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The polar regions are the areas to the very north and south of the globe—the Arctic and Antarctic.
The polar regions are characterized by low temp...
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The polar regions are the areas to the very north and south of the globe—the Arctic and Antarctic.
The polar regions are characterized by low temperatures, long winters with little daylight and short summers with lots of daylight. Snow covers large areas, year-round in some places. Vast ice sheets cover most of the Antarctic continent and most of Greenland. The seas are partly covered by sea ice that expands in the winter and recedes in the summer.
This poster is a part of a set of five posters for the International Polar Year, IPY 2007-2009. As editorial objectives, we - the editorial staff - have tried to address the questions: Why, and how, are the Polar Regions and polar research important to all people on Earth? Our goals has been that these should be a broad sample of polar issues, and that they would work as a "textbook" on a wall. High-school age students has been identified as the main target group. Each poster stands on its own but is recognizable as part of the series through the common design template. The lifespan of these products is not limited to the IPY period (March 2007 - March 2009) and the ambition is that these will be useful beyond this period.
The Polar Regions poster gives background and overview information presenting the diversity of issues that the Arctic and the Antarctic are facing
This poster has been prepared with the intent for printing by any interested party. The poster can be downloaded for free and unrestricted. Please see http://www.grida.no/po... for more information.
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