By Mark Kinver
Science and nature reporter, BBC News
The largest polar research programme for 50 years gets under way this week.
International Polar Year (IPY) will see thousands of scientists, from more than 60 nations, working together on 220 projects at high latitudes.
Scientists hope to improve their understanding of how changes to the polar regions affect the planet.
IPY will be officially launched in Paris on 1 March, but the UK's programme, involving 65 institutions, was unveiled on Monday in London.
IPY actually runs for two years in order to allow equal coverage of both the Arctic and the Antarctic.
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