Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FrontMatter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Why an International Polar Year in 2007-2008
  • 2 Scientific Challenges for the International Polar Year
  • 3 Understanding Change in the Polar Regions
  • 4 Exploring Scientific Frontiers
  • 5 Technology to Enable Innovative Observations
  • 6 Increasing Public Understanding and Participation in Polar Science through the International Polar Year
  • 7 Actions Needed to Make the International Polar Year Succeed
  • References
  • APPENDIXES
  • APPENDIX A International Partners in IPY 2007-2008APPENDIX B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  • APPENDIX C Acronyms and Abbreviations