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News Release 09-083
Video Available: A Celebration of the International Polar Year
The event was held April 6, 2009, at the National Academy of Sciences
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Maryland-born Matthew Henson, the first explorer to reach the North Pole, achieved 90 degrees North latitude on April 6, 1909.
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Welcoming remarks by James White, University of Colorado; followed by opening remarks by Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences and Arden L. Bement, Jr., director of the National Science Foundation.
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Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University
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Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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David M. Holland, director of the Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science, New York University
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Timothy Killeen, NSF's assistant director for geosciences
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Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College
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Diana Wall, Colorado State University
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Panelists respond to audience questions.
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