What is IPY?
The International Polar Year is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009. Learn more about IPY.
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IPY Summer School in Svalbard
David Carlson, Jul 2, 2009
A talented and energetic group of 24 undergraduate students from 11 countries today finished an intense three-week period of lectures, expeditions by land and sea, and data analysis and presentation. In the words of the evaluators, they passed with 'flying colors'. More...
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