, and built on the legacies bequeathed by earlier endeavours stretching back to the late 19th century. The first such venture was initiated in 1882–83, the second was in 1932–33...