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PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
Gonçalo Vieira
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
Portugal. A long history of navigation including the high latitudes
Fernão de Magalhães
(Tierra del Fuego, 1520)João Vaz Corte-real
(Newfoundland and Greenland in 1472)
Vasco da Gama
(India, 1498)Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
(Cape of Good Hope, 1488)
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
IPY 2007-08: a window of opportunity
Portuguese Polar Science:1970-80
Marine biology in collaboration with
the French Antarctic Programme
Luiz Saldanha
(1937-1997)
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
IPY 2007-08: a window of opportunity
Portuguese Polar Science: late 1990´s
Marine biology in collaboration with
the British Antarctic Survey
Permafrost and climate change in
collaboration with the Spanish Antarctic
Programme
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
IPY 2007-08: a window of opportunity
Portuguese Polar Science: 2000-IPY
Planetary sciences
Biological sciences
Atmospheric
sciences
Astronomy
Permafrost
science
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
IPY 2007-08: a window of opportunity
Portuguese Polar Science: the IPY
7 IPY Core Projects
Membership of SCAR
New generation of polar scientists
Increase in international collaboration
A NATIONAL POLAR PROGRAMME!
Funding from private partners
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
IPY 2007-08: the Birth of a National Polar Programme
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
IPY 2007-08: a major education programme
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
IPY 2007-08: a major education programme
• School projects developed by students and teachers
• Educational materials
• Portuguese Polar Portal
• Polar scientists go to school initiative
• Ask a polar scientist
• Exhibitions
• National Contests “Discovering the Polar Regions”
• Expedition “Students-on-ice” - Antarctic
• Field stage with polar scientists in the mountains
• Polar science weekend
• > 200 Schools
• > 8,000 Students
• > 400 Teachers
PORTUGAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
LINKING POLAR SCIENCE and SOCIETY
IPY 2007-08: seeding Earth’s future
Warmest thanks to: José Xavier, Adelino Canário, Luís Mendes-Victor, Ana Salomé, Vanessa Batista, Alexandre Trindade, Mário Neves, Carla Mora, Raquel Melo, João Verde, Eduardo Medeiros, Bernardo Vaz Teixeira, Cristina Teixeira, Telma Canavilhas, Patrícia Filipe, Patrícia Sousa, José Teixeira Gomes, Raul Moreira, Ana Maria Magalhães, Isabel Alçada, Ana Noronha, Viriato Soromenho Marques, João Sentieiro, Isabel M. Cavalho and all the students and teachers who have made the IPY happen in Portugal!