Polar Research Board Core Support

极地研究委员会(早先称为极地研究委员会)由美国国家科学院于1958年成立，以应对美国和国际上与极地有关的活动的增加对科学建议的需求。该委员会是一个多学科机构，代表来自四大领域：社会、生物和物理科学以及工程学。成员来自学术机构、国家实验室和工业界。极地研究委员会的活动得到广泛的政府机构的资助，包括能源部、国家航空航天局、国家海洋和大气管理局、海军研究办公室、美国海岸警卫队、美国地质调查局以及国家科学基金会(NSF)。这笔赠款为董事会提供了NSF部分的支持。在赠款期间，委员会的活动包括制定国家极地研究计划，就北极和南极研究在全球变化研究中的作用向联邦机构提供咨询意见，审查当前冰川学问题，代表美国参加南极研究科学委员会，确保美国科学积极参与国际北极科学委员会的活动，并完成与更详细的极地研究问题有关的一系列研究。

The Polar Research Board (earlier called the Committee on Polar Research) was established in 1958 by the National Academy of Sciences, in response to the need for scientific advice on the increases in U.S. and international activities relating to the polar regions. The Board is a multidisciplinary body with representation from four broad areas: the social, biological and physical sciences as well as engineering. Members are drawn from academic institutions, national laboratories and industry. The activities of the Polar Research Board are funded by a wide range of government agencies, including the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Office of Naval Research, the United States Coast Guard, the U.S. Geological Survey, as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF). This grant provides the NSF portion of support to the Board. Activities of the Board during the grant period include development of a national polar research plan, providing federal agencies with advice on the role of arctic and antarctic research in studies of global change, examination of current issues in glaciology, representing the United States on the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, ensuring active U.S. scientific participation in the International Arctic Science Committee activities, as well as completing a series of studies relating to more detailed problems of polar research.