Report Release and Webinar Announcement
Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year 2007-2008
Webinar scheduled: Wednesday, 2 May 2012 at 1:00 p.m. EDT
For further information, please contact:
Lauren Brown
Email: lbrown2 [at] nas.edu
A new report, entitled "Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year
2007-2008," is now available. To download a free PDF of the
prepublication version of the report and the four-page Report in Brief,
please go to: http://www.dels.nas.edu/Report/Lessons-and-Legacies/13321.
The report is being published under the guidance of the Polar Research
Board (PRB) of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. A webinar
presentation and discussion with co-chairs Bob Bindschadler and Julie
Brigham-Grette will be held Wednesday, 2 May 2012 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. To
register for the webinar, please go to:
http://tinyurl.com/Lessons-Legacies-IPY-Webinar.
International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY) was an intense, coordinated
field campaign of observations, research, and analysis. IPY engaged the
public to communicate the relevance of polar research to the entire
planet, strengthened connections with the Indigenous people of the
Arctic, and established new observational networks. Overall, IPY was an
outstanding success. "Legacies and Lessons of the International Polar
Year 2007-2008" explains how activities at both poles led to scientific
discoveries that significantly changed the level of scientific
understanding and helped translate scientific knowledge into
policy-relevant information. At a time when the polar regions are
undergoing a transformation from an icy wilderness to a new zone for
human affairs, these insights could not be more timely or more relevant.
From outreach activities that engaged the general public to projects
that brought researchers from multiple disciplines and several nations
together, the legacies of IPY extend far beyond the scientific results
achieved, and valuable lessons learned from the process will guide
future endeavors of similar magnitude.
For further information, please contact:
Lauren Brown
Email: lbrown2 [at] nas.edu
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