International Polar Year
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title:
International Polar Year
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The International Polar Years (IPY) are collaborative, international efforts with intensive research focus on the polar regions. Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian naval officer, motivated the endeavor in 1875, but died before it first occurred in 1882–1883. Fifty years later (1932–1933) a second IPY took place. The International Geophysical Year was inspired by the IPY and was organized 75 years after the first IPY (1957–58). The fourth, and most recent, IPY covered two full annual cycles from
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Efforts with intensive research focus on the polar regions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Polar_Year
date created:
2004-03-17T21:46:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T02:06:13Z
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