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Partnerships and Co-Sponsorships

IPA - International Permafrost Association

The SCAR Permafrost and Periglacial Environments (PPE) Expert Group is co-sponsored by SCAR and the IPA. See the related website on Antarctic Permafrost And Soils (ANTPAS).

At the Arctic Science Summit Week in Bergen in March 2009, SCAR, IASC and IPA signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding their intention to work closely together.

Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between IPA, IASC and SCAR Representatives of IPA, IASC and SCAR at the MoU signing ceremony
President of IASC (Kristjan Kristjansson) signing the document, with President of IPA (Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten) on the right and SCAR Executive Director (Colin Summerhayes) on the left at rear. Those participating in the signing ceremony, from left to right: Volker Rachold (IASC Executive Secretary), Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten (IPA), Colin Summerhayes (SCAR), Hugues Lantuit (IPA) and Kristjan Kristjansson (IASC).

Meetings

The International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science (ISAES) is a major international Antarctic Geoscience meeting convened once every 4 years that brings together ~400 scientists from over 35 countries. The topic for the 10th meeting in Santa Barbara, 26 August to 1 September 2007, was 'Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World'. See group photograph. The conference proceedings are already published (see Reports and Articles above). The 11th meeting will be planned during the XXX SCAR meeting in July 2008.