scholarly journals Georg von Neumayer and his traces in Germany

2011 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Jörn Thiede
Keyword(s):  
Young Scientist ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
International Polar

Georg Balthasar Neumayer (1826–1909) was probably the most important figure in establishing maritime services and ocean research in Germany, after he spent several years in Australia as a young scientist. He succeeded to found the ‘Deutsche Seewarte’ in Hamburg, the predecessor of the modern BSH (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie—Federal Martime and Hydrographic Agency) in Hamburg and Rostock and established a wide range of maritime services by providing sailing instructions for merchant vessels. He took initiatives towards Germany´s first global ocean expedition on Gazelle, the first International Polar Year, the first German Antarctic Expedition on Gauss, and became a widely recognised and respected science manager, on the national as well on the international scene.

scholarly journals Neumayer’s ambitions for polar research and his role in the establishment of the first International Polar Year 1882–83

2011 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Reinhard Krause
Keyword(s):  
Historical Background ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
International Polar ◽  
The Way

Remarks on the personal and historical background; the way to the International Polar Year (IPY)1 — some reflections on its results; the first German Antarctic expedition as part of an international Antarctic campaign.

scholarly journals ANDRILL ARISE: A model for team-based field research immersion for educators

Polar Record ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Pound ◽  
Louise Huffman ◽  
Joanna Hubbard ◽  
Matteo Cattadori ◽  
LuAnn Dahlman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ross Sea ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Small Subset ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
International Polar ◽  
Ice Sheet Dynamics

AbstractThe 4th International Polar Year featured a range of large international research projects and included a focus on Education and Public Outreach (EPO). ANDRILL (the ANtarctic geological DRILLing Project) was a large international (USA, New Zealand, Italy, Germany) multidisciplinary research project investigating the sedimentary record of Cenozoic ice sheet dynamics that brought approximately 160 scientists to McMurdo Station in the 2006 and 2007 field seasons, during which two > 1000 m sediment cores were successfully retrieved from the floor of the Ross Sea. ARISE (ANDRILL Research Immersion for Science Educators), the EPO arm of ANDRILL, deployed an international team of six to eight educators each season to Antarctica and embedded them with science teams. ARISE was unique in the EPO spectrum because it deployed a team of international educators together with an EPO coordinator, offered an on-ice geoscience course for the educators, and supported educator participation at both pre-ice and post-ice meetings. Conservative estimates indicate that at least 314,700 individuals have been reached directly through the wide range of ARISE EPO endeavours.Educator field research immersion is a small subset of educator professional development (PD) opportunities, with little quantitative or qualitative evaluation of polar immersion experiences having been reported. Here, surveys of ARISE educators and scientists are used to evaluate the efficacy of the ARISE program as PD in the context of research on educator PD. Persistent and recurring themes emerging from the surveys are: (1) the positive and reinforcing impact of deployment as a team; (2) the importance of access to scientists across an extended period of time and venues; (3) the importance of ‘doing science’ as a means of learning; and (4) recognition of the senses of excitement, engagement and inspiration displayed by both educators and scientists − about drilling progress, core interpretation, and outreach plans – and the EPO audience. Key components of the program are shown to be (1) deployment of a multi-educator team; and (2) guidance and support of the EPO coordinator at all phases of the ARISE experience.

scholarly journals Dielectric permittivity of snow measured along the route traversed in the Japanese–Swedish Antarctic Expedition 2007/08

2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (55) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin Sugiyama ◽  
Hiroyuki Enomoto ◽  
Shuji Fujita ◽  
Kotaro Fukui ◽  
Fumio Nakazawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Permittivity ◽  
Austral Summer ◽  
Mixture Theory ◽  
Snow Layer ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Transmission Line Resonator ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
International Polar ◽  
Joint Contribution ◽  
The Antarctic

AbstractAs a joint contribution of Japan and Sweden to the International Polar Year 2007–09, a field expedition between Syowa and Wasa stations in East Antarctica was carried out in the 2007/08 austral summer season. Along the 2800 km long expedition route, the dielectric permittivity of the upper 1 m snow layer was measured at intervals of approximately 50 km using a snow fork, a parallel-wire transmission-line resonator. More than 2000 measurements were performed under carefully calibrated conditions, mostly in the interior of Antarctica. The permittivity ε′ was a function of snow density as in previous studies on dry snow, but the values were significantly smaller than those reported before. In the light of the dielectric mixture theory, the relatively smaller ε′ obtained in this study can be attributed to the snow structures characteristic in the studied region. Our data suggest that the permittivity of snow in the Antarctic interior is significantly affected by weak bonding between snow grains, which is due to depth-hoar formation in the extremely low-temperature conditions.

scholarly journals MONITORING OF THE WATER-ICE ECOSYSTEM IN THE ANTARCTIC COASTAL AREA ON MATERIALS OF THE RAE-64

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-224
Author(s):  
I.A. Melnikov
Keyword(s):  
Southern Ocean ◽  
Sea Ice ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Water Ice ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
Russian Antarctic Expedition ◽  
International Polar ◽  
The Antarctic

During the seasonal work of the Russian Antarctic expedition (RAE-64) in the Nella fjord at the continental station “Progress” (Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica), the monitoring of the water-ice ecological system has been carried out here annually since the International polar year (2007). The purpose of monitoring is to show the role of sea ice biota in the global biosphere processes of the Southern ocean.

Measured and modeled ionospheric densities, temperatures, and winds during the international polar year

2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (A12) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Richards ◽  
M. J. Nicolls ◽  
C. J. Heinselman ◽  
J. J. Sojka ◽  
J. M. Holt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Polar Year ◽  
International Polar

scholarly journals International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere: An International Polar Year Legacy Consortium

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 1033-1056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taneil Uttal ◽  
Sandra Starkweather ◽  
James R. Drummond ◽  
Timo Vihma ◽  
Alexander P. Makshtas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Satellite Observations ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Network Measurements ◽  
International Polar ◽  
In Situ Observations ◽  
Arctic Atmosphere

Abstract International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA) activities and partnerships were initiated as a part of the 2007–09 International Polar Year (IPY) and are expected to continue for many decades as a legacy program. The IASOA focus is on coordinating intensive measurements of the Arctic atmosphere collected in the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Finland, and Greenland to create synthesis science that leads to an understanding of why and not just how the Arctic atmosphere is evolving. The IASOA premise is that there are limitations with Arctic modeling and satellite observations that can only be addressed with boots-on-the-ground, in situ observations and that the potential of combining individual station and network measurements into an integrated observing system is tremendous. The IASOA vision is that by further integrating with other network observing programs focusing on hydrology, glaciology, oceanography, terrestrial, and biological systems it will be possible to understand the mechanisms of the entire Arctic system, perhaps well enough for humans to mitigate undesirable variations and adapt to inevitable change.

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