IPY Sea Ice Day
Friday, 21 September 2007
For further information, please go to:
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_presents_sea_ice_day/
The International Polar Year (IPY) will launch "Sea Ice Day," its first
International Polar Day, on Friday, 21 September 2007. A new website
with information for the press and educators, details of current
projects and expeditions, contact details for scientists in the polar
regions and around the world, images, background information, and useful
links and resources is available at:
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sea_ice
More than thirty IPY projects presently study some aspect of sea ice or
sea ice ecology. These investigations include ship expeditions (some of
which have failed to find sea ice where expected), satellite remote
sensing, ecosystem explorations, and monitoring of the health and
abundance of bears and other ice-dependent marine mammals. The IPY Sea
Ice Day represents an opportunity to learn about these sea ice projects
and to talk to sea ice experts.
The Sea Ice Day will also include educational and community activities
including classroom experiments, posters, fact sheets, and a virtual
balloon launch. Information for educators is available at:
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sea_ice_day_educators
For more information regarding Sea Ice Day, please contact:
Rhian Salmon, Education and Outreach Coordinator
IPY International Programme Office
Phone: +447711181509
E-mail: ipy.ras [at] gmail.com
David Carlson, Director
IPY International Programme Office
Phone: +447715371759
E-mail: ipy.djc [at] gmail.com