Links with more information: Polar Science Weekend Participants David Hyrenbach - Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) Maria Coryell-Martin - Expeditionary Art International Polar Year International Polar Year 2007-2008 - The international web site for the current IPY Indigenous Peoples International Polar Year - The International Polar Year promotes constructive and respectful engagement with northern people, through community monitoring, through acknowledgement and protection of traditional knowledge, and through inclusion of northern people as valued partners in planning and conducting IPY and in evaluating and assessing IPY results and legacies. U.S. IPY - This site serves as a gateway to information generated by U.S. federal agencies and their grantees about activities during the International Polar Year (IPY). U.S. Committee to the IPY - The web site for a group of volunteers appointed by the US National Academy of Sciences to facilitate US participation in IPY. Changes in Sea-Ice Extent The Cryosphere Today - A web space devoted to the current state of our cryosphere Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis- Cryosphere Processes and Feedbacks 20th Century Changes of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover - by Dr. Norbert Untersteiner, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington Sea Ice Decline Intensifies: Summer Arctic sea ice falls far below average for fourth year, winter ice sees sharp decline, spring melt starts earlier Definitions What is the Arctic? Includes a map of the region. What is the cryosphere? Also includes lots of information about glaciers, sea ice, snow, avalanches, blizzards, and arctic meteorology. Polar Research Around Puget Sound University of Washington Polar Science Center Applied Physics Laboratory Atmospheric Science School of Oceanography Polar Research at UW Oceanography Glaciology Earth and Space Sciences Glaciology Penguin Studies NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) Arctic theme page NOAA National Marine Mammals Laboratory (NMML) Polar Ecosystems Program Alaska Ecosystems Research Program Bowhead Whale, Balena mysticetus: Its Historic and Current Status Earth and Space Research (ESR) Northwest Research Associates (NWRA) Return to the Polar Weekend homepage