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A Celebration of the International Polar Year, Part 1

	In this video from the National Science Foundation, James White, chair of the Polar Research Board, hosts a distinguished panel in a discussion about the International Polar Year, a collaborative effort to promote research in the polar regions so that we may better understand the physical forces of our planet and atmosphere. This scientific program involves more than 200 projects and thousands of scientists from more than 60 nations examining a wide range of physical, biological and social research related to the Arctic and the Antarctic.



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Speaker(s):	Timothy Killeen, assistant director, Geosciences, National Science Foundation Arden L. Bement, Jr., director, National Science Foundation James White, chair, Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences Ralph Cicerone, president, National Academy of Sciences Karl Erb, director, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation David Bromwich, Geography, The Ohio State University David Holland, director, Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science, New York University
Related Link(s):	International Polar Year Web site
Production Date:	04/20/2009
Runtime:	00:57:03
Rating:	TV-G