International Polar Year

The International Polar Year--a major, global scientific undertaking--demonstrates UAF's role as an education and research leader. IPY is a two-year international effort (March 2007–March 2009) to draw attention to the social and scientific challenges of the polar regions. In addition to serving as IPY's education center, UAF is also home to nine of 13 postdoctoral fellows sponsored by the University of Alaska statewide system. Other recent IPY-related events have included a lecture by explorer Helen Thayer, the Helge Ingstad Memorial Symposium on Arctic Change and hands-on science activities with high school students. For more information about IPY, visit www.uaf.edu/ipy/.