index.php?ipy/content/ipyblogs en International Polar Foundation Copyright 2009 2009-01-24T13:22:00+00:00 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/dr_jenny_baeseman_on_apecs_an_important_legacy_of_ipy_4/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/dr_jenny_baeseman_on_apecs_an_important_legacy_of_ipy_4/ The fourth International Polar Year has led to the creation of a number of new projects and initiatives, many of which will continue after the IPY officially comes to an end in March 2009.  One of these initiatives, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), which sprang from the IPY Youth Steering Committee, (IPY project n Educators, Participants, Press, People, Bi-polar 2009-01-24T13:22:00+00:00 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/two_months_to_the_launch/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/two_months_to_the_launch/ It’s less than two months before the first Hot Countdown of the REXUS 6 student rocket campaign. Here are some details about the NISSE payload: The NISSE payload description The REXUS 6 rocket campaign is approaching. Currently, the first Hot Countdown is scheduled to be on the 10th March, 2009. Vidar H Educators, Participants, Atmosphere, Space, Arctic, Finland, Norway, Sweden 2009-01-22T19:47:01+00:00 60.384158 5.330175 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/past_permafrost_records_in_arctic_siberia/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/past_permafrost_records_in_arctic_siberia/ By Lutz Schirrmeister, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Text in German below 1 Two joint Russian-German land expeditions to the Dimitrii Laptev Strait (Bol Participants, Ice, Land, Arctic, Germany, Russia 2009-01-19T07:10:00+00:00 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/exploring_subglacial_lake_ellsworth/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/exploring_subglacial_lake_ellsworth/ Neil Ross writes: Rather belated greetings from Subglacial Lake Ellsworth (SLE). I had hoped to post something a bit sooner in the season (we have already been here three weeks) but there has been far too much work to do and good weather to do it in. Sorry! Here is the first installment from late last month, more to come… 26-31 December: Last season at SLE we undertook a series of geophysical measurements (seismics and radar) to map the size and depth of the lake, which is located beneath three kilometers of West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This year, the primary goals were the resurvey of the location of 60 metal poles left in the ice surface last season, using a GPS to measure their elevation, how far they had travelled, and in which direction, plus additional radar surveys (more details on this in later posts). Before fieldwork at SLE started for this season I spent a fortnight helping out at the British Antarctic Survey Educators, Participants, Ice, Antarctic, United Kingdom 2009-01-16T20:25:00+00:00 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sun_shadows_project_update/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sun_shadows_project_update/ At the end of 2007, teacher Turtle Haste’s eighth-grade class at James Monroe Middle School in Albuquerque, New Mexico reported on a project to measure sun shadows all over the world, including at several Antarctic stations. to better understand how the Earth and the Sun interact, and how the seasons progress. The project is going strong, and there is now a call for everyone to join in. There is a new project page up, and also a Google Map that shows recent measurements: View Larger Map By Stefan Geens Educators, People, Space, Bi-polar 2009-01-12T19:52:00+00:00 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/using_indigenous_knowledge_in_scientific_research_in_the_arctic/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/using_indigenous_knowledge_in_scientific_research_in_the_arctic/ Having been able to survive in the harsh Arctic climate for millennia, indigenous Northern communities have extensive intimate knowledge about the Arctic ecosystems in which they live. Increasingly, researchers are taking advantage of this wealth of knowledge to help them study the ecosystems of the Far North and how climate change is affecting them. One programme to monitor ice cover being run by the Nunavik Research Centre (NRC), the research arm of Qu Ice, Oceans, People, Arctic, Canada 2009-01-08T22:40:00+00:00 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/antarctica_in_an_italian_classroom/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/antarctica_in_an_italian_classroom/ An Italian Teacher’s experience in Antarctica, by Graziano Scotto di Clemente. Italian Translation I Educators, Atmosphere, Ice, Oceans, Antarctic, Italy 2009-01-08T22:34:00+00:00 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/dome_a_traverse_and_kunlun_station/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/dome_a_traverse_and_kunlun_station/ Continuing his coverage of the 25th Chinese Antarctic Expedition, science journalist Jean de Pomereu reports on the departure of the Dome Argus (Dome A) traverse team from the Chinese Zhongshang Station in the Antarctic on the International Polar Foundation's SciencePoles website. On 18 December following an official departure ceremony, a team of 28 men left Zhongshang to start the 1,220 km traverse into the interior of Antarctica to Dome A, the highest point on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet at almost 5 km above sea level. Once they arrive at Dome A, the team will begin construction of China's new Kunlun Station. Lead by Mr. Li Yuansheng and consisting of a crew that includes a special high-altitude doctor from Tibet and two-man television crew from China Central TV, the traverse team is driving 11 tractors pulling some 40 sledges in total across the vast expanses of the Antarctic continent. The journey is expected to take 20 days. Land, People, Antarctic, China 2009-01-01T00:58:01+00:00 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/report_from_the_yep_expedition_to_antarctica/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/report_from_the_yep_expedition_to_antarctica/ My name is Henry Stanislaw and I am from the USA. Together with Maria Puig Ribas from Spain, Nora Hasselbach and Vincent Butty from Switzerland, Alexandra Le Dily from France and Carlien Wolmarans from South Africa, I joined the Young Explorer Program within Mike Horn Educators, Participants, Ice, Oceans, Antarctic, France, South Africa, Switzerland, United States of America 2008-12-28T19:10:00+00:00 -63.9 -61.16667 http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/the_polar_rubics_cube/ http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/the_polar_rubics_cube/ In order to move work teams to the AGAP camps we must move everyone through the South Pole in order to acclimatize to the high altitude. This has presented a bottleneck of sorts, and along with other delays is putting the project considerably behind schedule. With equipment calibrated and people antsy to move out of McMurdo the next focus is how to move people through the next short stop at South Pole. A spreadsheet has been made and people have been moved back and forth on the sheet in response to weather delays and changing shifting. For days people have had bags sorted and checked waiting for the proper opportunity to move on. It has been a long process. To allow everyone Educators, Participants, Ice, Land, Antarctic, Australia, China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America 2008-12-27T08:54:00+00:00