February 2008 Newsgram - USNC for the IPY
February 2008 Newsgram - Events and News
USNC for the IPY
February 2008 Newsgram
Table of Contents
1. Next International Polar Day Scheduled for 12 March 2008
2. IPY Summer Field Class on Alaska Soil Geography
3. Travel Grant Opportunity for SCAR/IASC Conference
4. Extended Deadline for Submitting Abstracts for SCAR/IASC Conference
5. Licensing Requirements for Research Projects in the Canadian North
6. POLAR-PALOOZA Comes to National Geographic in Washington, DC
7. February Newsletter Available for Polar Early Career Scientists
8. 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.
38th Arctic Workshop
5-7 March 2008
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Boulder, Colorado, USA
For more information: http://instaar.colorado.edu/AW
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
Conference on Human Dimensions in the Circumpolar Arctic
8-10 October 2008
Umea, Sweden
For more information: http://www.umea-congress.se/polar2008.html
Conference on International Polar Year: Global Change in Our
Communities
9-12 October 2008
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA