SDC Project : IPYInternational Polar Year (IPY)

The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2009 will be an intense, internationally coordinated campaign of research that will initiate a new era in polar science. It will involve a wide range of research disciplines, including the social sciences, but the emphasis will be interdisciplinary in its approach and truly international in participation. It aims to educate and involve the public, and to help train the next generation of engineers, scientists, and leaders.

ASF has a rich archive of imagery from the Polar Regions and has been tasked with making it available to the science community for IPY. Satellite images over these remote regions allow researchers to make observations without facing extreme temperatures and with great cost savings.

Data are being made available through a collaborative effort between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Funding has been provided from both UAF and NASA for the project. ASF's goal is to continue to make these data available beyond the current IPY to a new generation of researchers interested in studying the Arctic or Antarctic.

To access the data, please complete the IPY Data Use Agreement