2011, Oceanography 24(3):17, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.50

SIDEBAR | Arctic Ocean Science and Outreach: A Perspective from the International Polar Year Programme Office

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David Carlson | Served as director of the International Polar Year 2007–2008 International Programme Office from 2005 until 2010

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During its formative months, I often faced the question whether this fourth IPY would include "kayaks" (my codeword for small, individual, and implicitly flexible and innovative research projects) or exclusively "icebreakers" (a codeword for large multi-investigator projects, by implication complex planned efforts, generally controlled by the established polar scientific order). The question of project scope arose in Arctic science meetings and penetrated, for a time, the public media. I maintained that innovation and creativity would occur throughout IPY, regardless of size of project or platform. As steward of the IPY International Office, I argued publicly for the widest inclusion of ideas and proposals, from groups large and small.

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Carlson, D. 2011. Arctic ocean science and outreach: A perspective from the International Polar Year Programme Office. Oceanography 24(3):17, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.50.

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References

Beszczynska-Möller, A., R.A. Woodgate, C. Lee, H. Melling, and M. Karcher. 2011. A synthesis of exchanges through the main oceanic gateways to the Arctic Ocean. Oceanography 24(3):82–99, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.59.

Dickson, B. 2009. Securing the legacy of the IPY. Nature Geoscience 2:374–376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo538.

Perovich, D.K. 2011. The changing Arctic sea ice cover. Oceanography 24(3):162–173, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.68.

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