Access

News Feature

Nature 446, 127-131 (8 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446127a; Published online 7 March 2007

Polar Research: Polar year projects

Lucy Odling-Smee

The fourth International Polar Year (IPY) is a bit of a misnomer — it's actually two years long. From March 2007 to March 2009, a host of scientists will head out to both the Arctic and Antarctic for targeted research, from marine biology to anthropology.