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December 2007 Newsgram - USNC for the IPY
Calendar of Upcoming IPY Events
USNC for the IPY
December 2007 Newsgram
Table of Contents
1. International Polar Day Focusing on Ice Sheets
2. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research
3. Explore Earth's Poles at a Museum Near You With "Polar-Palooza"
4. IPY Data and Information Service Web Site Available
5. Call for Papers: IPY Session at the European Geophysical Union General Assembly
6. Conference: "Polar Gateways of Understanding to Solar System Exploration for IPY-IHY"
7. Jeopardy Game Show Question: "What is the International Polar Year?"
8. On-line Course on IPY to be Offered by Yukon College and University of the Arctic
9. Funding Available for Early Career Scientists to Attend "Polar Research: Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year"
10. First Major IPY Product Released
11. Children's Book Released, The Last Little Polar Bear
12. Reports from the IPY International Programme Office
Calendar of Upcoming IPY Events
For a more complete listing of all IPY events, visit the IPY Web site: http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/calendar.
Polar Gateways 2008
23-29 January 2008
Barrow Arctic Science Consortium
Barrow, Alaska
For more information, contact: John F. Cooper (John.F.Cooper@nasa.gov)
Arctic Science Summit Week 2008
26 March - 2 April 2008
Syktyvkar, Russia
For more information: http://www.assw2008.org
European Geophysical Union General Assembly
13-18 April 2008
Vienna, Austria
For more information: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008
New Generation Polar Research Symposium
4-11 May 2008
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
For more information, contact: Sheldon Drobot (drobot@colorado.edu) or Sue Weiler (weiler@whitman.edu)
9th International Conference on Permafrost
29 June - 3 July 2008
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
For more information, visit: http://www.nicop.org
Polar Research: Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year
SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference
8-11 July 2008
St. Petersburg, Russia
For more information: http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org
1. International Polar Day Focusing on Ice Sheets. On December 13, 2007, IPY launched its second "International Polar Day", focusing on ice sheets and traverses. In preparation for this, a special webpage