International Polar Year posters available from the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation has created several posters commemorating the International Polar Year and highlighting the research that NSF is supporting during this government-wide program. These are available below in various formats for downloading and printing.
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OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS POSTER
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In 1958, as part of its program of educational outreach, the National Academies of Science's IGY committee commissioned the design of six posters, each devoted to an area of geophysics—Earth, The Oceans, The Poles, Weather and Climate, Sun and Earth, and Space. In support of International Polar Year, the National Science Foundation has contributed to that collection with a poster that represents both the past in bringing together all six IGY posters and the future with elements that are unique to IPY. |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SCIENCE POSTERS
Life in the Cold and Dark
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The "Life in the Cold and Dark" poster explores the limits of life in polar regions and, on the reverse, shows the life cycle and remarkable physical attributes of the Emperor Penguin.
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Arctic Observing Networks
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The Arctic Observing Networks poster highlights efforts to build a network to better understand the climate of the Arctic and the effects of changing climate on Arctic peoples.
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Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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A detailed cross-section of the new Amudsen-Scott South Pole Station explains the function of almost every room and facet of the remarkable structure, the third U.S. station at the Pole since 1957. The reverse shows some of the architectural and logistical challenges of building Earth's most remote scientific station.
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