Older Than deck / Events and discoveries
First International Polar Year
Began
1882
Expeditions from many countries studied the Arctic and Antarctic together.
Sources and checks
Checked 2026-11-01: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify, or content-verify-pdf for PDFs); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source; for dates the quote is the year as printed, read in context.
“the first International Polar Year, hosted in 1882/1883”Alfred Wegener Institute — original 27 March 2006 press release, contact Dr Reinhard A. Krause: source, retrieved 2026-11-01; quote re-found by the server check
“1882–83.”Norwegian Polar Institute — original South Pole 1911–2011 outreach project: source, retrieved 2026-11-01; quote re-found by the server check
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