摘要:Lubchenco challenges scientists to: ‘‘ address the most urgent needs of society, in proportion to their importance; communicate their knowledge and understanding widely in order to inform decisions of individuals and institutions; and exercise good judgment, wisdom, and humility’’. As participants in the International Polar Year (IPY) of 2007-08, we hope we contributed to the first challenge. Here we address the second challenge, effective science communications.(Published: 28 December 2011)Citation: Polar Research 2011, 30, 15315, DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.15315 Access the supplementary material to this article: Full set of animations (please see Supplementary files in the column to the right, under Article Tools).