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International Polar Year : science at the ends of the Earth.
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Year: 2007 Publisher: [Reston, Va.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey,

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International Polar Year Data Management Workshop 3-4 March 2006, British Antarctic Survey Cambridge, UK
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Year: 2006 Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology : Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado,


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Legacies and Change in Polar Sciences : Historical, Legal and Political Reflections on The International Polar Year.
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ISBN: 0754673995 Year: 2009 Publisher: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd,

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Providing the first comprehensive account to look explicitly at the relationship between global politics and science through an account of the International Polar Years, this volume combines both interdisciplinary and multi-theoretical approaches to engage directly with the most recent debates in international relations scholarship.


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Smithsonian at the poles : contributions to International Polar Year science
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Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press,

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International Polar Year : joint hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate and the Committee on Foreign Relations, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, September 26, 2006.
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Year: 2012 Publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O.,

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The archaeology of North Pacific fisheries
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ISBN: 1602231435 9781602231436 9781602231429 1602231427 1602231478 9781602231474 160223146X 9781602231467 Year: 2011 Publisher: Fairbanks University of Alaska Press

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Originating from a series of workshops held at the Alaska Forum of the Fourth International Polar Year, this interdisciplinary volume addresses a host of current concerns regarding the ecology and rapid transformation of the arctic. Concentrating on the most important linked social-ecological systems, including fresh water, marine resources, and oil and gas development, this volume explores opportunities for sustainable development from a variety of perspectives, among them social sciences, natural and applied sciences, and the arts. Individual chapters highlight expressions of climate change.


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The history of the international polar years (IPYs)
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ISBN: 3642124011 9786612981654 364212402X 128298165X Year: 2010 Publisher: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag,

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Although international scientific cooperation - particularly in meteorology - was established previous to the first International Polar Year, the IPY-1 (1882-83) is considered to be the first revolutionary step towards an extensive international cooperation in the polar areas for the benefit of science rather than national prestige and territorial gain. This was followed by IPY-2 (1932-33) and IPY-3 - actually the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) - before the crowning effort of IPY-4 (2007-08). The history of these years is recounted here and explains the political, economic, technical and scientific conditions and expectations that laid the basis for each IPY and which gradually expanded both the scope and extent of our understanding of the complexities in polar regions.


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Smithsonian at the poles : contributions to International Polar Year Science
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ISBN: 9780978846015 097884601X Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press

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International Polar Year, 2007-2008. --- Climatic changes --- Année Internationale Polaire, 2007-2008 --- Climat --- Detection --- Congresses. --- Changements --- Détection --- Congrès --- Polar regions --- Arctic regions --- Régions polaires --- Arctique --- Research --- Congresses --- Recherche --- International Polar Year, 2007-2008 --- Antarctica --- Environmental conditions --- 55 <98> --- Earth sciences. Geology. Meteorology etc.-- Arctic territories --- Année Internationale Polaire, 2007-2008 --- Détection --- Congrès --- Régions polaires --- Science --- Science research --- Scientific research --- Information services --- Learning and scholarship --- Methodology --- Research teams --- IPY, 2007-2008 --- Special years --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental aspects --- Cold regions --- Arctic --- Arctic Ocean Region --- Arctic, The --- Far North --- The Arctic --- Antarctic regions --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Global environmental change --- Research - Polar regions - Congresses --- Climatic changes - Detection - Polar regions - Congresses --- Polar regions - Research - Congresses --- Arctic regions - Research - Congresses --- Antarctica - Research - Congresses --- Polar regions - Environmental conditions - Congresses --- Année polaire internationale (2007-2008) --- Ecologie des régions polaires --- Climat polaire


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SIKU : knowing our ice : documenting Inuit sea ice knowledge and use
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ISBN: 904818648X 9048185866 9786612927744 1282927744 9048185874 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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By exploring indigenous people’s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, safety rules, historic narratives, and explanations of the empirical and spiritual connections that people create with the natural world. In opening the social life of sea ice and the value of indigenous perspectives we make a novel contribution to IPY, to science, and to the public.

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Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions. --- Ethnobiology -- Arctic regions. --- Ethnoscience -- Arctic regions. --- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Arctic regions. --- Human ecology -- Arctic regions. --- International Polar Year, 2007-2008. --- Natural history -- Arctic regions. --- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Arctic regions. --- Research -- Arctic regions. --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Nature --- Human beings --- Ethnoscience --- Inuit --- Sea ice --- Climatic changes --- Research --- International Polar Year, 2007-2008 --- Human ecology --- Ethnobiology --- Sociology & Social History --- Anthropology --- Social Change --- Social & Cultural Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Effect of human beings on --- Effect of environment on --- Ice --- Sea ice. --- Human ecology. --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human environment --- Indigenous ecological knowledge --- Indigenous environmental knowledge --- T.E.K. (Traditional ecological knowledge) --- TEK (Traditional ecological knowledge) --- Traditional environmental knowledge --- Ice, Polar --- Polar ice --- Social aspects --- Social sciences. --- Geography. --- Climate change. --- Anthropology. --- Linguistic anthropology. --- Human geography. --- Social Sciences. --- Human Geography. --- Climate Change. --- Geography, general. --- Linguistic Anthropology. --- Ice navigation --- Oceanography --- Icebergs --- Experiential learning --- Biopiracy --- Indigenous peoples --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Climatic changes. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistic anthropology --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental aspects --- SIKU Project. --- Arctic regions --- Research. --- Environmental conditions. --- Sea Ice Knowledge and Use Project --- Arctic --- Arctic Ocean Region --- Arctic, The --- Far North --- The Arctic --- Polar regions --- Global environmental change --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences


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A little less arctic : top predators in the world's largest northern inland sea, Hudson Bay
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ISBN: 9400793901 9048191203 9786613002204 9048191211 1283002205 Year: 2010 Publisher: [Dordrecht] : Springer,

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In Arctic Canada, Hudson Bay is a site of great exploration history, aboriginal culture, and a vast marine wilderness supporting large populations of marine mammals and birds. These include some of the most iconic Arctic animals like beluga, narwhal, bowhead whales, and polar bears. Due to the challenges of conducting field research in this region, some of the mysteries of where these animals move, and how they are able to survive in such seemingly inhospitable, ice-choked habitats are just now being unlocked. For example, are polar bears being replaced by killer whales? This new information could not be more salient, as the Hudson Bay Region is undergoing rapid environmental change due to global warming, as well as increased pressures from industrial development interests. A Little Less Arctic brings together some of the world’s leading Arctic scientists to present the current state of knowledge on the physical and biological characteristics of Hudson Bay and in particular the ecology of marine wildlife to highlight what information is required to better understand and adapt to the changes underway, and to forecast what will happen to marine wildlife of this vast inland sea in the future.

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Hudson Bay. --- Hudson's Bay Company. --- Naturalists -- Hudson Bay. --- Marine ecology --- Top predators --- Climatic changes --- Marine animals --- International Polar Year, 2007-2008 --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Meteorology & Climatology --- Ecology --- Predatory animals --- Predaceous animals --- Predacious animals --- Predators --- Environment. --- Life sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Aquatic ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Climate change. --- Environmental management. --- Climate Change. --- Animal Ecology. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Environmental Management. --- Animals --- Climatic changes. --- Aquatic biology. --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Zoology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Biology --- Nature conservation --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Environmental aspects --- Ecology . --- Aquatic ecology . --- Aquatic biology --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Population biology --- Global environmental change

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