CLIMATE LESSONS FROM THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR.

The article reflects on the climate lessons from the first International Polar Year (IPY). The section focuses on a unique glimpse of the Arctic from a period before the present era of climate warming is found in the records of the first IPY of 1882-83. The purpose of the study was to discover the fundamental laws governing global meteorological and geophysics phenomena. The study also aims to contribute significant information to the upcoming fourth IPY scheduled for 2007-08: to understand the climate changes currently unfolding in the Arctic/Antarctic within the context of the past.