Willi Dansgaard: pioneer of paleoclimate research
Professor Willi Dansgaard was a Danish geophysicist and paleoclimatologist who made tremendous contributions to the study of the Earth’s past climates through the study of ice cores.
Professor Willi Dansgaard was a Danish geophysicist and paleoclimatologist who made tremendous contributions to the study of the Earth’s past climates through the study of ice cores.
Bruno Danis talks about SCAR-MarBIN, a new related project called ANTABIF (Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility), and the importance of keeping these networks running.
Greenland Ice Sheet expert Konrad Steffen explains his research and the ice sheet's contributions to sea level rise.
As an environmental and engineering problems involving ice and permafrost, Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky discusses the current state of permafrost and what kind of research has been done and still needs to happen.
Dongmin Jin, Director of the Department of Strategy and Policy at the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), talks about Korea's polar ambitions.
After the IPY has come to close, what's next for international polar research?
Marie-Pierre Lardeau of McGill University examines food security issues in Northern Canada.
After receiving the first Martha T. Muse Prize, Stephen Chown discusses his scientific and preservation work.
Mark Drinkwater discusses the CryoSat mission and some of the special features of ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite.
Nicolas Epchtein discusses the past, present and future of astronomy at the French-Italian research station, Concordia, at Dome C in Antarctica.
Antarctica's clear atmospheric conditions and months-long polar days and nights make it an ideal place to conduct astronomical observations.
Understanding the processes affecting Southern Ocean ecosystems is vital to improve the ability of scientists to predict changes and to enable policymakers to make sound management decisions for this important ocean.