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IPY 20 07–20 08<br />

achievements already made against the planned IPY<br />

objectives. Nonetheless, more than fifty years after<br />

IGY 1957–1958, there remain hidden science frontiers<br />

that are in, or can be observed from the polar regions.<br />

Revealing these requires increasingly sophisticated<br />

planning and technology, and adequate lead time. In<br />

IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong>, there was relatively little time between<br />

formulation of the program vision and initiation of field<br />

activities. A lesson for the next IPY organizers is that<br />

the most technologically challenging projects would<br />

benefit from greater lead time than was available for<br />

IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong>. It is expected that some of the more<br />

important scientific advances that will emerge from<br />

IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong> will only result from synthesis of results<br />

and data across disciplines and projects. As was the<br />

case after IGY 1957–1958, it will probably take at least<br />

several years. More immediate scientific legacies of IPY<br />

<strong>2007–2008</strong> will be the ongoing measurements from<br />

new polar observational systems initiated during IPY<br />

(Part 3).<br />

IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong> has also contributed to the improvement<br />

in the polar data management by advancing<br />

the progress in policy and philosophy beyond technical<br />

progress, an important issue that will have major<br />

impact in the future of polar research. New polar re-<br />

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search directions and initiatives will undoubtedly arise<br />

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projects undertaken between March 2007 and March<br />

2009 (and beyond). Future polar science will also benefit<br />

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and between scientific organizations, as well as<br />

to develop the next generation of polar researchers.<br />

We confidently expect that polar research institutions<br />

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5.5). Political will and national funding are essential<br />

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