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Written by Polaradmin
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AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE IN POLAR STUDIES
June 15 - July 3, 2009
The first IPY Polar field school hosted in collaboration with APECS, IPY Norway, University of the Arctic (UArctic) and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) was held from 15 June – 3 July in Svalbard. Twenty four talented undergraduate and masters students from 11 nations were selected from nearly 300 applicants to take part in this interdisciplinary polar experience in the high arctic. The three week course focused on the IPY themes combining lectures, seminars, field excursions and project work in topics including climatology, glaciology, marine and terrestrial biology, oceanography, geology, permafrost and the human dimension.
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