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Argentina
Chair: Dr. Mariano Memolli Instituto Antarctico ArgentinoSecretary and Contact Point: Dr. Sergio Marenssi
Instituto Antarctico Argentino
Cerrito 1248, C1010AAZ Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
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Australia
Chair: Prof Amanda LynchRoom S317a Menzies Building,
School of Geography & Environmental Science
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia
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The Committee Secretariat is located at   
 National Committee for Antarctic Research 
 Australian Academy of Science 
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Austria
Contact: Dr Wolfgang Schöner,Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics 
 Hohe Warte 38 
 
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 AUSTRIA 
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Belgium
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Secretary and Point of Contact : 
 
 Celine Dessaucy  
 The Royal Academies for Science and 
 the Arts of Belgium 
 Hertogsstraat 1 Rue Ducale 
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Brazil
Coordinator and Point of Contact: Prof. A.C. Rocha-Campos 
 
 Instituto de Geosciéncias, 
 Universidade de São Paulo, 
 Rua do Lago 562, CEP 05508-900, 
 BRAZIL 
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Other Committee Members:
Prof. Dr. Jefferson C. Simões  (UFRGS) 
 Profa. Dra. Lúcia de Siqueira Campos  (UFRJ) 
 Prof. Dr. Luiz A.P. Gambôa  (UFF) 
 
 Prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto Eiras Garcia  (FURG) 
 Neusa Paes Leme  
 Dra. Emíla Correa  (INPE - U. Mackenzie)
Bulgaria
Chair and Point of Contact: Prof. Dr. Christo Pimpirev , 
 Director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute    
 15 Tzar Osvoboditel blvd
 1504 Sofia, BULGARIA
Tel:+3592 9308-531;   Fax: +3592 846-2109
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Other Committee members are:
Prof. Dr. Boyan Biolchev 
 Dr Nikola Petkov  
 Assoc. Prof. Nesho Chipev  
 Assoc. Prof. Dimo Dimov  
 Assoc. Prof. Rosica Kenderova  
  Dipl. Geol. Gergana Lapteva 
Canada
Chair: Mr Ian R. Church  , 
 Senior Science Advisor, Government of Yukon
Vice-chair: Tom Hutchinson, Chair of the Canadian Polar Commissions
Point of Contact: Dr David Hik, 
  Executive Director 
Point of Contact: Karen Edwards, 
  IPY Coordinator 
Point of Contact: Kristi Skebo, 
  IPY Coordinator
 Canadian IPY Secretariat,    
 Department of Biological Sciences 
 University of Alberta 
 
 Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA,T6G 2E9
Tel: 780-492-7245;   Fax: 780-492-0493
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 Website: http://www.ipy-api.ca/
Other Committee members are:
Cindy Dickson, Council of Yukon First Nations
 Marianne Douglas, University of Alberta        
 Helmut Epp, Government of Northwest Territories
 Martin Fortier, ArcticNet Inc.        
 Geoff Green  , Students on Ice 
 Peter Johnson, University of Ottawa
 Leslie A King, University of Manitoba        
 Wayne Pollard  , Canadian Committee for Antarctic 
 Research
 Jamal Shirley
 Duane Smith, Inuit Circumpolar Conference (Canada)
 Bob Mills,  
 Jean-Marie Beaulieu
 
Ex-officio 
 Michel Béland, Environment Canada 
 Steven Bigras  , Canadian Polar Commission 
 Kathleen Fischer, Indian and northern Affairs
Chile
National Committee 
 Chair and Point of Contact: Dr Jose Retamales
 
 Director
 Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH) 
 Plaza Munoz Gamero 1055, 
 Punta Arenas, 
 CHILE 
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Czech Republic
Point of Contact is Prof. Pavel Prosek  
 
 Department of Geography 
 Faculty of Science, Masaryk University 
 Kotlarska 2,   CZ-611 37 Brno, 
 CZECH REPUBLIC 
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China
National IPY Committee 
 Chair and Point of Contact: Yang Huigen 
 Polar Research Institute of China, 
 
 451 Jinqiao Road 
 Shanghai Pudong 200129, CHINA 
 Tel: +86 21 68507533, 
 Tel 2 +86 21 58711801-246 (DDI), 
 Fax: +86 21 58711663 
 Email:  yanghuigen (at) pric.gov.cn
Denmark
Chair: Prof. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen  
 NBI, Geophysical Department 
 University of Copenhagen 
 
 Juliane Maries Vej 30, 
 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK 
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Secretariat: 
 Secretary and Point of Contact: Henning Thing 
 Danish Polar Center, 
 
 Strandgade 100 H, 
 DK-1401 Copenhagen K, DENMARK 
 Tel. +45 72488120 
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 Website: http://www.ipy.dk 
Other Committee members:
Jette Arneborg , The National Museum of Denmark
Rene Forsberg, Danish National Space Centre
Flemming Getreuer Christiansen, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Preben Gudmandsen, Technical University of Denmark
Anne Mette K. Jorgensen, Danish Meteorological Institute
Eigil Kaas, NBI, University of Copenhagen
Jesper Madsen, National Environmental Research Institute
Leif Toudal Pedersen, Danish Meteorological Institute
Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Department of Geography and International Development Studies, Univerity of Roskilde
Peter Sloth, Danish Polar Centre
 Greenland (Local Committee)
Greenland IPY Committee Chair: Birger Poppel 
 Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland,
 P.O. Box 279
 
 3900 Nuuk
 Greenland
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 (Member of Danish IPY Committee)
 Point of Contact: Tom Greiffenberg
 
 KIIIP, Greenland Home Rule
 P.O. Box 1029
 DK-3900 Nuuk, Greenland
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Other Committee members:
Claus Andreasen, Greenland National Museum and Archive
Helle Siegstad, Pinngortitaleriffik - Greenlan Institute of Natural Resources
Finland
Finnish National Board on Scientific Polar Research
Chair: Prof. Pentti Mälkki  
 Finnish Institute of Marine Research 
 P.O. Box 33 
 FIN-00931 Helsinki, FINLAND 
 
 Tel 1: +358-9-61394400 
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Secretary and Point of Contact: Ms. Mika Kalakoski 
 Operation co-ordinator, AEO
 
 Finnish Antarctic Research Program
 Finnish Institute of Marine Research
 Erik Palmenin aukio 1 
 P.O. Box 2 FI-00561 Helsinki Finland
 Tel: + 358 (0)9 613941
 Fax: + 358 (0)9 323 6728
 
 
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 Website: www.ipy-finland.fi
Chair, IPY Planning Group: 
 Professor Kari Laine  
 
 University of Oulu, Thule Institute, 
 PO Box 7300, 
 FIN-90014, FINLAND 
 Tel 1 +358-8-5533550 
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France
Chair: Claude Lorius  
 Lab. de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement 
 Université Joseph Fourier 
 
 54 rue Molière - BP 96 
 F-38042 Saint Martin d'Hères cedex 
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Points of Contact :  
 Michel Fily , LGGE Grenoble,
 
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 Yves Frenot , IPEV, Brest, 
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 Paul Treguer , IUEM, Brest,
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Secretary: Yves Frenot,  
 IPEV 
 Technopôle Brest-Iroise 
 BP 75 
 F-29280 Plouzané 
 
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Other Members of the Committee:  
 Jean-Claude André , CERFACS, Toulouse 
 Jacques Angelier , Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 
 Paris 
 
 Edouard Bard , Collège de France, Paris 
 Anny Cazenave , LEGOS, Toulouse 
 Marie-Lise Chanin , Service d'aéronomie du CNRS, Verrières-le-Buisson 
 
 Jean Dercourt , Académie des Sciences, Paris 
 Roland Douce , Institut de biologie structurale J.P. 
 Ebel, Grenoble 
 
 Pierre Encrenaz , Observatoire de Paris 
 Jean Jouzel , Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Guyancourt 
 
 Gérard Jugie , IPEV, Brest 
 Yvon Le Maho , CEPE Strasbourg 
 Jean-Louis Le Mouel , Institut de Physique du Globe, 
 Paris 
 
 Pierre Lena , Observatoire de Paris 
 Jean-Claude Pecker , Collège de France, Paris 
 Gérard Siclet , Académie des Sciences, Paris
Germany
Chair: Prof. Reinhard Dietrich  
 Institute for Planetary Geodesy, 
 University of Technology, Dresden, GERMANY 
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Secretary:   Dr Karsten Gohl  
 Dept. Geosystem (Geophysics), 
 Alfred Wegener Institute, 
 Bremerhaven, GERMANY 
 Tel: +49-471-4831-1361 
 
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 Email: Karsten.Gohl (at) awi.de
 
 Website: www.awi-bremerhaven.de/Projects/IPY2007-8/
Other members of the committee:
Angelika Brandt  , Institute of Zoology, University 
 of Hamburg 
 Klaus Dethloff, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research 
 Eberhard Fahrbach  , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
 Rainer Gersonde  , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
 
 Julian Gutt, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
 
 Joachim-Otto Habeck, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology  
 Heinz Miller  , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
 Tillmann Mohr, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva 
 
  Ursula Schauer  , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
 Franz Tessensohn  , Dept. Polar Geology, Fed. Institute 
 for Geosciences & Resources 
 Jorn Thiede, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Detlef Damaske
Karin Lochte
Iceland
Chair and Point of Contact: Ragnar Baldursson
 Ministry for Foreign Affairs
 
 25 Raudararstigur
 IS-150 Reykjavik
 Iceland
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Other members of the committee:
 
 
  Vilhjálmur Lúðvíksson , Ministry 
 of Education and Science
  Hugi Ólafsson , Ministry of the Environment
 Ólafur Ástþórsson , Marine 
 Research Institute
 
  Helgi Björnsson , University of Iceland
 Árni Snorrason , National Energy Authority
  Niels Einarsson , Stefansson Arctic Institute
  Kristján Kristjánsson , The Icelandic 
 Centre for Research
 
 Haraldur Olafsson , The Icelandic Meteorological Office
India
Chair: Dr Shailesh Nayak
Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Dehli, INDIA
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Secretary and Point of Contact: Shri. Rasik Ravindra 
 
 National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, 
 Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, 
 
 Goa – 403 802, INDIA 
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Other Members of the Committee are:
Dr. S. Mukerji , Geological Survey of India, 
 Faridabad  
 Dr. V.P. Dimri  , National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad 
 
 Dr. D.K. Singh  , Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata 
 
 
 Shri. R.P. Lal,  India Meteorological Department, New 
 Delhi 
 Brig (Dr.) B. Nagarajan,  Survey of India, Dehra Dun 
 
 Dr. S. Rajan,  National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean 
 Research, Vasco da Gama
Contact for Outreach Programs: Dr Manish Tiwari, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Vasco da Gama
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Italy
Chair and Contact Point: Prof. Carlo Alberto Ricci 
 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Siena 
 
 Via Laterina-8, 53100 Siena, ITALY 
 
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Other Committee members:
Roberto Azzolini  CNR, 
 
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 Carlo Barbante  University of Venice, 
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 Nino Cucinotta  , PNRA Consortium, 
 
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 Guido di Prisco  , CNR 
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 Massimo Frezzotti  , ENEA, 
 
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 Antonio Meloni  , INGV, 
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Japan
Chair:   Prof. Natsuo SATO  , 
 National Institute of Polar Research, 
 9-10, Kaga 1-chome, Itabashi-ku, 
 Tokyo 173-8515, JAPAN. 
 
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Vice-Chair: Prof.  Takeshi Naganuma,  University of Hiroshima 
 
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Secretary and Point of Contact: 
 Dr Hajime Ito  , 
 National Institute of Polar Research, 
 9-10, Kaga 1-chome, Itabashi-ku, 
 Tokyo 173-8515, JAPAN 
 
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Point of Contact: Kanao Masaki, National Institute Polar Research
 
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Other Committee Members: 
 Shigeru Aoki  , Hokkaido University 
 Toru Hirawake, Hokkaido University 
 
 Tetsuo Ohata  , JAMSTEC 
 Hiroshi Kanda  , National Institute of Polar Research
 Ryoichi Fujii  , Nagoya University 
 Hiroshi Naraoka, Okayama university
 
 
 Takashi Yamanouchi,  National Institute of Polar Research 
 
 Takashi Ishimaru , Tokyo University of Marine Science 
 and Technology 
 Hiroshi Fujimura, Japan Meteorological Agency
 Tastuo Sweda  , Ehime University 
 Masanobu Shimada  , Japan Aerospace Explorartion Agency (JAXA)
 Yasuhito Osanai  , University of Kyusyu
 Norikazu Matsuoka  , University of Tsukuba
 Sakie Sumikawa  , Nishibori Museum
 Kazuyuki Shiraishi  , National Institute of Polar Research 
 
Korea
Chair: Prof. Byong-Kwon Park  
 Korea Research Council of Public Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea 
 
 
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Vice-Chair : Dr Yeadong Kim  
 Korea Polar Research Institute, KORDI 
 Ansan PO Box 29, Seoul 425-600, KOREA 
 Phone: +82 31 400 6410,   Fax: +82 31 408 5825 
 
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Secretary and Point of Contact   
 Dr Hosung Chung  
 Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), KORDI, 1270, Sa-2- dong, Sangrokgu, 
 Ansan 426-744, KOREA 
 
 Tel : + 82 (32) 260 - 6007, 
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Other Committee Members : 
 Prof. Kyungsik Choi  (Korea Maritime University) 
 
 Prof. Daekyo Cheong  (Kangwon National University)
Luxembourg
Point of Contact: Prof Antoine Kies
 Comité pour l’Année Polaire Internationale
 
 University of Luxembourg 
 Campus Limpertsberg 
 162a, avenue de la Faïencerie 
 L-1511 Luxembourg
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Georges Bechet,  Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle
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 Eric Buttini,  Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle
 
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 Carlo Duprel, 
 
 
 Fonds National de la Recherche
 
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 Josiane Entringer, 
 
 
 Ministere de la Culture, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche 
 
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 Pierra Gallego
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 Dr Lucien Hoffmann,  Département 'Environnement et Agro-biotechnologies', Centre de Recherche Public-Gabriel Lippmann
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 Dr Tonie van Dam,  European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology
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Malaysia
Chair:     Datuk Dr Salleh Modh Nor  
 
 
 Academy of Sciences Malaysia  
  902-4, Jalan Tun Ismail  
  50480 Kuala Lumpur  
  Malaysia   
 
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Secretary and Contact: Prof. Dr. Azizan Abu 
 Samah
 Malaysian Antarctic Research Centre 
 Instuitute of Advanced Studies University of Malaya Jalan Lembah Pantai 
 506-03 Kuala Lumpur 
 
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Mongolia
Chair:     Mr. L. GANSUKH 
 Minister of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia  
 
Secretary and Point of Contact: Mr. S. Enkhtuvshin 
 National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring of Mongolia 
 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 
 
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The Netherlands
Co-Chair: Dr H.J. Lindeboom  , 
 ALTERRA Green World Research, Ad Den Burg , Texel 
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Prof. L. Hacquebord  , Arctic Centre, University of 
 Groningen 
 
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 Dr P.J.F. van Velthoven  , KNMI, Ae De Bilt 
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 Carleen Tijm-Reijmer  , IMAU, Iniversteit Utrecht 
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Committee Secretariat and Contact Point : 
 Martin Los
 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
 
 Research Council for Earth and Life Sciences (ALW)
 P.O. Box 93510
 NL-2509 AM The Hague
 The Netherlands
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 phone: +31 (0)70 3440508
 
 fax: +31 (0)70 3819033
 Website: http://www.ipy.nl
 
 
New Zealand
Dr Clive Howard-Williams (Chair)  
 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Sciences 
 P O Box 8602 
 Christchurch 
 New Zealand 
 
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 Professor Peter Barrett 
 Victoria University of Wellington 
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 Wellington 
 
 New Zealand 
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Mr Graeme Blick  
 Land Information New Zealand 
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 Wellington 
 New Zealand 
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Dr Tom Clarkson  
 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Sciences 
 
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Dr Fred Davey  
 
 Geological & Nuclear Sciences 
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 Wellington 
 New Zealand 
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Dr Wendy Lawson  
 University of Canterbury 
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 Christchurch 
 New Zealand 
 
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Dr Dean Peterson  
 Antarctic New Zealand 
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 Christchurch 
 
 New Zealand 
 
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Dr Gary Steel  
 Lincoln University 
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 Lincoln University 
 Christchurch 
 New Zealand 
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Professor Bryan Storey  
 
 Gateway Antarctica 
 University of Canterbury 
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 Christchurch 
 New Zealand 
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 Professor Vernon Squire  
 University of Otago 
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 New Zealand 
 
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Mr Eddie Davis (Secretary)  
 The Royal Society of New Zealand 
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 New Zealand 
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Norway
Chair: Prof. Øystein Hov, 
 
 The Norwegian Meteorological Institute
 PO Box 43 Blindern
 0313 OSLO
 NORWAY
 Phone: +47 22 96 30 00
 Fax: +47 22 96 30 50 
 
 Other members of committee:
Assistant Prof. Hanne Christiansen , University Studies on Svalbard 
 Professor Olav Eldholm, University of Bergen 
 County Governor Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl
 Head of Research Kim Holmén, Norwegian Polar Institute
 
 Head of Research Grete Hovelsrud, CICERO
 Head of Research Ole A. Misund, Institute of Marine Research
 Section Head Guro Dahle Strøm, Norwegian Space Center
 
Committee Secretary: Professor Olav Orheim 
 
 The Research Council of Norway, 
 Postboks 2700, 
 St. Hanshaugen, 
 0131 Oslo, NORWAY 
 Tel +47 22 03 75 08 
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Websites: http://www.polaryear.no/
 http://www.forskningsradet.no/ipy
Poland
Chair: Prof. Aleksander Guterch  , 
 
 Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geophysics, 
 ul Ksiecia Janusza 64, 
 01-452 Warszawa, POLAND 
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Polish Committee for Preparation for IPY Chair: Prof. Jacek 
 Jania  , 
 
 University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, ul. Bedzinska 60, 
 41-200 Sosnowiec, POLAND. 
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 This committee has representation on the Polish National Committee.
Portugal
Chair: Prof. Luís Mendes-Victor
 Centre of Geophysics, University of Lisbon 
 
 Point of       Contact: Dr. Gonçalo Teles Vieira
 Centre of Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon
 Centro de Estudos Geograficos, Faculdade de Letras, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214 Lisboa 
 
 PORTUGAL 
 
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 Other members on the committe
 
 Prof. Adelino Canário, Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve 
 
 Com. Agostinho Ramos da Silva, Geographical Society of Lisbon 
 Prof. Ana Maria Silva, Centre of Geophysics, University of Évora
 Dr. António Pedro Viterbo, Institute of Meteorology 
 Dr. José Xavier, Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve 
 
 Prof. Luís Aires-Barros, Geographical Society of Lisbon
 Dr. Pedro Miranda, Centre of Geophysics, University of Lisbon
 Dr. Vera Fernandes, Institute of Geophysics, University of Coimbra
Russia
Co-Chairs: Dr. A Bedritsky, Head of Federal Service on Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
 Dr. A Chilingarov, Vice-speaker of State Duma 
 
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 ROSHYDROMET
 
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 Tel: 007 095 252 38 73 or 007 095 252 08 08
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Spain
Chair and contact: Dr. Margarita Yela  
 INTA (National Institute for Aerospace Technology) 
 Department of Earth Observation, Remote Sensing and Atmosphere 
 
 Ctra. de Ajalvir km 4 
 E-28850 Torrejón, Madrid 
 Spain 
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Other members of the committee:
Dr. Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar  
 Dpto. Geodinámica.Facultad de Ciencias, 
 Universidad de Granada. 
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Dr. Leopoldo G. Sancho,  
 Dpt. Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, 
 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 
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Dr. Manuel Catalan,  
 
 Spanish Polar Committee, 
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Dr. Juan Jose Dañobeitia,  
 Marine Technology Unit (MTU), 
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Sweden
The Swedish IPY Committee 
 Chair:          Sverker Sörlin 
 
 Royal Institute of Technology
 
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 The Swedish IPY Coordinator and POC is Anders Clarhäll 
 Swedish Research Council
 
 Committee for Infrastructure
 Regeringsgatan 56
 103 78 Stockholm
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 Website: www.ipy.se 
 
Other committee members:
 Prof Leif Andersson  Marine Chemistry, 
 
 
 Göteborg 
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 Dag Avango Industrial History, KTH 
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 Kjell Danell Forest Ecology, SLU 
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 Christer Jonasson  Abisko Station 
 
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 Caroline Leck  Meteorology, SU 
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 Prof.   Per Holmlund  Glaciology, SU 
 
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  Per Moller Geosciences, LU 
 
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  Håkan Olsson GIS, SLU,  Umeå 
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 Susanne Åkesson  Ecology, LU 
 
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 Ninis Rosqvist Tarfala Station, SU
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  Helena Ödmark Ministry for Foreign Affairs
 
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  Erik Arnberg Ministry for the Environment
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  Rolf Carman Ministry for Culture and Education
 
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  Stefan Källman Ministry of Agriculture
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  Magnus Friberg Swedish Research Council
 
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  Anders Karlqvist Swedish Polar Secretariat
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  Uno Svedin FORMAS
 
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  Marianne Lilliesköld Environmental Agency
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  Lennart Nordh Swedish Space Agency
 
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  Håkan Jorikson Grenna Museum
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  Inga Maria Mulk Ajtte Museum, Jokkmokk
 
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  Susanne Spik Sirkas Same Village
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South Africa
Interim Point of Contact: Professor David Walker 
 School of Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
 Howard College campus
 Durban 4041
 
 South Africa
 
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Switzerland
The Swiss Committee for Polar Research
Swiss Point of Contact   for IPY is Prof Heinz 
 Blatter  .   
 Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science 
 Universitatsstrasse 16
 
 ETH Zurich, CHN N 11 
 CH-8092 Zürich 
 SWITZERLAND 
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Ukraine
Chair and Point of Contact, Ukraine IPY Initiative Group, Dr Valery Lytvynov  
 
 National Antarctic Scientific Center 
 16 blvd Tarasa Shevchenka, 
 
 01601 Kiev, UKRAINE 
 Tel +38 044 246 3810, 
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Other Committee Members:
Prof. Petro Gozhik, National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Volodymyr Vaschenko, National Antarctic Scientific Centre
Dr. Oleksandr Tashirev, Institute of Biology and Virology
Mr. Oleksandr Kuzko, National Antarctic Scientific Centre
Ex-Officio:
Dr. Andriy Gurzhiy, Government of Ukraine
Dr. Gennadi Milinevsky, Kiev Taras Shevchenko University
United Kingdom
Chair : Sir John Houghton
Secretary and Point of Contact : Dr Cynan Ellis-Evans  
 
 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross Site, 
 
 Madingley Rd, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK 
 Tel: +44 1223-221555, 
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Other Committee Members :
 
 Chris Rapley  , BAS, Cambridge 
 Bob Dickson  ,   CEFAS, Lowestoft 
 Julian Dowdswel  l,  SPRI, Cambridge 
 
 Duncan Wingham  , CPOM, UCL, London 
 Brian Hoskins  ,   Reading University 
 Liz Morris  ,   BAS, Cambridge 
 
 Jane Francis  ,   Leeds University 
 Michael Depledge  ,   Environment Agency, Bristol 
 
 Ric Williams  ,   Liverpool University 
 
 Peter Liss  ,   UEA, Norwich 
 John Lawton  ,  NERC, Swindon 
 Steve Albon  ,   Macauley Institute, Aberdeen 
 
 Tim Yeoman  ,   Leicester University 
 Michael Bravo  ,   SPRI, Cambridge 
 Jeff Bale  ,    Birmingham University 
 
 Graham Shimmield  ,   SAMS, Oban 
 Sue Horne  ,  PPARC, Swindon 
 Peili Wu,   Met. Office, Exeter
United States
Chair: James White  
 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado
 
 Campus Box 339, 2200 Colorado Ave.
 Boulder, CO 80309-0399
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Point of Contact: Chris Elfring  , 
 
 US National Academies, Washington 
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 Website: www.us-ipy.org
Other Committee Members:
 Julie Brigham-Grette,   University of Massachusetts
 
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  David H. Bromwich ,   Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center
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  Sven D Haakanson ,  Alutiiq Museum
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  Amy Lauren Lovecraft , Department of Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
 
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  Molly McCammon ,   Alaska Ocean Observing System
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  Samuel B. Mukasa ,   Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
 
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  Stephanie Pfirman ,   Barnard College, University of Colombia
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  John Priscu ,  Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State Univeristy
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  Vladimir Romanovsky,  University of Alaska Fairbanks 
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  James Rooney,  R&M Consultants
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  Konrad Steffen,  CIRES
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  James Swift,  Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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  Allan T Weatherwax,  Siena College
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 Ex-Officio:
 
 Jackie Grebmeier,  University of Maryland
 Mahlon C Kennicutt II,  Texas A&M University
 Terry Wilson , Ohio State University 
 
Uruguay
IPY Committee Chair: Coronel Juan de Dios Trioche  
 Instituto Antártico Uruguayo 
 
 Avenida 8 de Octubre 2958 
 PO Box 6051 
 Montevideo CP 11600, 
 URUGUAY 
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Point of Contact: Dr Bartolomé Grillo  
 B Espana 2575 Ap 40 
 Montivideo, URUGUAY 
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Updated: 2004-10-28
