The International Polar Year (1st March 2007 until 1st March 2009)

This is the fourth international Polaryear which will take place during the two years from 1st March 2007 until 1st March 2009. Approx. 60 nations will participate and the coordination will be done by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
The first Polaryear took palce in 1882/83 and involved 12 nations, in 1932/33 around 40 nations participated. In 1957/58 in the International geofysic year 67 nations and mote than 60.000 persons participated.

Many of the participating nations will this time issue a coin to commemorate this importan global project. We will present the issues here after their issues.