NSIDC helped produce this poster in celebration of IPY. For more information on getting your copy, please see the IPY Poster page.

The International Polar Year gives the entire world a chance to learn more about the cold regions of our planet. Scientists from all disciplines will turn their attention to the cryosphere—the Arctic, Antarctica, and all the cold places in between. So what are those cold places, and why are they important? To learn more, visit the sites below.

NSIDC Educational Center

All About the Cryosphere
All About Glaciers
All About Sea Ice
All About Snow, Avalanches, and Blizzards
Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer
Cryospheric Glossary

The State of the Cryosphere

A scientific synopsis of the cryosphere and climate change

Studying the Cryosphere

IceTrek: Exploring the Lifecycle of a Drifting Antarctic Iceberg
Antarctic Megadunes: Research at the Edge of the Earth

Additional General-Interest Information

Arctic Sea Ice News 2008: A blog that tells the unfolding story of the 2008 Arctic sea ice melt
Frequently Asked Questions About Sea Ice
Repeat Photography of Glaciers: Photographs of glaciers changing through time
Tour of the Cryosphere: Fly over the cold regions of our planet in this NASA animation
Virtual Globes: NSIDC Data on Google Earth

IPY Outreach Projects

Silavut: Inuit Voices in a Changing World
This exhibition relates the story of climate change through the eyes of the Inuit. These Arctic peoples are witnessing changes to the environment that has sustained them for a thousand years. NSIDC and the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder collaborated on the development of “Silavut.” The exhibit opens April 15, 2008, and runs through March 15, 2009. For more information on the exhibit, visit the University of Colorado Museum.