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Published online 26 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070226-1
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Scientists kick off huge polar research plan
International Polar Year will feature more than 220 separate projects.
With contributions from 50,000 scientists in 63 nations, the International Polar Year, launched today, will be the most far-reaching investigation into the biology and geophysics of the Arctic and Antarctic ever mounted.
Timed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1957-58 International Geophysical Year, more than 220 separate projects will survey the polar regions in unprecedented detail, looking at everything from subglacial lakes to deep-sea species.
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