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promoted since its very early planning stages (Chapter<br />

1.2, Chapter 1.3). Some authors (e.g. Brock, 2010) have<br />

suggested that the observed gap between research<br />

and policy in the Arctic may reflect poorly calibrated<br />

expectations about the conditions under which<br />

research is relevant to public policy. Others have<br />

concluded that the primary challenge is to develop a<br />

“holistic and integrating international plan” to steward<br />

and govern the Arctic environment in a sustainable<br />

manner (Aspen Institute, 2011). There is also a growing<br />

interest in reconciling the influence and rights of<br />

Arctic residents within the existing governmental and<br />

scientific framework (Kraft Sloan and Hik, 2008; Bravo,<br />

2009; Brock, 2010; Aspen Institute, 2011). So while<br />

there are still many challenges, we are increasingly<br />

confident that efforts to ‘Broaden the Legacy’ of IPY<br />

will succeed.<br />

The combined pages of this IPY Summary show that<br />

IPY has already succeeded in inspiring a discussion<br />

References<br />

Aspen Institute., 2011. The Shared Future: A Report of<br />

the Aspen Institute Commission On Arctic Climate<br />

Change. The Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.,<br />

U.S.A. 93 pp.<br />

Bravo, M.T., 2009. Arctic science, nation building and<br />

citizenship. In: Francis Abele, et al., Northern Exposure:<br />

Peoples, Powers, and Prospects in Canada’s<br />

North. Institute for Research in Public Policy, Montreal,<br />

Canada. 141–168 pp.<br />

Brock, D.M., 2010. When is research relevant to policy<br />

making? A study of the Arctic Human Development<br />

Report. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal<br />

and Indigenous Community Health 8:125-149.<br />

about the future of polar research. The polar research<br />

and polar policy agendas has been dynamic and full<br />

over the past several years, with a number of parallel<br />

processes occurring that collectively have provided<br />

space for exploring the future of these regions. Some<br />

barriers to international cooperation require simple<br />

technical or scientific solutions. Others are multidimensional,<br />

systemic and deep rooted. These require<br />

institutional and/or political responses, and therefore<br />

must involve governments. Still others may need a<br />

combination of approaches. For example, utilization<br />

of scientific data may reflect a simple management<br />

problem, solvable with technical remedies such as<br />

standardization (Chapter 3.11). However, access to data<br />

could be limited by political or systemic barriers, thus<br />

requiring different strategies to resolve (e.g. Carlson,<br />

2011). Solutions to these and other issues will only be<br />

found by continuing to broaden the discussion of IPY<br />

legacy.<br />

Carlson, D., 2011. A lesson in sharing. Nature 469:293.<br />

Kraft Sloan, K. and D. Hik, 2008. <strong>International</strong> <strong>Polar</strong><br />

<strong>Year</strong> as a catalyst for sustaining Arctic research.<br />

Sustainable Development Law and Policy 8(3):4-8.<br />

Rapley, C., R. Bell, I. Allison, P. Bindschadler, G. Casassa,<br />

S. Chown, G. Duhaime, V. Kotlyakov, M. Kuhn, O.<br />

Orheim, P. Ch. Pandey, H. Petersen, H. Schalke, W.<br />

Janoschek, E. Sarukhanian and Zh. Zhang, 2004.<br />

A Framework for the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Polar</strong> <strong>Year</strong> 2007–<br />

2008. Produced by the ICSU IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong> Planning<br />

Group. ICSU: Paris, 57 pp. http://classic.ipy.org/development/framework/framework.pdf

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