International Polar Year : 2006 ARCUS Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum Washington, DC, May 24-25, 2006 By Igor Krupnik, Joint Committee for the IPY Ten months and counting…

International Polar Year (IPY) Concept IPY will be an intense, internationally coordinated campaign of polar observations, research and analysis that will: further our understanding of physical and social processes in polar regions examine their globally-connected role in the climate system, and establish research infrastructure for the future. Timeframe: March 1, 2007 – March 1, 2009

Participating Nations Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Czech Republic Chile China Denmark Greenland Finland France Germany Greenland Iceland India Ireland Italy Japan Korea Malaysia New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Russia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay

History of the ‘International Polar Year’ Concept : 1st International Polar Year 11 nations, first coordinated international science : 2nd International Polar Year 40 nations, focus on meteorology, magnetism, radio science : International Geophysical Year 67 nations, global focus on geosciences and applying WWII technologies : 3rd International Polar Year 30+ nations, broad interdisciplinary focus, with emphasis on environmental change and including human dimensions

Questions: US IPY Site: International IPY Site: US Polar Research Board: Joint Committee (JC) for International Polar Year 2007–2008 US National Committee for IPY 2007–08 (Polar Research Board, since 2005) Interagency working groups on Education, Outreach, and Data Management (?) IPY organizational structure

The new interagency US-IPY website, provides links to several participating agencies and their IPY activities

IPY – Always a ‘multi-task’ operation: Science Themes, ideas, proposals, scientists, students, field researchers, writings, science plans, interdisciplinary linkages Funding Research funds, support funds, networking funds, operational funds, short-term/long-term funds, education & outreach funds Organization National and international committees, IPY office, networking, conferences, logistics and field support, international collaboration Public efforts Outreach and education policies, public image, broad public support, media relations, “opening events” in March 2007

Franz Boas’ expedition to the Baffin Island, which followed the First International Polar Year (1882–83), was to prove decisive and trail-breaking for the development of ethnology in general (which later became cultural anthropology…) and especially for the emergence of an ethnology of the Arctic peoples of North America. (Ludger Müller-Wille, 1998)Franz Boas’ expedition to the Baffin Island, which followed the First International Polar Year (1882–83), was to prove decisive and trail-breaking for the development of ethnology in general (which later became cultural anthropology…) and especially for the emergence of an ethnology of the Arctic peoples of North America. (Ludger Müller-Wille, 1998) “A Vision for the International Polar Year” (2004) – Report by the US National IPY Committee Science + Organization + minimal Funding “A Framework for the International Polar Year” (2004) – Report by the ICSU Planning Group

Main IPY website run by the IPY Program Office in Cambridge at ww.ipy.orgww.ipy.org Organization + limited Funding = IPY Program Office (2005)

Two IPY ‘science censuses’ Expressions of Interest: January 2005 Full proposal submission: June 2005–January 2006 Science + limited Organization + minimal Funding

To serve the needs of the IPY planning a preparation, the IPY Office has developed a planning tool, a chart showing activities by region and by area of science. Each box represents a coordination proposal endorsed after the first round of submission in June 2005.

Same ‘honey-comb’ chart, after the second round of proposal submission in September 2005.

Same chart after the third round of submission in January The number in each box refers to the proposal ID number in IPY database. Each box represents a venture with many participants and international partnerships.

~1200 Expressions of Interest (on-line searchable database, growing) ~210 Coordination Proposals (international, multidisplinary, cross-linked)

50,000 participants from more than 60 nations ‘Dazzling’ science!!!

Science + (Funding?) = Proposal ‘Success rate’ Canada – Ca $150M: 30-40% Norway – 400M NOK ($50 million) for four years: 35-45% Netherlands – €7 million: 25-20% UK -£5 million (new!) for Arctic IPY initiatives; Antarctic research to be funded through the BAS budget US – $12M through NSF in 2006; other agencies (????) Australia - AUS $42 million, in infrastructure and transport Russia - $13 million for three years for science, logistics and infrastructure Germany - €25 million: all German IPY activities to be funded out of the current budget. EU funding (BOREAS, DAMOCLES, etc.) China Other nations ???? Science + Funding = National IPY proposal submissions

Data Management Sub-Committee Endorsed by JC in November 2005; held its first full meeting in early March 2006 in Cambridge, UK, to establish operational procedures, develop Terms of Reference, finalize the data policy and data strategy. Has some limited funding for its activities (see Observations Sub-Committee Endorsed by JC in November 2005; held its first meeting in late March 2006 in Potsdam; has no budget; is planning to rely primarily on several large IPY observational initiatives to ensure coordination and extensive coverage of various disciplinary observation activities during IPY Sub-Committee on Education and Outreach Endorsed by JC in November 2005; uses the web conferencing tool for full member meetings; has special E&O coordinator now in place at the IPY Office; most activities conducted by individual members and ad-hoc groups (see Youth Steering Committee Self-generated group, with current members from Canada, US, New Zealand, UK, Russia, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany; no funds. Science + Organization + (no Funding) = Sub-Committees

Organization + Public efforts + (-Funding?) = IPY Opening events, March 2007 UK IPY pre-launch event, March 14 th, 2006 Major event planned in London on March 1, 2007 EO Sub-committee is working on the main ‘umbrella’ event that will offer TV coverage across participating nations National committees are encouraged to develop their national launch events in March 2007 EU-shared opening event WMO/ICSU are planning a special joint issue on IPY, a press release for March 1, 2007, and some launch event Norwegian planning (Chair of Arctic Council) Special meeting of IPY-JC, March 2007 US preparation ????

Indigenous and Polar Residents’ Participation in IPY

Get it funded!!!! Get it in the field! Build an information system! Build a data system! Get our message out! IPY - What Next? (Short-term)

IPY - What Next? (Longer-term) Attend to legacy issues Build global connections Accelerate our impact Develop enduring polar community

Summary slide of David Carlson’s presentation; sentiments adopted from Bob Bindschadler, capture the enthusiasm in the polar research community