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FWS Bulletin: Statement for Polar Bear Decision

1/8/2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expects within the next month to reach a final decision on a proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. More

IPY in New York: International Polar Weekend Feb. 2 and 3

1/7/2008 New York City's American Museum of Natural History will host a family oriented International Polar Weekend on Feb. 2 and 3, 2008. The museum, Columbia University, Barnard College, the Explorers Club, and Wings WorldQuest are sponsors. More

University of Alaska Fairbanks IPY Speaker Series

1/5/2008 UAF's Marine Advisory Program and Northwest Campus are presenting a speaker series through April 29 in Nome, Alaska on topics ranging from sea-ice monitoring to Eskimo languages. More

Trace the history of IPY in Alaska in One-Minute Video Segments

1/5/2008 Alaska's KUAC-TV has produced 12, one-minute video segments on the history of IPY, IPY's importance to Alaska and the IPY research that's taking place on "The Last Frontier." Watch the first six segments on-line. More

Satellite Discovery of Waterways beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet a NASA Top Exploration and Discovery Story of 2007

1/4/2008 Scientists using NASA satellites discovered an extensive network of waterways beneath a fast-moving Antarctic ice stream that provide clues as to how "leaks" in the system affect sea level and the world's largest ice sheet. More

IPY in Seattle: 2008 Polar Science Weekend March 6-9

1/3/2008 The University of Washington's Polar Science Center has teamed up with the Pacific Science Center to present four days of activities to bring the public a look into the world of polar research. More

POLENET: Deploying GPS Systems to Understand the Dynamics of Antarctica's Continental Ice Sheets

12/28/2007 Researchers with the NSF-funded portion of the international, bi-polar POLENET project are deploying GPS units and seismic sensors across Antarctica to learn how the continent's ice sheets are changing. Read their dispatches "live from the ice." More

Ohio State POLENET Researcher Safe After Plane Crash in Antarctica

12/22/2007 An Ohio State University researcher was aboard an aircraft that crashed in Antarctica earlier this week. All passengers and crew survived the failed takeoff from a field camp on the southernmost continent, according to NSF. More

Joint Norwegian-U.S. Antarctic Traverse Reaches Important Scientific Milestone

12/21/2007 A valuable contribution to the Antarctic climate record was obtained earlier this month when the science party drilled 90 meters of ice core, providing information about climate variations reaching back 1000 years. Read dispatches from the field. More

Remains of Massive Dinosaur Discovered in Antarctica Represents New Genus and Species

12/17/2007 NSF-funded paleontologists working at 14,000 feet near Antarctica's Beardmore Glacier uncovered an unknown type of dinosaur. The massive plant-eater, named Glacialisaurus hammeri, lived about 190 million years ago. More
                                      
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