The IPY offers an excellent opportunity to find out.

国际极地年提供了找到答案的绝佳机会。

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The UK has been a leader in polar science and exploration for more than two centuries, and is playing a major role in IPY.

英国从事极地研究与探测项目已经有两个多世纪的历史了，是这一方面的领头军，并在国际极地年的科考活动中扮演着重要角色。

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Involving thousands of scientists from over 60 countries, IPY is a program of the International Council for Science and the World Meteorological Organization.

IPY牵涉到60几个国家及上千名科学家，是结合科学家的国际会议及世界气象组织的计划。

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The minister's visit to Antarctica came ahead of next week's launch of International Polar Year (IPY).

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Poles 'vital for climate science'

Before the research papers of the IPY's scientists are published, for those living on the southern polar cap, climate change is already palpable.

CNN: Antarctica: On thin ice

This month is the launch of International Polar Year (IPY) -- an ambitious scientific effort involving over 200 projects -- which will study exactly these types of geological changes.

CNN: Antarctica: On thin ice