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31.07.06 Polar bear in the Polar Zoo more information [in norwegian only, sorry]
28.07.06 IPY Interim Website
This website is currently being developed in order to contain a wide array of information for the public, media, educators, scientists, artists, tourists, and more. more information
25.07.06 European Space Agencey (ESA) announcement: Worldwide research opportunity for IPY. Submission deadline: 15 September 2006 more information
24.07.06 Rare whale visits Svalbard
Curious spectators flocked around a unique sight in the waters just off the main settlement on Svalbard this week
A Greenland, or bowhead, whale suddenly surfaced right near the old pier in Longyearbyen on Wednesday. The species generally is believed to be nearly extinct. more information
20.07.06 Swim at the North Pole
Well-heeled travellers looking for something completely different, take note: A company called TravelQuest International is planning a trip on which you can travel to the North Pole on a powerful Russian icebreaker and stop near the north coast of Russia on the way back to see a solar eclipse. Scheduled for July 19 to Aug. 4, 2008, travellers will be offered the chance to swim in the Arctic Ocean at the pole more information
19.07.06 House OKs Polar Bear Protection Treaty
The House gave its approval Monday to a U.S.-Russia treaty to help protect polar bears from overhunting and other threats to their survival.The House bill puts into effect a 2000 treaty that sets quotas on polar bear hunting by native populations in the two countries and establishes a bilateral commission to analyze how best to sustain the polar bear habitat. It passed by voice vote.
The Polar Bear Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union estimates the polar bear population in the Arctic at 20,000 to 25,000, and projects a 30 percent decline in that number over the next 45 years. Climatic warming that melts the bears' sea ice habitat is regarded as the main threat, but pollution and overhunting are other major concerns. more information
19.07.06 Last week the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation released the news that Polar Research - as well as five other disciplines - have been given the status of 'visionary discipline'. This means that Danish IPY research proposals get the opportunity to compete for a share of the additional 80,000,000 DKK reserved in 2006 by the 'Danish Councils for Independent Research' for the six visionary fields. The deadline for applications is September 1 2006. more information
19.07.06 Last week the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation released the news that Polar Research - as well as five other disciplines - have been given the status of 'visionary discipline'. This means that Danish IPY research proposals get the opportunity to compete for a share of the additional 80,000,000 DKK reserved in 2006 by the 'Danish Councils for Independent Research' for the six visionary fields. The deadline for applications is September 1 2006. more information
18.07.06 ESA IPY Data Announcement of Opportunity (AO)
The European Space Agency (ESA) is pleased to announce the opportunity to conduct scientific research and application development in support of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008, exploiting ESA Earth Observation missions and ESA Third Party Mission (TPM) data more information
19.07.06 House OKs Polar Bear Protection Treaty
The House gave its approval Monday to a U.S.-Russia treaty to help protect polar bears from overhunting and other threats to their survival.The House bill puts into effect a 2000 treaty that sets quotas on polar bear hunting by native populations in the two countries and establishes a bilateral commission to analyze how best to sustain the polar bear habitat. It passed by voice vote.
The Polar Bear Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union estimates the polar bear population in the Arctic at 20,000 to 25,000, and projects a 30 percent decline in that number over the next 45 years. Climatic warming that melts the bears' sea ice habitat is regarded as the main threat, but pollution and overhunting are other major concerns. more information
20.07.06 Swim at the North Pole
Well-heeled travellers looking for something completely different, take note: A company called TravelQuest International is planning a trip on which you can travel to the North Pole on a powerful Russian icebreaker and stop near the north coast of Russia on the way back to see a solar eclipse. Scheduled for July 19 to Aug. 4, 2008, travellers will be offered the chance to swim in the Arctic Ocean at the pole more information
July 25, 2006 European Space Agencey (ESA) announcement: Worldwide research opportunity for IPY. Submission deadline: 15 September 2006 more information
July 28, 2006 IPY Interim Website
This website is currently being developed in order to contain a wide array of information for the public, media, educators, scientists, artists, tourists, and more. more information
July, 30, 2006 Polar bear in the Polar Zoo more information [in norwegian only, sorry]
