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Published online 23 July 2008 | Nature 454, 372 (2008) | doi:10.1038/454372a

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Oil cost hits ship studies

International Polar Year is feeling the pinch.

Many of the research projects launched as part of the International Polar Year (IPY), which runs from March 2007 to March 2009, are under threat because of the steep rise in marine-fuel costs. Hundreds of Arctic and Antarctic scientists face uncertainty as polar science programmes worldwide are curtailed, postponed or cancelled.

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