NSIDC helped produce this poster in celebration of IPY. For more information on downloading a copy, please see the IPY
Poster page.
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 The International Polar Year gave the entire
world a chance to learn more about the cold regions of our planet.
Scientists from all disciplines turned their attention to the cryosphere—the
Arctic, Antarctica, and all the cold places in between. So what are those
cold places, and why are they important? To learn more, visit the sites
below.
NSIDC Educational Center
All About the Cryosphere
All About Glaciers
All About Sea Ice
All About Snow, Avalanches, and Blizzards
Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer
Cryospheric Glossary
A scientific synopsis of the cryosphere and climate change
Studying the Cryosphere
IceTrek:
Exploring the Lifecycle of a Drifting Antarctic Iceberg
Antarctic Megadunes: Research at the Edge of the Earth
Additional General-Interest Information
Arctic
Sea Ice News & Analysis: Year-round updates on Arctic sea ice conditions
Quick Facts on the Cryosphere: Background information on sea ice, ice sheets, icebergs, and ice shelves.
Repeat Photography of Glaciers: Photographs of glaciers
changing through time
Tour
of the Cryosphere: Fly over the cold regions
of our planet in this NASA animation
Virtual Globes: Explore NSIDC data on Google Earth
IPY Outreach Projects
Silavut: Inuit Voices in a Changing World
This exhibition relates
the story of climate change through the eyes of the Inuit. Arctic
peoples are witnessing changes to the environment that has sustained
them for a thousand years. NSIDC and the University of Colorado Museum,
Boulder collaborated on the development of “Silavut, which opened April 15, 2008, and ran through May 1, 2009 at the University of Colorado Museum. The exhibit will soon travel to other museums. For more information, visit the University of Colorado Museum Web site.
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